DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Tamashii (V201, China)

IGS PGM cart. published 22 years ago:

DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou (c) 2002 Cave.

This is a fight between the human race and the machines. To defeat the machines the humans sent 'Elemental Dolls' piloting ships to aid them in their fight.

- TECHNICAL -

IGS PGM hardware

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 20 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 8.468 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ICS2115 (@ 8.468 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 3
=> [A] Shoot, [B] Bomb, [C] Full Auto

- TRIVIA -

Developed/Produced by Cave and Sales by AMI (Amusement Marketing International).

Released in April 2002.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Angry Chief Hornet : Peaceful Death'.

The game is known outside Japan as "DoDonPachi 3" (Literally :Angry Chief Hornet 3).

It is rumored that only 5 players have cleared both loops of the game, 12 months after it's arcade release.

Shortly after DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou, Cave released a special fan-edition of the same game. It is called "DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou [Black Label]".

Cave released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou / Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi - Original Sound Track - CVST-0000) on 06/06/2003.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hits : When an enemy is killed, if the player kills another one in a short, specified time, the kill count will increase by one.

* Hyper item : When collected, it gives your ship an added burst of fire-power which can be used when shooting a beam, and will last as long as your ship does, but it doesn't absorb bullets, meaning you remain vulnerable. Technically, it does let you absorb bullets for a few seconds by holding down the bomb button. This can only be done once during a hyper and allows you to escape from a tight corner if there are too many projectiles coming your way.

- SERIES -

1. DonPachi (1995)
2. DoDonPachi (1997)
3. Bee Storm - DoDonPachi II (2001)
4. DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou (2002)
5. DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu (2008)
6. DoDonPachi Saidaioujou (2012)
7. DoDonPachi Maximum (2012) [Apple App Store]

- STAFF -

Producer: Kenichi Takano
Director: Tsuneki Ikeda
Programmer: Takashi Ichimura
Chief Designer: Akira Wakabayashi
Character Designer: Shohei Satoh
Mechanic Designer: Akira Wakabayashi, Kengo Arai, Hiroyuki Tanaka
Background Designer: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shohei Satoh
Music Producer: Shohei Satoh
Music Composer: Manabu Namiki (Santaruru)
King of Debugger: Satoshi Kouyama
Super Adviser: Junya Inoue
Special Assist: Toshiaki Tomizawa, Yasushi Imai

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES: