DonPachi

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DonPachi
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Atlus
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shooting[1]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e[2] T-14405G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

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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

DonPachi Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Flyer
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JP print advert
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-03: "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (1996-02-09)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-05: "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (1996-03-08)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-07: "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (1996-04-12)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-08: "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (1996-04-26)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
73 №385, p33
67
70
50 [5]
71 [6]
Sega Saturn
66
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[7]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
67
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
32
[9]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
70
[10]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
68
[11]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
50
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
71
[13]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
58
[14]
Sega Saturn
61
Based on
8 reviews

DonPachi

Saturn, JP
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
267,422,400 CD-ROM(JP) T-14405G V1.400

References