DonPachi (1995) · Tastebuds

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.

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Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Developer: CAVE Interactive
Publisher: Atlus, SPS, Hamster Corporation, Four Winds Software
Released: November 1, 1995
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 11 ratings.

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