DonPachi

by CAVE Interactive

1995

ShooterArcade

Boss Battles · Sci-Fi

Excellent

ShooterArcade

Boss Battles · Sci-Fi

Excellent

About

DonPachi is a 1995 vertical manic shoot-'em-up originally in arcades and was the first game from the developer Cave. Settings are mainly woodland and enemies are military vehicles and robots, culminating in the final boss, a huge robotic bee. One of three weapon configurations is chosen at start and then leveled up through dropped power-ups. DonPachi was ported to the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation in 1996.

Publisher: Atlus, SPS, HAMSTER, Four Winds Software
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

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