DonPachi
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Atlus | ||||||||||
| Developer: Cave | ||||||||||
| Original system(s): Cave arcade hardware | ||||||||||
| Genre: Shooting[1][2] | ||||||||||
| 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".
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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
also published in:
- Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-04: "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" (1996-02-23)[4]
also published in:
- Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)[5]
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: DonPachi/Technical information.
ROM dump status
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267,422,400 | 1996-03-21 | CD-ROM (JP) | T-14405G V1.400 |
References
- ↑ File:DonPachi Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)
- ↑ File:DonPachi Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
- ↑ Video Games, "6/96" (DE; 1996-05-29), page 96
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