DonPachi

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Donpachi ( Jap .: 首領蜂 ) is a 2D - Shoot-'em-up - video game company Atlus that of CAVE for arcade machines , as well as Saturn and PlayStation was developed. It is the development studio's first game. There are also newer, graphically improved versions of the series on newer consoles, such as the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox 360 . The game is considered to be the first bullet hell shooter . In February 1997, the successor DoDonpachi was released.

Gameplay

DonPachi plays like a typical vertically scrolling shoot 'em up : The player controls a small spaceship with which he has to fight off the countless enemies that fly towards him in the course of the game. The initially sparse armament of the spaceship can be improved over the course of the game with collectible upgrades. This is urgently needed in view of the countless opponents, as their fire fills almost the entire screen towards the end. In addition, the player has a limited number of Smartbombs available, with the help of which the entire screen can be cleared of enemies with one blow. At the end of the level there is always a gigantic boss opponent waiting, which you can only master with a lot of tactics.

particularities

As the founder of the bullet-hell shooter , DonPachi distinguished the screen-filling enemy fire. In addition, the scoring system was unusually complex for the time.

Web links

  • [1] - DonPachi series on Hardcoregaming101.net (English)
  • [2] - DonPachi on ninretro.de