DonPachi
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Atlus | ||||||||||
| Developer: Cave | ||||||||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||
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DonPachi (首領蜂) is a "bullet hell" shooter developed by Cave and released in arcades in November 1995. It was subsequently brought to the Sega Saturn in the following year. It is the first in the DonPachi series and was not released outside of Japan. The name roughly translates to "leader bee".
DonPachi is often credited for popularising the "bullet hell" shoot-'em-up sub-genre, which has the player constantly focus on enemy and bullet patterns, attempting not to be killed. As the enemies in DonPachi often fire huge amounts of bullets in all sorts of directions, it requires a lot of memorisation and skill in order to complete.
DonPachi was followed by DoDonPachi, which saw a Sega Saturn release in 1997.
Magazine articles
- Main article: DonPachi/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Flyer
JP print advert
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-03: "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (1996-02-09)
also published in:
also published in:
- Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-04: "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" (1996-02-23)[1]
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-05: "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (1996-03-08)
also published in:
also published in:
- Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)[2]
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-07: "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (1996-04-12)
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-08: "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (1996-04-26)
Physical scans
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References
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" (JP; 1996-02-23), page 7
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 31
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 236
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
- ↑ MAN!AC, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 54
- ↑ Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 73
- ↑ neXt Level, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 61
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 236
- ↑ Video Games, "6/96" (DE; 1996-05-29), page 96
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