Super Darius

Super Darius - Title Screen

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

MCU (Main Image)

“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

Darius

Darius (Arcade) Title Screen

According to Ogura he was only given one month to complete the music for the first Darius.

Dragon Ninja

Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja - Title Screen

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.