Cave Co., Ltd. (Computer Art Visual Entertainment) 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 DonPachi 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,[1] whereas later releases moved over to the PGM (Poly Game Master) hardware,[2] and then on to boards based on the Hitachi SH-3 CPU.[3] Cave is currently transitioning to PC-based hardware.
In many Cave arcade video game flyers, especially those based on SH-3 hardware, there are also papercraft games at the back of the flyers.
List of Cave Releases[ | ]
Distributed by Atlus[ | ]
- DonPachi (1995) - Arcade (USA, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong), with ports for the Saturn and PlayStation (Japan)
- DoDonPachi (1997) - Arcade (World, Japan), with ports for the Saturn and PlayStation (Japan)
- ESP Ra.De. (1998) - Arcade (World, Japan)
- Guwange (1999) - Arcade (Japan), with a port to be released for the Xbox 360 (Xbox Live - Japan)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (2007) - PC (Japan, and North America in 2008)
Distributed by Capcom[ | ]
- Steep Slope Sliders (1997) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the Saturn (Japan, Europe)
- Progear (2001) - Arcade (USA, Japan, Asia, Europe)
Distributed by IGS[ | ]
- DoDonPachi II - Bee Storm (2001) - Arcade (Taiwan, China, Japan)
Distributed by Jaleco[ | ]
- Puzzle Uo Poko (1998) - Arcade (World, Japan)
Distributed by Nihon System[ | ]
- Dangun Feveron / Fever SOS - (1998) - Arcade (World, Japan)
Distributed by 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, with a port released for the Xbox 360 by 5pb (Japan)
- Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi (2003) - Arcade, with a (boss-attack only) port for Nintendo DS by Arika (Japan). A port will be released for the Xbox 360 on April 22, 2010 (Japan)[citation needed].
- 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), with a port to be released for the Xbox 360 (Japan) February 25.
- Ibara Black Label (2006) - Arcade (Japan)
- Pink Sweets - Ibara Sorekara (2006) - Arcade (Japan)
- Mushihime-sama Futari (2006) - Arcade (Japan), with a region-free port released for the Xbox 360 by M2 (Japan)
- Muchi-Muchi Pork (2007) - Arcade (Japan)
- DeathSmiles (2007) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the Xbox 360 (Japan)
- Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label (2007) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the Xbox 360 in the form of downloadable content for Mushihime-sama Futari ver 1.5 (Japan)
- Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fukkatsu (2008) - Arcade (Japan)
- Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fukkatsu ver. 1.5 (2008) - Arcade (Japan)
- DeathSmiles Mega Black Label (2008) - Arcade (Japan), with a port released for the Xbox 360 in the form of downloadable content for DeathSmiles (Japan), and also included in the DeathSmiles Platinum Collection for the Xbox 360 (Japan)
Distributed only[ | ]
- DeathSmiles II (2009) - Arcade (Japan), with a port to be released for the Xbox 360 (Japan) on May 27, 2010
- Akai Katana (2010) - Arcade (Japan)
Distributed by Annex[4][ | ]
- Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fukkatsu Black Label (2010) - Arcade (Japan), began location testing in Akihabara 12/11/2009 and was released January 20, 2010.
Subsidiaries[ | ]
- Mini4WD Networks Co., Ltd. (ミニ四駆ネットワークス株式会社) is a joint venture of Cave and Tamiya established in 2006-02-01.[5]
- Tabot Inc. is a video game, music, and online content development company.
- Beads Mania makes accessories. The company merged with Cave on 2008-06-01.[6]
See also[ | ]
References[ | ]
External Links[ | ]
Video games[ | ]
- Cave's List of Arcade Games
- The CAVE OF SHOOTING: An Atlus/Cave Arcade Game Tribute Site
- CAVE Database : The first and only site which lists all the Cave Games, events and products (with a small touch of true last pattern)]