Cave (company)

Cave is a Japanese video game company, known primarily for its manic shoot-'em-ups. Cave remains one of the most active makers of arcade shoot-'em-ups in the Japanese market. The company was formed primarily from the remains of Toaplan, and several of their early games are considered to be spiritual successors to prior Toaplan works, in particular Truxton and Batsugun. Cave currently produces new titles for the arcade and cell phones, as well as online games for PC.

They are also known for an Engrish warning screen after turning on the games "DoDonPachi" and "Puzzle! Uo Poko" ("Violator and subject to severe penalties and will be prosecutedt to the full extent of the jam") ["sic"] .

Cave's arcade titles have used various arcade boards over the years. Earlier titles used a Cave-designed board based on a Motorola 68000 CPU [ [http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=803] , System 16 - Cave 1st Generation Hardware] , whereas later releases moved over to the PGM (Poly Game Master) hardware [ [http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=809] , System 16 - PGM] , and then on to boards based on the Hitachi SH-3 CPU [ [http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=868] , System 16 - Cave 3rd Generation Hardware] . Cave is currently transitioning to a new board with as yet unreleased specifications.

List of Cave Releases:

Distributed by Atlus

* DonPachi (1995) - Arcade (USA, Japan, Korea), with ports for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation(Japan)
* DoDonPachi (1997) - Arcade (Japan), with ports for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation(Japan)
* ESP Ra.De. (pronounced espraid) (1998) - Arcade (Japan, Asia)
* Guwange (1999) - Arcade (Japan)

Distributed by Capcom

* Steep Slope Sliders (1997) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the Sega Saturn (Japan, Europe)
* Progear (2001) - Arcade (USA, Japan, Asia, Europe)

Distributed by Jaleco

* Puzzle! Uo Poko (1998) - Arcade (Japan)

Distributed by Nihon System

* Dangun Feveron / Fever SOS - (1998) - Arcade (Japan, Asia)

Distributed by [http://www.ami-toy.co.jp/ AMI (Amusement Marketing International)]

* DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou (2002) - Arcade (Japan, Asia), with a port released for the PlayStation 2 by Arika (Japan)
* DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label (2002) - Arcade (Japan)
* Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi (2003) - Arcade (Japan)
* Espgaluda (2003) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the PlayStation 2 by Arika (Japan)
* Mushihime-sama (2004) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the PlayStation 2 by Taito Corporation (Japan)
* Ibara (2005) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the PlayStation 2 by Taito Corporation (Japan)
* Puzzle! Mushihime-Tama (2005) - Arcade (Japan)
* Espgaluda II (2005) - Arcade (Japan)
* Ibara Black Label (2006) - Arcade (Japan)
* Pink Sweets - Ibara Sorekara (2006) - Arcade (Japan)
* Mushihime-sama Futari (2006) - Arcade (Japan)
* Muchi-Muchi Pork (2007) - Arcade (Japan)
* DeathSmiles (2007) - Arcade (their second horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up) (Japan)
* Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label (2007) - Arcade (Japan)
* Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fukkatsu (2008) - Arcade (Japan)

ee also

*8ing/Raizing
*Takumi

References

External links

* [http://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/arcade.html Cave's List of Arcade Games]
* [http://www.world-of-arcades.net/Cave/cave.htm The CAVE OF SHOOTING: An Atlus/Cave Arcade Game Tribute Site]