cave game releases

[DC906270]

stupid question time..

how long was the longest period between cave releasing a shmup, and between which games, anyone know? cus it seems like they're hoiking them out this year like noones business..when was their quietest period?

just out of interest, is all

[EOJ]

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cus it seems like they're hoiking them out this year like noones business..

Not sure where you're getting that from, only two have been released this year and no others are planned. They've been releasing two new ones a year since Yagawa joined and put out Ibara in 2005.

2005: Ibara, Espgaluda II
2006: Pink Sweets, Mushi Futari, Ibara Black Label (does not really count as a full release)
2007: Muchi Muchi Pork, Death Smiles

Yagawa's games are released in April/May, Ikeda's games come out in Oct/Nov. Now that Ikeda is head of programming, he seems to be taking a more supervisory role and may be the main programmer less often. For example, Death Smiles had a different main programmer.

[DC906270]

yeah, i probably meant over the last few years their output has been pretty hectic, i mean, before the games you mentioned, their was only donpachi, dodonpachi, guwange, progear and that disco one (i think), so their output used to be less, right?

[EOJ]

before the games you mentioned, their was only donpachi, dodonpachi, guwange, progear and that disco one (i think), ?

You're missing Esprade, DDP:DOJ, Ketsui, Espgaluda, and Mushihime-sama. Their output has been 1-2 new shmups per year since they started.

[DC906270]

doh, oh yeah i forgot those games

im not the biggest cave fan... i prefer dodonpachi to any of their new stuff, and i wondered if back then they were producing less..

edit : mind you, i havnt played much of their new stuff other than their ps2 ports and a quick game on ketsui.

[GaijinPunch]

Probably about 9 or 10 months back in the PGM days... perhaps a full year between any of DDP, Guwange, or ESPRade. Someone that's not lazy or generally knowledgeable on this stuff (incognecente or oxtsu) can probably answer w/ more precision.

[Sonic R]

Can some one give a time line of all their release starting with DonPachi? Or post a link with the informations

Thank you!

[PC Engine Fan X!]

...that disco one (i think),...

For DC906270,

You're referring to Cave's Dangun Feveron/Fever S.O.S. PCB, correct?

Dig the 1970's soundtrack of it?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[unsane]

Piecing stuff together from their wikipedia pages:

1995 Nov - DonPachi
1997 ___ - DoDonPachi
1998 ___ - ESP Ra.De.
1998 ___ - Dangun Feveron
1999 ___ - Guwange
2001 Jan - Progear
2001 May - DoDonPachi II
2002 ___ - DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou
2002 ___ - Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
2003 ___ - Espgaluda
2004 ___ - Mushihime-sama
2005 Jul - Ibara
2005 ___ - Espgaluda II
2006 Q2 - Pink Sweets - Ibara Sorekara
2006 Oct - Mushihime-sama Futari
2007 ___ - Muchi-Muchi Pork
2007 ___ - Death Smiles

Impossible to answer your question without more specific release dates. The most likely largest gap is DonPachi -> DoDonPachi or Guwange -> Progear, but it could be anything really.

[EOJ]

1995 Nov - DonPachi
1997 ___ - DoDonPachi
1998 ___ - ESP Ra.De.
1998 ___ - Dangun Feveron
1999 ___ - Guwange
2001 Jan - Progear
2001 May - DoDonPachi II
2002 ___ - DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou
2003 Jan - Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
2003 ___ - Espgaluda
2004 Oct - Mushihime-sama
2005 Jun - Ibara
2005 Nov- Espgaluda II
2006 Feb - Ibara Kuro: Black Label
2006 Apr - Pink Sweets - Ibara Sorekara
2006 Oct - Mushihime-sama Futari
2007 Apr - Muchi-Muchi Pork
2007 Oct - Death Smiles

I added in the dates I know, and fixed some others.

[Sonic R]

I added in the dates I know, and fixed some others.

Thank you.
A very fine resource. I been curious about how their games evolve from Donpachi to current games.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

1995 Nov - DonPachi
1997 ___ - DoDonPachi
1998 ___ - ESP Ra.De.
1998 ___ - Dangun Feveron
1999 ___ - Guwange
2001 Jan - Progear
2001 May - DoDonPachi II
2002 ___ - DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou
2003 Jan - Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
2003 ___ - Espgaluda
2004 Oct - Mushihime-sama
2005 Jun - Ibara
2005 Nov- Espgaluda II
2006 Feb - Ibara Kuro: Black Label
2006 Apr - Pink Sweets - Ibara Sorekara
2006 Oct - Mushihime-sama Futari
2007 Apr - Muchi-Muchi Pork
2007 Oct - Death Smiles

I added in the dates I know, and fixed some others.

And let's not forget Cave's DoDonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou: Black Label version PCB as well... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[sven666]

also missing uopoko and mushihimetama but meh.. no one cares about those anyways

[EOJ]

also missing uopoko and mushihimetama but meh.. no one cares about those anyways

Yeah, they do put out a puzzle game about once every decade. This thread is just about their shmup output afaik.

[aphexacid]

i prefer dodonpachi to any of their new stuff

DDP is one of my all time favorite games period! i dont think any of their other games can compare. DOJ is my 2nd favorite cave game.

[hermosaguy]

I saw DDP 2 in that list...now did Cave actually develop for that PGM title?

[DC906270]

You're referring to Cave's Dangun Feveron/Fever S.O.S. PCB, correct?

Correct

Dig the 1970's soundtrack of it?

Yep

According to the time line posted above, it looks like Cave do have a higher output than ever before, so i was correct with my useless theory, thanks guys!