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DonPachi

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Game Information

Original Release Date: November 01, 1995

Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn

Involved Companies: CAVE Interactive, Atlus, SPS, Falcom, HAMSTER

Genres: Shooter, Arcade

Summary: 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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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).