My first time playing Cave's DoDonPachi

[Maikeru_Rocks]

I have a modded emulated Xbox with the japanese arcade game DoDonPachi, man I'm lost for words what a incredible shmup. I feel like I'm in heaven, playing DoDonPachi gave me the ultimate rush, now I can't put down the joystick...DoDonPachi rocks!

[Sumez]

[Illyrian]

REACTION FACE!

[Teufel_in_Blau]

You have an account since 2005 and this is your first time playing DoDonPachi?

W-What have you done all the time?

[Maikeru_Rocks]

Sorry bro, I was hooked on Dreamcast back then playing Ikaruga

[ZenErik]

Haha, cool. I've got quite a lot of shmups if you feel like playing. Just north of Boston.

[CIT]

Just wait till you play Battle Garegga!

[TrevHead (TVR)]

I got the piss taken out of me for waiting almost a year before getting around to DDP and everything else on MAME. Dodonpachi around these parts is kinda like been into 2d platformers and never playing a Mario game

Ignore them and just take your sweet time

[Obiwanshinobi]

Just wait till you play Battle Garegga!

With the rampant input lag.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

For Maikeru_Rocks,

Just wait until you try out a real DDP PCB, then there's no going back once you get bitten by the arcade PCB bug. It's happened to me and I have no regrets myself.

True story:

Saw an Astro City cab with DDP up & running at a Japanese game center with a price tag of 50 yen back in late April of 2000. Proceeded to the money changer machine and put in a 100 yen coin and out popped two 50 yen coins in the coin chute tray. Went back to the ol' AC cab and sat down to try it out properly. It was pure shmup heaven to be able to try it out in it's orignal arcade PCB iteration as it was meant to be played. The experience of playing the real PCB deal doesn't compare to playing it on Mame (or even Raine emulation) back in the day. Vowed to myself that one of these days I'd get a DDP PCB for my own private arcade stash when the time/situation was right. Fast forward a few years later, did finally snag a DDP PCB to play. I wasn't a stranger to playing the original USA version Donpachi PCB at a local arcade back in 1995 either (that was an rare exception for an American indy arcade to be stocking a DP PCB though back in those days -- the owner was into stocking arcade shmups for some variety & change of pace to draw in the hard-core shmuppers as well).

Why not give both Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou and DDP-DOJ Black Label shmups a spin on Mame/Mame32 or on the ol' Xbox (to see how well they fare compared to DDP)? The addition of the Hyper option adds a new wrinkle to the classic DDP gameplay/game mechanics quite easily.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[TrevHead (TVR)]

If you have a CRT monitor (or a LCD with a ergotron stand) have a go at playing in TATE mode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOB3SmOZ9mA

I know youre not exactly a total newcommer to STGs but I thought it best to just mention it just incase

[ebarrett]

inb4 "scanlines or bust"

[Zengeku3]

Just wait till you play Battle Garegga!

Yeah seriously. Hurry up and play Battle Garegga. It will make you love DoDonPachi even more.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

If you think that's good play DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou and DonPachi. They don't suck like the DoDonPachi does.

[Zengeku3]

Hmm... sounds like somebody is getting raped on Stage 5.

[Casey120]

inb4 "scanlines or bust"

If you have Mame you always have scanlines , Cools made a nice set that look pretty good on a LCD !

[Super Laydock]

OMG!

Another victim.
overrated shmup it is.

[Leandro]

I never could get into Dodonpachi, but I'm loving DOJ Black label. Strange...

[spl]

Dodonpachi is good because it has a basic system which is suited for beginners to learn the genre. Players don't have to learn some complex systems like Espgaluda just to play the game for survival, they just point and shoot basically.

I understand why people don't like the chaining but the game itself is excellent. There's a reason why it is highly recommended as one of the first shmups to check out if you are just getting into them.

[Bananamatic]

those chains

they make my face turn beat red and I start to swear

fucking stage long chaining

[Chaos Phoenixma]

The DoDonPachi recommendation was understandable when we couldn't emulate the superior Dai-Ou-Jou.

[Zengeku3]

The DoDonPachi recommendation was understandable when we couldn't emulate the superior Dai-Ou-Jou.

However, The original DDP is a lot easier to 1cc and is thus the better place to start. In the original game you have more bombs to use and its not like DDP's patterns are easier.

those chains

they make my face turn beat red and I start to swear

fucking stage long chaining

I tried to chain DOJ's first stage. My face turned green.

[ebarrett]

inb4 "scanlines or bust"

If you have Mame you always have scanlines , Cools made a nice set that look pretty good on a LCD !

You don't really get it, do you.

[Gus]

Honestly, I don't think DDP or DOJ are very good starting points outside of just credit feeding through to kill some time. That mother fucking chaining pretty much turned me off even trying to play for score for a year.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

You get the exact same amount of bombs in Dai-Ou-Jou with Shotia, assuming you never die while in hyper. And B-Shotia is pretty much the cheese shottype like DDP's C-S.

[Zengeku3]

Moo. Only noobs play woth Shotia. Her laser not even work.

Its Exy all the way bro!

Honestly, I don't think DDP or DOJ are very good starting points outside of just credit feeding through to kill some time. That mother fucking chaining pretty much turned me off even trying to play for score for a year.

Not credit feeding. 1cc'ing.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

Exy may be best, but some players will prefer the more bombs that the other 2 have. I could probably cheese myself a 1-all with Leinyan or Shotia, but I pretty much just play Exy, so I usually game over in stage 4.

[Bananamatic]

what's the point of exy if you don't chain

[Chaos Phoenixma]

To keep Laser and Shot power when you die instead of having 1 reset.

[Gus]

Not sure if it applies to DOJ but I read a while back that while playing shot type in DDP the power ups mostly just increase the range of the laser and the power only goes up by like 1 damage per frame.