History VideoGame / DonPachi

* ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi1995 DonPachi]]'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[[labelnote:Hardware]]CAVE 68000[[/labelnote]] / UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn / UsefulNotes/PlayStation, 1995)

* ''[[VideoGame/DoDonPachiBlissfulDeath DoDonPachi Blissful Death]]'' / ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiOuJou=]'' / ''[=DoDonPachi=] III'' [''DEATH Label''] (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]IGS PGM, but a variation tailored for CAVE[[/labelnote]] / UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 / UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, 2002) [[note]]Is also named ''[=DonPachi=] Episode 4'' in a [[https://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/daioujo/gallery/img/clear01.jpg level transition.]][[/note]]

** ''[=DoDonPachi=] Blissful Death'' (UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, 2012)
** ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiOuJou=] Re:incarnation'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, upcoming for December 7, 2023) -- As part of the ''Creator/{{M2}} [=ShotTriggers=]'' lineup. It includes the original version, ''Black Label'' and the previously unreleased ''[=DoDonPachi=] III'' international version.
* ''[[VideoGame/DoDonPachiResurrection DoDonPachi Resurrection]]'' / ''[=DoDonPachi=]: [=DaiFukkatsu=]'' (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]Cave [=SH3=][[/labelnote]], 2008; JP Xbox 360, 2010; [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and Android, 2010; EU Xbox 360, 2011; Windows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}), 2016; UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, 2021)

** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port of ''[=DaiOuJou=]'' has the "Death Label", a BossRush mode which pits you against all of the bosses at second loop difficulty In a row with maximum firepower and a full Hyper meter per boss. And then it pits you against [[DualBoss two]] Hibachis (at reduced power). If you somehow make it, you get a second loop... With [[NoDamageRun one life]], [[PointOfNoCOntinues no continues]], and [[NoSell bomb-immune bosses]]. Oh, and you still fight the Hibachis at the end, but at '''''full power'''''. It's so hard, it took '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8JBDyFC9BE seven and a half years to beat.]]'''''
** The UsefulNotes/XBox360 port of ''[=DaiOuJou=]'' also introduced the X-Mode, An 1-loop mode where the [[SuperMode Hyper]] system can cancel bullets[[note]]Shotia cancels bullets with shots, Leinyan with the laser, Exy can cancel with both shots, but requires two hyper levels to activate, and Piper can do the same as Exy, but with only one hyper level, and with a shortened duration[[/note]], and each bullet canceled applies one point to the hit chain.

** ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'''s port for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360, titled "Resurrection", also includes a few arrange modes of its own:

* AscendedMeme: The infamous 'full extent of the jam' text from ''[=DoDonPachi=]'''s original legal warning was [[https://twitter.com/cavegames/status/657547380372299776 later]] [[ThrowItIn placed in]] [[VideoGame/MushihimeSama Mushihime-sama]]'s legal warning for its UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} re-release.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjT99lnHeE Hoshikuzu Garandou]], the opening theme sung by Creator/AyaHirano, who plays the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} exclusive character Saya.

* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler: ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' Arrange A's ending has Leinyan stop Next Exy from causing the events of ''[=DaiOuJou=]'', preemptively stopping Longhena's "[[ForeverWar glorious]] [[StableTimeLoop world]]" from being achieved. Appropriately, the achievement in the UsefulNotes/XBox360 port for beating the second loop is called "Humanity's Triumph".]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: The UsefulNotes/XBox360 version of ''[=DaiFukkatsu=] BLACK Label'' is a massive tribute to VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}. This includes and is not limited to: the cover art, the ships being replaced with those of Ketsui (such as the Tiger Schwert), and the replacement of Hibachi with DOOM (complete with DOOM's theme song).

* AwesomeButImpractical: In ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' and ''[=DoDonPachi=] Dai Ou Jou'', firing a laser bomb at the boss when its health is in the critical red part of the gauge will raise the hit combo by a large amount (moreso than laser bombing when its health is in the yellow). The increased combo can increase your end-of-stage bonus and it looks cool to bomb the boss as a FinishingMove, however this also means you start the next stage (if any) with one less bomb, and the games feature a Maximum bonus that awards points per frame, with the bonus increasing the more excess bombs you've collected, so bombing will end that Maximum bonus, negatively impacting your score in the long run. As such, this technique is only to be used as a last resort (e.g. to avoid being killed by a difficult pattern).
* AWinnerIsYou: The reward for completing the NintendoHard second loop of ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' (Which can only be accessed by clearing the first loop without continuing even once, and either collecting all 13 bee icons in 4 of the 6 areas, having a high enough maximum hit count or losing at most 2 lives) is... a crappy picture of the pilot.

** Its Arcade Challenge mode is the first one to have an optional fail condition other than getting hit. In this case, there is a setting that forces a retry if you miss a bee, and another that forces a retry if you break your hit combo.

* AwesomeButImpractical: In ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' and ''[=DoDonPachi=] Dai Ou Jou'', firing a laser bomb at the boss when its health is in the critical red part of the gauge will raise the hit combo by a large amount (moreso than laser bombing when its health is in the yellow). The increased combo can increase your end-of-stage bonus and it looks cool to bomb the boss as a FinishingMove, however this also means you start the next stage (if any) with one less bomb, and the games feature a Maximum bonus that awards points per frame, with the bonus increasing the more excess bombs you've collected, so bombing will end that Maximum bonus, negatively impacting your score in the long run. As such, this technique is only to be used as a last resort.

* OptionalBoss: ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' has the original bosses of ''[=DoDonPachi=]''. In every stage, fulfilling a particular requirement allows you to fight one of these bosses.

* BonusBoss: ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' has the original bosses of ''[=DoDonPachi=]''. In every stage, fulfilling a particular requirement allows you to fight one of these bosses.

* ShoutOut: The scoreboard of ''[=DonPachi=]'' spell out "Toaplan 4 Ever" if you read the first letter of each default scorer. Creator/{{Toaplan}} was a big developer of shmups and Cave is formed in majority by formers employee of Toaplan.

** The Japanese names of ''[=DaiOuJou=]'''s music tracks are puns on various shmup developers: "Toua" (Toaplan), "Sakusetsu" (Success), "Raijin" (Raizing), and so on.

** ''[=DoDonPachi=]: [=DaiOuJou=]'' has Black Label, which tweaks a few second loop mechanics, allows a 1-loop game, and fixes some chaining paths.

** It is the first ''Creator/{{M2}} [=ShotTriggers=]'' port not to feature a "custom" mode that can alter the game beyond the original [=ROMs=]' specifications.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: In ''dai ou jou BLACK LABEL'', if you're going for a 1-loop clear with the ending, you're actually advised to do a 2-round game instead of a 1-round game. Doing a 1-round game dumps [[TrueFinalBoss Hibachi]] on you after stage 1-5, but if you do a 2-round game, you are asked at the end of the first round if you want to move onto the next round -- simply choose "no".

*** Arrange L (Leinyan) is closer to the original experience, and swaps out the Rinne gauge for a Tensei gauge that similarly fills up when firing the laser at the same enemy continously. Destroying an enemy with the Tensei gauge at full cancels all bullets on-screen and adds cancelled bullets to your combo (similar to ''[=DoDonPachi=] Resurrection BLACK LABEL''). Getting hit with bombs will automatically fire a bomb, and getting hit with a Hyper will automatically activate Hyper (which takes precedence over bombs). You gain an extra life after defeating each boss.

* ''[=DonPachi=]'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[[labelnote:Hardware]]CAVE 68000[[/labelnote]] / UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn / UsefulNotes/PlayStation, 1995)
* ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]CAVE 68000 [[/labelnote]] / Saturn / [=PlayStation=], 1997)

* ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' ''II: Bee Storm'' (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]International Game Systems's [=PolyGame=] Master[[/labelnote]], 2001) -- Developed by Taiwanese company IGS with no involvement from Cave; published by Capcom. A proof of concept game for the Polygame Master PCB; essentially a [[RecycledInSpace rehash]] of DDP - despite this, it is still considered canon by Cave despite fans [[GodNeverSaidThat saying Cave did the opposite.]]
* ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiOuJou=]'' / ''[=DoDonPachi=] III'' [''DEATH Label''] (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]IGS PGM, but a variation tailored for CAVE[[/labelnote]] / UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 / UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, 2002) [[note]]Is also named ''[=DonPachi=] Episode 4'' in a [[https://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/daioujo/gallery/img/clear01.jpg level transition.]][[/note]]

* ''[=DoDonPachi=]: [=DaiFukkatsu=]'' (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]Cave [=SH3=][[/labelnote]], 2008; JP Xbox 360, 2010; [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and Android (as ''[=DoDonPachi Resurrection=]''), 2010; EU Xbox 360, 2011 (as ''[=DoDonPachi Resurrection=]''); Windows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}), 2016; UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, 2021)

* ''[=DoDonPachi=] Maximum'' (Windows Phone 7 / iOS, 2012)
* ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' (Arcade[[labelnote:Hardware]]Cave [=SH3=][[/labelnote]], Spring 2012)

* AnimeThemeSong: ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjT99lnHeE Hoshikuzu Garandou]]" sung by Creator/AyaHirano as the opening theme and the Zwei song "Heading For Tomorrow" as the ending theme.
* AnnouncerChatter: The announcer of ''[=DonPachi=]'' in particular.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Expert shots in SDOJ grants you both a boosted shoot and a boosted laser, but you get a woefully small bomb stock and the game jacks up the difficulty to the equivalent of 2nd loop in other games in the series. DO NOT use Expert shot unless you are able to cope with such intense enemy patterns.

*** Arrange L (Leinyan) is closer to the original experience, and swaps out the Rinne gauge for a Tensei gauge that similarly fills up when firing the laser at the same enemy continously. Destroying an enemy with the Tensei gauge at full cancels all bullets on-screen. Getting hit with bombs will automatically fire a bomb, and getting hit with a Hyper will automatically activate Hyper (which takes precedence over bombs). You gain an extra life after defeating each boss.

** Arrange EX (Exy) is similar to Arrange L, but features second-loop bullet patterns and the more lenient combo timer of the second loop. Like Arrange S, you get extra lives from defeating midbosses and bosses.

%% ** The ''Re:incarnation'' edition of ''[=DaiOuJou=]'' features Arranges S, L, and EX. (Details needed)

** Its Arcade Challenge mode is the first one to have an optional fail condition other than getting hit. In this case, there is a setting that forces a retry if you miss a bee, and another that forces a retro if you break your hit combo.

** It is the first ''[=M2STG=]'' port to lack score and Arcade Challenge gadgets in vertical orientation

*** The international release of ''dai ou jou'', titled ''[=DoDonPachi=] III'', features some adjustments to make the game easier. Some of these adjustments would be adapted for ''dai ou jou Black Label''.

** ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiOuJou=] Re:incarnation'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, upcoming for December 7, 2023) -- As part of the ''Creator/{{M2}} [=ShotTriggers=]'' lineup

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Shotia's ending in ''[=DaiOuJou=]'': her memories are deleted one by one [[DeathOfPersonality until her first memories - where she lived as a human - remain.]]

* AnimeThemeSong: ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjT99lnHeE Hoshikuzu Garandou]] sung by Creator/AyaHirano as the opening theme and the Zwei song Heading For Tomorrow as the ending theme.

* {{Expy}}: AI from ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' is about one dye job and outfit change from being Hatsune Miku. She also resembles [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Yuriko Omega]].

** ''[=DoDonPachi DaiOuJou=]'' has the "Black Label" arrange, which decreases the difficulty of the first loop, but increases the second loop's difficulty in exchange (while also letting the player choose if they want to play only one or two loops). It also fixes a few bugs that main programmer Tsukeni Ikeda had problems with.