Super Darius
And though the enemy patterns aren’t actually any different than the original, I would imagine the zoomed-in view makes for a lot of re-learning for those who had spent a lot of time with Darius in the arcade.
Famista Evolution Interview with MCU
“Of course I’m very happy to be singing the theme song, but I’m happiest of all to be a part of the Namco Stars, the team that I’ve loved to play as since I was in grade school.” – MCU
Mr. Video Games – Eric Martin and Game/Japanese Music
“And touring Japan…sold out, platinum records…oh my god it was great being back on top again, you know?” – Eric Martin
Dragon Ninja
Data East did do a good job of including plenty of references to their own properties into Bad Dudes though, in a way that wasn’t really done up until this point, creating their own sort of Data East culture.