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DonPachi
Sign in to saveis a 1995 vertical-scrolling bullet hell arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus in Japan. Players assume the role of a recruit selected to take part in a secret military program by assaulting enemy strongholds in order to become a member of the "DonPachi Squadron".
Game data
- Released
- 1995-11-25
- User rating
- 0.00 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PlayStation, SEGA Saturn
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
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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.
- Released
- 1995
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Dodonpachi
- Developer
- CAVE Interactive
- Publisher
- Atlus, SPS, HAMSTER, Four Winds Software
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- bullet hell
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Atlus
- Followed by
- DoDonPachi
- Developer
- CAVE
- Platform
- Q200912
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- CD-ROM
Show 1 more fact
- publication date
- 1995-00-00
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is a 1995 vertical-scrolling bullet hell arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus in Japan. Players assume the role of a recruit selected to take part in a secret military program by assaulting enemy strongholds in order to become a member of the "DonPachi Squadron".
DonPachi was conceived as a project that evoked the same spirit from shoot 'em ups created by Toaplan, a request Atlus wanted as publisher though conflict emerged as to how close the game should be to Toaplan shooters while members at Cave pointed out elements uncharacteristic from Toaplan during development. Although first launched for arcades on Cave's first-generation hardware, the title was later ported to Sega Saturn and PlayStation, each featuring several changes and additions compared to the original version. The PlayStation version has since been re-released through the PlayStation Network download service.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DonPachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.