DonPachi

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DonPachi

Publisher: Atlus

Developer: Cave

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-04-26	¥5,8005,800	T-14405G

Non-Sega versions
Arcade PlayStation

Sega

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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".

History

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

PDF

Flyer

JP print advert

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-03: "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (1996-02-09)
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:

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

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[5]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

67

^[6]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

32

^[7]

neXt Level (DE)

NTSC-J

70

^[8]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[9]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[11]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

58

^[12]

	61
Based on 8 reviews

DonPachi

Saturn, JP
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

267,422,400

CD-ROM(JP)

T-14405G V1.400

References

[:File:SSM_JP_19960308_1996-04.pdf_p7-1] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" (JP; 1996-02-23), page 7

[:File:SSM_JP_19960412_1996-06.pdf_p31-2] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 31

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p236_.28234.29-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 234 (236)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15_.2813.29-4] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13 (15)

[5] Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-08.pdf_p54-6] MAN!AC, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 54

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-07.pdf_p73-7] Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 73

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-07.pdf_p61-8] neXt Level, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 61

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p80-9] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p236-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 236

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-06.pdf_p96-12] Video Games, "6/96" (DE; 1996-05-29), page 96

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DonPachi

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References