Posts tagged DoDonPachi

Cave announces two more shmups

by JC Fletcher (Jul 17th 2010 1:30PM)

Now that Cave shooters like Deathsmiles on Xbox 360, the upcoming XBLA release of Guwange and the iPhone's EspGaluda 2 are being made available to gamers worldwide, the announcement of a new Cave game is less depressing and more exciting -- because no longer do shmup fans have to assume they'll be ...

Cave shooters denied XBLA release by Microsoft

by Jason Dobson (Mar 30th 2008 1:00PM)

Recently Xbox Live Arcade has shown considerable potential as a home for shoot 'em ups, from the Forgotten Worlds-channeling Omega Five to monochrome shooter Ikaruga's looming release. However, to hear talk from 5pb, the devs charged with bringing Cave's nefarious DoDonPachi series as well as its ...

2 of the greatest shmups rejected for XBLA by MS [update]

by Terrence Stasse (Mar 28th 2008 7:00AM)

With news of Ikaruga's imminent release, and the previous release of Triggerheart Exelica, it would seem to the casual observer that XBLA would be a great place for screen-scrolling shooters. Well, this is not quite so. In the most recent issue of Famitsu, 5pb, the developers in charge of porting ...