Highest "JAPANESE" Cave PCB serial numbers CONTEST

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:09 pm

About how many of each PCB were produced? Also, My Japanese DoDonPachi has a serial #, yet I've seen an "International" DoDonPachi before and where the serial number sticker would be there was just some random numbers scribbled in felt marker. This seems to prove true for all Cave boards, so it appears that only Japanese cave boards have serial number stickers that make sense.

EDIT:

Since no one else cares, let's play a little game. We're going to list every single Cave shooter made, and you guys are going to tell me your serial number if you have a Japanese board. Exactly one month from this day I'll paypal the individuals a crisp brand new dollar bill (provided you can supply a photo of the serial number). C'mon, it's a free buck.

I'll start. My Japanese DoDonpachi PCB is "DDP0711". So as far as I know at this moment, 711 is the amount of DDP boards manufactured. Obviously this isn't true, so prove me wrong boys, prove me wrong.

Remember, JAPANESE boards only. Sorry guys, as much as I like Progear the serial number system is very different when it comes to Capcom so she'll have to sit this one out.

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DonPachi - AD0133 serial - John_Smith
DoDonPachi - DDP0837 - Ord
Dangun Feveron - DF0927 - ThirdStrike
Guwange - GU0813 - llaoyllakcuf
Ketsui - No. 3358 - Imn4096
DoDonPachi DOJ - xxxxxxx
DoDonPachi DOJBL - xxxxxxx
EspRA.DE. - ESP0439 - Ord
Espgaluda - CAVE No. 4673 - John_Smith
Mushihime Sama - xxxxxxx
Ibara - CAVE No. 1455 - Icarus

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Simply copy and paste the selection above with your replaced higher serial number and your username afterwords. Don't be shy, take my money.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:58 pm

None of you really know?

For shame! I thought this was shmups.com??

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:21 pm

They're not consumer games. Nobody really keeps up w/ that except for the publisher.

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:29 pm

There are tons of Cave pcbs out there.

They aren't as rare as some of you may think.

B-

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:59 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:They're not consumer games. Nobody really keeps up w/ that except for the publisher.

You should head over to Neo-Geo.com sometime. Ask the production amount for any MVS cartridge and your going to get pretty accurate numbers in a timely manner. Trust me, people keep up with arcade info and numbers much more radically than consumer collectors. The boards cost so damn much and it's way more interesting than consumer games. I mean, when have you ever heard anyone ask the production numbers on any of the numerous generations of Playstation2 consoles? The bottom line is that when there is any market for something it relies on supply and demand. The issue with production numbers doesn't necessarily give the collector a clear idea of the actual supply, but it does give them the actual rarity of the board as far as comparison to other boards the company manufactured from an out-of-the-waehouse standpoint.

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:09 am

My DDP# 09819.

B-

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:15 am

BIG wrote:My DDP# 09819.

B-

Holy F*cking sh*t! 9819?! Are you sure? That number makes me want to faint. This is printed on a sticker? you sure it isn't like 09-819? Like it's from the 9th batch produced? My guess is that you're getting a dollar in a month.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:18 am

ResOGlas wrote: Holy F*cking sh*t! 9819?! Are you sure? That number makes me want to faint. This is printed on a sticker? you sure it isn't like 09-819? Like it's from the 9th batch produced?

How are productions for different territories numbered? I can't imagine they use one set of consecutive serial numbers for all countries they're making the game for... DDP was released all over the place.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:19 am

I've got a few at home I'll post when I get there. I don't need the buck though... donate it to charity.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:20 am

Cthulhu wrote:
ResOGlas wrote: Holy F*cking sh*t! 9819?! Are you sure? That number makes me want to faint. This is printed on a sticker? you sure it isn't like 09-819? Like it's from the 9th batch produced?
How are productions for different territories numbered? I can't imagine they use one set of consecutive serial numbers for all countries they're making the game for... DDP was released all over the place.

I believe the "international" boards just have random numbers scribbled in marker. At least, from what I've seen.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:21 am

GaijinPunch wrote:I've got a few at home I'll post when I get there. I don't need the buck though... donate it to charity.

Eh, I just don't "do" charity. It's not like $1 is going to cure AIDS or Cancer any time soon. Give me your numbers and take my darn money.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:25 am

Well, I'm off to go pick up my Limited Edition copy of Mushihime Sama for PS2 at my local gamestore here in ol' JA-Pan. Wish me luck. Catch you 'suckas later.

By the way, if there is a clear difference between JPN and International serials AND there is a coherant way to keep track of the international boards, I'll add them to the list separately.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:26 am

3291-Ketsui

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:31 am

ESP0292 - ESP.ra.de

ed: jap board btw...
ed2: also noticed esprade wasent on your list??

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:56 am

ResOGlas wrote:You should head over to Neo-Geo.com sometime. Ask the production amount for any MVS cartridge and your going to get pretty accurate numbers in a timely manner. Trust me, people keep up with arcade info and numbers much more radically than consumer collectors.

I think you'll find that most of us would rather play the games than worry about how many of these boards are out there.

If you want numbers though:

Guwange (JPN) - GU0598 // 18828
Dangun Feveron (JPN) - DF0205 // 053442
Ibara (JPN) - dunno, haven't taken delivery of my PCB yet

I have two sets of stickers on my boards, I've posted both. Pics available if needed.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:03 am

Icarus wrote:
I think you'll find that most of us would rather play the games than worry about how many of these boards are out there.

jeezus.. whats with all the negativity.. id love to know how many of each board there is.. im a collector as much as a gamer and printruns and such is always interesting to know abaoyt

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:14 am

sven666 wrote:jeezus.. whats with all the negativity.. id love to know how many of each board there is.. im a collector as much as a gamer and printruns and such is always interesting to know abaoyt

That wasn't even a negative comment. It was more of a statement.

Besides, the information on printruns for PCBs isn't that freely available - unless Cave or other arcade developers released the information at some point recently - so we may never know how many boards for each game was made and released.

cdawg4949 · Post by **cdawg4949** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:39 am

I think it is an interesting concept! I always wonder about how much work a company goes through to produce a shmup, and then what kind of output they expect. If there are more Ibara PCB's than Mushi PCB's, then we can see that the shmup market might be picking up.

Sorry I don't own any PCB's yet.

jordy · Post by **jordy** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:14 am

Icarus wrote:
ResOGlas wrote:I think you'll find that most of us would rather play the games than worry about how many of these boards are out there.

A browse thru some of the threads on this forum would suggest otherwise.

J.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:21 am

I dunno, is it really likely there are over 700 DDP pcbs? I didn't think there were that many arcades, ever, even if you consider multiple copies at some...

I could be totally wrong of course, this is kind of a 'how many piano tuners in new york' thing

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:25 am

Neon wrote:I dunno, is it really likely there are over 700 DDP pcbs? I didn't think there were that many arcades, ever, even if you consider multiple copies at some...

Well, there are 10, yes 10 in Shibuya alone. Probably 15-20 in Shinjuku... and those are just two big stations in Tokyo. Most suburbs have an arcade as well, if not a few more. Then you got other ctities, and even the sticks... in short, there's a shitload of arcades.

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:46 am

Didn't know if you were interested in Progear since it wasn't listed, but here's mine:

Progear no Arashi - #020239875 (japan version)

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:17 am

Okay, here's what I've got:

Guwange 137339 // GU0540
Ketsui 2988
Progear (JP) 020240539
ESPRade INTL 116507 (w/ corren stamps on it)

Rastan78 · Post by **Rastan78** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:56 pm

ResOGlas wrote:You should head over to Neo-Geo.com sometime.

The last thing most people want here is for this site to be like Neo-Geo.com. There are a lot of people here who actually play their PCBs and don't want to see the prices go sky high due to the obsessive compulsive collector dorks who are paying $150 for a fricking poster or insert and obsessing over serial numbers etc.

If the Neo scene is fading are we gonna see the Neo fanboys come over to the shooter scene and start seeing $1,000 Cave PCBs going on ebay? Since PCBs aren't really that rare, I'm not that worried, but . . . We already know Japhei, a guy who has plagued the neo scene for years and ripped off a ton of people, is moving over to the shooter market and jacking up prices.

If you do head over to Neo-Geo.com you'll find a bunch of totally anal collectors and a bunch of mindless banter. You'll see a lot of people who hype up each new release only to tear it down and never play it again a month after it comes out. Shooters are about playing the games and learning new techniques for survival and scoring. If you buy expensive PCBs just to let them sit in a box and talk about them online you're wasting your money IMHO, but more power to you. Can I have a dollar?

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:56 pm

Rastan78 wrote:
ResOGlas wrote:You should head over to Neo-Geo.com sometime.
The last thing most people want here is for this site to be like Neo-Geo.com. There are a lot of people here who actually play their PCBs and don't want to see the prices go sky high due to the obsessive compulsive collector dorks who are paying $150 for a fricking poster or insert and obsessing over serial numbers etc.

If the Neo scene is fading are we gonna see the Neo fanboys come over to the shooter scene and start seeing $1,000 Cave PCBs going on ebay? Since PCBs aren't really that rare, I'm not that worried, but . . . We already know Japhei, a guy who has plagued the neo scene for years and ripped off a ton of people, is moving over to the shooter market and jacking up prices.

If you do head over to Neo-Geo.com you'll find a bunch of totally anal collectors and a bunch of mindless banter. You'll see a lot of people who hype up each new release only to tear it down and never play it again a month after it comes out. Shooters are about playing the games and learning new techniques for survival and scoring. If you buy expensive PCBs just to let them sit in a box and talk about them online you're wasting your money IMHO, but more power to you. Can I have a dollar?

You're right, NG.com is full of annoying ignorant collectors. It's also full of people who care to learn about the games and the company as well. If the baby is worried about actual market prices, then you can stick to buying ports. By the way, for years Japhei has been trolling around ng.com registering with user names refering to shooting titles. He fucked the shooting scene far before he fucked the neo scene. Anyway, hugs and kisses. Eat a dick, sir. (don't take serious offense to that)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:16 pm

ResOGlas wrote:Eat a dick, sir. (don't take serious offense to that)

Then don't post it. Stupid noobs.

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:22 pm

ResOGlas wrote:. Anyway, hugs and kisses. Eat a dick, sir. (don't take serious offense to that)

Uhm, excellent start...you can do better as a troll,though.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:30 pm

I have ESP ra.de I will post my serial tomorrow.

On some USA PCB's I have, there is a serial for the board, and also a sticker serial for the company that distributed it in the states.

Like for example my Black tiger that just turned up is -

Capcom - 20690
Romstar - 39394

So maybe thats how its usually done, I don't know about Cave.

russ · Post by **russ** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:29 pm

On my Ketsui PCB, there is this "Cave" sticker, and under the word "Cave", it says "NO. 3109", so I suppose that's what we're looking for.

JigsawMan · Post by **JigsawMan** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:01 pm

Ahh man, I haven;t used my PCBs in about 4 months. Just seeing them makes me want to buy more!!

KETSUI - No. 2819
GUWANGE GU0434
ESPRADE ESP0078