DonPachi

DonPachi

released on Nov 01, 1995

DonPachi

released on Nov 01, 1995

DonPachi is a 1995 vertical manic shoot-'em-up originally in arcades and was the first game from the developer Cave. Settings are mainly woodland and enemies are military vehicles and robots, culminating in the final boss, a huge robotic bee. One of three weapon configurations is chosen at start and then leveled up through dropped power-ups. DonPachi was ported to the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation in 1996.


Also in series

DoDonPachi Resurrection
DoDonPachi Resurrection
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
DoDonPachi II
DoDonPachi II
DoDonPachi
DoDonPachi

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I went into this not expecting much, maybe even to dislike it but I actually had a really good time! A relic of the time before the bullet hell arms race its successors would inherit, its comparatively sparse levels give it a fairly smooth difficulty curve unironically making it not such a bad entry point for newcomers. People don't seem to regard the music too highly but I think it's got some bangers in it. There's a fair amount of jank though and some cheap shots here and there so it does kinda noticeably lack the polish of DDP. It's not so bad, DDP and DOJ are just tough acts to precede. Humble beginnings, I guess.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA INFERNO DE BAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAS
Lindão

Fui obliterado muito feiosamente em quase o jogo inteiro, mas muito charmosinho e bonito! Atirar aqui é mto satisfatório!

Good but not as impressive as other CAVE games. It's very solid, tho.

Really simple and fun, beautiful sprites and effects as with all Cave titles, but WAY too short and lacking the full variety of style the developer is now famous for. Nice to see one of the origin points for the company, but doesn't even compare to their more unique work.

[Played via MiSTer FPGA project

Makes me really appreciate the leaps and bounds future CAVE shooter games would make in a short span of time