As usual with these hi-score threads, use DEFAULT settings, 1 credit, and no auto-fire cheat code/peripheral. Don't be all sneaky and turn the difficulty down from Normal to Easy. I'll be watching the whole thing through your window, just to be 100% sure. The route you take is completely your choice, since that won't affect fairness. Use screen-caps if you can.
Submit your scores in this format: [score] - [your name] - [Zone you died at] - [platform]
Here's an example: 777 - Scarper - Zone N - Saturn
The available platforms are Saturn, PS1, PC, PS2 (via Taito Legends 2) and Arcade/MAME.
1: 2,670,020 - DocHauser - Zone Q - Arcade
2: 1,777,794 - hashiriya1 - Zone I - Saturn (J)
3: 1,770,520 - Dunpeal2064 - H - PS2
4: 1,652,080 - Scarper - Zone H - Saturn
5: 1,112,080 - mjmjr25 - Zone D - SAT-US
6: 1,110,260 - ExedExes - Zone D - Taito Legends 2 (PC)
7: 1,088,560 - Sabrage - D - SAT-US
8: 1,054,980 - drunkn ghost - zone d - Saturn
9: 439,750 - noiseredux - Zone B - PlayStation 2
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AUTO-FIRE NOTE: Darius Gaiden is notorious for having this weird auto-fire system.
Below is what the normal/default auto-fire looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcyC07xvD-8
And this, is what enhanced auto-fire looks like (Through use of a cheat code/peripheral):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eS8is560Fk
Most versions of this game have the regular auto-fire, like in the first link. But I seem to remember that some of the other versions have the rapid-extreme auto-fire as a game default. Let me know if your version is like in the second link, and we'll make a separate category accordingly.