DDP Campaign Version

ArcadeFan · Post by **ArcadeFan** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:19 pm

I had the opportunity to download a DDP Campaign Version video and I found just some few differences from the standard DDP: it´s harder, there´s a pair of bar meters at the top of the screen, etc..
Does anybody have a list of all differences and also where these bars meters are used for?

Thanks

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:04 am

afair, the 2nd bar has the same function as in DDP DOJ, however, I haven´t seen any hyper items appearing in the campaign version video. Maybe the campaign version works without collectible hyper items and just goes into hyper mode when the gauge is full automatically?

ForteMP3 · Post by **ForteMP3** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:19 am

DDP Campaign Version? What's this?

black mariah · Post by **black mariah** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:46 am

It's a special version of DDP that was given out to high scorers or something like that. Supposedly only 100 were made.

lmn4096 · Post by **lmn4096** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:57 am

If I remember well it was the 1st prize of the DDP Saturn campaign in Japan.
Cave made a modified version of DoDonPachi for the event.
and The guy who win it [edit] was ZBL-NAI and he lend the arcade board to Namiki arcade (Tokyo).

now Namiki as shut their door last year, so I don't know if NAI picked up the board and placed it in another place.

[edit]
After a quick search on the web I can tell for sure...
...There was only 1 piece of this game in the world!

By the way the name of this game is : DoDonPachi Blue Label

black mariah · Post by **black mariah** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:31 am

Blue Label and Campaign are different.

lmn4096 · Post by **lmn4096** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:02 am

I think you mixed Blue Label and Black Label.

Blue Label was the 1st Price of the SegaSaturn CAMPAIGN

Black Label was the modified version of DDP-DOJ in arcade

Death Label was the boss attack version from PS2 DDP-DOJ

black mariah · Post by **black mariah** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:08 am

What I understood was that you had DDP: Blue Label and DDP: Campaign. Campaign had like 100 copies and Blue Label had just the one.

Anyone want to correct me on this one?

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:20 am

The name IS actually DoDonpachi Campaign Version, and there is only one genuine board known to exist.
It was lent to the Try Tower amusement tower in Akihabara, and playable there in 2004. It must have been removed during fall of this year, because the Try Tower website listed it on 'shooter' floor at least until last september, and when I went to Tokyo in december it had been removed.

I've seen it called Blue Label, probably because the background on the title screen is blue as opposed to the red regular version, and because it is to DDP what Black Label is to DDPDOJ, only incredibly rarer.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:08 am

Timing is odd sometimes, no? Was digging through a stack of shit (printed matter in this case) and came across an "Atlus Lineup" of some sorts. It had this ad in it

Looks like not only did the winner get the incredibly rare board (which they lable as 'arranged') but also a Control Box (supergun) and that official Atlus nameplate.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:20 am

Is there any significance of the "type A 350.000.000" part?

And was the competition done on the saturn like the ad features?

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:49 am

parodius wrote:The name IS actually DoDonpachi Campaign Version, and there is only one genuine board known to exist.

Maybe I'm thinking about this too much, but... are there any non-genuine boards known to exist? Even a pirate board of this game would be incredibly valuable.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:27 am

The name IS actually DoDonpachi Campaign Version,

According to the ad it's:
Dodonpachi Tokubetsu [special] Campaign Arrange Version

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:27 am

Maybe I'm thinking about this too much, but... are there any non-genuine boards known to exist? Even a pirate board of this game would be incredibly valuable.

you sure know how to make people nervous...

lmn4096 · Post by **lmn4096** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:40 pm

I also found this interesting japanese blog...

http://www.geocities.jp/shiwasutakashi/diary-003.htm

the guy did play the game in akihabara, and could take a picture of the notice board: telling that this board is the property of ZBL-NAI who lend this board to the arcade shop...

but the interesting point was that after his playing he found in akihabara a video tape of the superplay 1credit all for this special version!

D · Post by D » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:51 pm

Somebody put this on their site.

I often find that topics like these, in particular the outcome should be staionary on a site somewhere. How about on Sheep's site for instance or on beepraying or on shmups.

Or a site dedicated to rare games/versions

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:48 pm

lmn4096 wrote: but the interesting point was that after his playing he found in akihabara a video tape of the superplay 1credit all for this special version!

You can get this superplay from Icarus' bittorrent tracker :
http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1225

EightOne had made a topic about the game on the old forum.

lmn4096 · Post by **lmn4096** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:44 pm

thanks Parodius for the link!

btw any chance for someone to re-seed it?:oops: coz it's no more avaiable right now...