Highest "JAPANESE" Cave PCB serial numbers CONTEST

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:39 pm

Here you go.

Ketsui (JPN) - 2844
Dangun Feveron (JPN) - DF0419
Guwange (JPN) - GU0422
Progear (JPN) - 089909
Dodonpach (JPN) - DDP0837
Esprade (JPN) - ESP0439
Dodonpachi 2 Bee Storm (JPN) - 1811460

John_Smith · Post by **John_Smith** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:00 am

Guwange - (JPN only) GU0707
ESPRADE - (world ver) no serial
ESPGALUDA - (JPN kit) has a sticker reading 'CAVE No. 4673' serial...dunno????
Donpachi - (JPN ver) AD0133 serial??
DoDonpachi (world ver) - no serial it would seem

Sure seems like Japanese releases are the ones likely to bare serial numbers.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:44 pm

Rob wrote:
ResOGlas wrote:Eat a dick, sir. (don't take serious offense to that)
Then don't post it. Stupid noobs.

These forums are fairly new. You registered in 2005 for God's sake and you have less than 500 posts. On ANY forum I'd consider you to still be a noob. Whatever, I love shooters, and I love talking about shooters and hearing what others have to say. I made the effort to say not to take serious offense to the comment, yet you guys still got upset. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, so try to take it easy in the meantime. I'm sorry that you guys still got upset, but you guys still need to loosen up and maybe a need to tighten up a bit as well. Anyhooooooo......

I'm not making any sense of the international serial numbers. The numbers are way to large to be production numbers, so unless someone can discover what the majority of the first digits mean and when the production numbers start I'm stumped. Until this can be clarified I'm only going to post up serials from Japanese boards. They're clearly marked in a coherant manner that can be easily organized. I guess we won't find out the true amount of the game manufactured, but we'll have a close number to How many were made for Japan which is still good information to have.

So do all Japanese serial numbers start with a prefix like "DDP" FOR DoDonpachi, and "GU"? This would make my life easier if so.

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:53 pm

ResOGlas wrote:These forums are fairly new. You registered in 2005 for God's sake and you have less than 500 posts. On ANY forum I'd consider you to still be a noob.

These forums were reinstalled earlier this year. The shmups forums have been around since atleast mid-2001 (I'm unsure if they existed before that time), and I know Rob has been around a while, as well as many of the other people currently here.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:54 pm

SiKrAiKeN wrote:
ResOGlas wrote:These forums are fairly new. You registered in 2005 for God's sake and you have less than 500 posts. On ANY forum I'd consider you to still be a noob.
These forums were reinstalled earlier this year. The shmups forums have been around since atleast mid-2001 (I'm unsure if they existed before that time), and I know Rob has been around a while, as well as many of the other people currently here.

You're probably right. My apologies. I'm sorry that I upset some of you guys.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:04 pm

Honestly, I have no idea what the purpose of this topic is for. I play shmups because I like them, that's about it. If you want serial numbers for games, just go to a local game store and stare at the backs of the boxes.

Now, if we were talking about the history of a certain brand name of shmups, that'd be different, like which came first, Life Force or R-Type, that sort of thing. Don't go off in a huff over my comments though, I don't have enough money to buy PCBs or Arcade Cabinets or whathaveyou, so I just get what I can get, namely Ports.

If you ask me, collector's value is based on the quality of the game itself, not it's historical significance compared to other models of the shmup of the same title.

Hype or not it's just a game, chill out, okay.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:13 pm

Blade wrote:Honestly, I have no idea what the purpose of this topic is for. I play shmups because I like them, that's about it. If you want serial numbers for games, just go to a local game store and stare at the backs of the boxes.

Now, if we were talking about the history of a certain brand name of shmups, that'd be different, like which came first, Life Force or R-Type, that sort of thing. Don't go off in a huff over my comments though, I don't have enough money to buy PCBs or Arcade Cabinets or whathaveyou, so I just get what I can get, namely Ports.

If you ask me, collector's value is based on the quality of the game itself, not it's historical significance compared to other models of the shmup of the same title.

Hype or not it's just a game, chill out, okay.

Only 12 Cave shooters have been made. It is very logical to not only research just one of their series of games. I'm just doing this for fun and to learn a little something new. Maybe some other people want to learn, have fun, or just gain a buck. Either way I'm stoked some people have participated.

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:41 pm

Ibara (complete JPN kit) - 1455

Just a number printed on a sticker on the PCB.

John_Smith · Post by **John_Smith** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:58 am

Icarus wrote:Ibara (complete JPN kit) - 1455

Just a number printed on a sticker on the PCB.

WOAH DUDE!! Please tell me you've put this baby to work for you in commercial cab!!...??

That’s a lot of samolians for just another addition to the collection!!

I must admit it’s the sort of thing that I always find myself torn about, yes I could afford the crazy price of some of these boards when they're new and in regular arcade circulation, but I really should wait till there's one more title in the Cave catalogue before taking the plunge as at least the price should be a little more realistic!! Though I did pay US$415 for GALUDA though at the time the going rate was around US$525 typically, so that was enough justification for me, not the wife though, she doesn't know hehe…hmm...

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:12 am

Well my credit card is feeling the strain at the moment, but I've been playing it for a bit since it arrived and I love it to bits. Worth every invested penny, and it'll take a fair bit to prise it out of my hands now that I have it

You only live once, might as well make the most of it.

And I'd never stuff this into a commercial cab. Not unless the arcade it was in was well maintained, the engineers took great care of everything, and they paid me back the price I paid for it if they broke it

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John_Smith · Post by **John_Smith** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:24 am

Icarus wrote:Well my credit card is feeling the strain at the moment, but I've been playing it for a bit since it arrived and I love it to bits. Worth every invested penny, and it'll take a fair bit to prise it out of my hands now that I have it You only live once, might as well make the most of it.

And I'd never stuff this into a commercial cab. Not unless the arcade it was in was well maintained, the engineers took great care of everything, and they paid me back the price I paid for it if they broke it .

Man you're the sort of encouragement I just don't need right now!! I've been weighing up a Mushi purchase currently, but so far I've been able fight off the urge.

AAAARGH!! The un-ending torment...must...fight it...

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:10 am

Icarus wrote:Ibara (complete JPN kit) - 1455

Just a number printed on a sticker on the PCB.

Hot damn! Let me be the first to say that, that is B-E-A-Utiful! Ibara is a very fun game, and quite a change from the traditional Cave shooter. Congrats.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:19 pm

IBARA = CAVE # 3624

ThirdStrike · Post by **ThirdStrike** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:04 pm

DANGUN FEVERON = CAVE # DF0927
KETSUI = CAVE # 2769
GUWANGE = CAVE # GU0731

Cant find my number for Esprade

lmn4096 · Post by **lmn4096** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:19 pm

KETSUI : 3358

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:23 pm

Feveron - DF0068 [pic]
Guwange - GU0813 / No. 046605 [pic]
Ketsui - CAVE No. 2923 [pic]

conversely, the serial on Feveron is kinda low.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:30 am

Two more for the archive.

Ibara - CAVE no. 3784
Espgaluda II - E-0724

John_Smith · Post by **John_Smith** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:51 am

John_Smith wrote:Guwange - (JPN only) GU0707
ESPRADE - (world ver) no serial
ESPGALUDA - (JPN kit) has a sticker reading 'CAVE No. 4673' serial...dunno????
Donpachi - (JPN ver) AD0133 serial??
DoDonpachi (world ver) - no serial it would seem

Sure seems like Japanese releases are the ones likely to bare serial numbers.

Just updating my original list -

DoDonpachi Dai Ou Jou - (JPN) CAVE No. 0906
Ibara - (JPN) CAVE No. 3643

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:40 am

As long as we're digging this up...

Donpachi (Japan): AD0197 (I'm guessing on the first letter based on other posts, that part of the label is missing on my board)
Dodonpachi (International): No serial (there is a sticker with 257859 on it, but I think it got added later.)

Post by **system11** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:45 am

Do you realise that production numbers have virtually nothing to do with serial numbers? This proves -absolutely nothing-, here are some examples:

1) Companies sometimes start the serial number high - there are various reasons for this, one of them is to specifically obscure public information on production and sales levels.... This was normal practise in arcadeland for many years..

2) Runs typically start at different boundaries, and we don't know how big any particular run is.

3) On boards with common hardware, the serial number is more usually allocated on a per board basis regardless of the game on it.

The best way, if possible, would be to make friends with someone in a factory who prints the extras, and see how many were ordered

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:00 am

@bloodflowers: I didn't know that stuff, it's interesting! The only reason I'm posting my serial numbers is because it's the one thing that really makes everyone's boards unique. Unlike console games which all have the same packaging, UPC, etc, PCBs have this code to show each is slightly unique. I'm sure some arcade companies actually do print serials in accordance with production run numbers, and that's interesting in its own right as well. Anyway, it's just for fun really.

segasonicfan · Post by **segasonicfan** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:19 am

Okay, I got a high Esprade: ESP1164

-Segasonicfan

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:42 am

Someone should start a trace spreadsheet so you can see who owned what PCB at any given time.. Like an auto/car history program

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:47 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:Someone should start a trace spreadsheet so you can see who owned what PCB at any given time.. Like an auto/car history program

oh man im such a nerd

i actually think that sounds like a fun idea..

bay · Post by **bay** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:54 pm

sven666 wrote:
neorichieb1971 wrote:Someone should start a trace spreadsheet so you can see who owned what PCB at any given time.. Like an auto/car history program
oh man im such a nerd i actually think that sounds like a fun idea..

i actually like to know where my boards/items/games come from and who owned them. it's like a car, it's nice to know that the previous owner took care of the car, where it was located, how many miles were put on it, any maintenance records, etc.

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ESPrade     ESP1220
Ketsui      3109
ESPgaluda   4709

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:55 pm

I'm rather proud of my Progear's immediate lineage:
me <- click stick <- mode7 <- ?