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Unread postby icycalm » 18 Dec 2009 15:27

EOJ wrote:According to Asada's newest blog post, Cave is working on 5 new titles at the moment. This does not include the ES2BL port or DDPDFKBL. These include one or more of the following (he doesn't specify how many of each, but all together they total 5):

1) A completely new arcade game ("completely" implies it's not a sequel to anything)
2) Original Xbox 360 game
3) Xbox 360 arcade port(s)
4) Development on "new hardware"

I'd guess 1) is one, 2) is one, and 4) is one, that leaves two for 3)? Hopefully he's not including Guwange in 3).

Number 4) is ambiguous. It could mean new arcade hardware, or it could mean a different home console.

He says at the Cave festival on 12/27, he'll be able to discuss all of this.


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Unread postby icycalm » 17 Jul 2010 13:29

EOJ wrote:Features all Cave ports should have

Here is a list of features we should expect from ALL Cave ports:

-A comprehesive training mode
-Ability to select the bosses (including midbosses) in the Training mode
-Online leaderboards
-Replays (uploads/downloads) for ALL game modes
-Ability to fast forward through replays, and/or skip stages
-Customizable controls, including rapid fire options for ALL buttons, and the ability to assign a single shot/laser/bomb/etc to multiple buttons
-Full video options including a range of video filters, fake scanlines, and wide-ranging overscan
-Short loads
-Gallery mode
-Stat tracking
-Tracking of cumulative time played on the game
-Instant restart
-Score saving for ALL modes

Until this becomes the standard, and indeed the bare minimum of features in a port, fans should not quit their complaining.


http://eoj-sh3.blogspot.com/2010/06/fea ... -have.html

He forgot to add a loli to suck you off while you are playing.
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Unread postby icycalm » 23 Jul 2010 14:44

http://postback.geedorah.com/foros/view ... hp?id=1378

Recap wrote:Se anuncia, aprovechando la coyuntura, este volumen realizado por la propia Cave dedicado a toda su historia en el género. Más de 200 páginas de entrevistas, imágenes, capturas y secretos de producción, según nos cuenta Famitsu Dot Com:

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http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1237955_1124.html

A la venta en el Ke-Ke-Ke no Cave, el próximo festival de Cave de mediados de Agosto por 5000 yen.


Awesome stuff. Finally they are making some promotional shit (apart from posters) that's actually worth buying.
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Re: Cave

Unread postby icycalm » 23 Jul 2010 14:47

EOJ wrote:1) A completely new arcade game ("completely" implies it's not a sequel to anything)
2) Original Xbox 360 game
3) Xbox 360 arcade port(s)
4) Development on "new hardware"


So I guess that still leaves the original 360 game and the new hardware.
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Unread postby austere » 14 Aug 2010 10:42

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/0 ... ve_report/

Cave is holding its latest "Cave Festival" fan event in Akihabara today from 10:00 to 18:00. The event will offer rare goods sales, live shmup play from master players, and playable debuts for games like iPhone DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and Xbox 360 Guwange. Cave will also be making a number of new announcements during a live recording session of Famitsu's Midnight Live 360 Live webcast.


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The announcements were the following:

Pink Sweets and Muchi Muchi Pork are coming to Xbox 360 in a single retail release planned for Spring 2011. The games will not have high res visuals, but will have new modes.

Feveron coming to an unannounced platform. It was not revealed if the game will be retail or download.

DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu Version 1.5 is coming to Xbox 360 for retail release on 11/25 at ¥6,800 in standard form and ¥8,800 in limited edition. Cave Festival attendees get a DLC card that ups the game to the Version 1.51 arcade version that was on display at the event. The 360 version has two arranged modes.

Guwange, announced for Xbox Live Arcade earlier this year, is set for September or October release. They showed a live play demonstration at the event.


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Regarding Feveron:

They said they'd not be able to announce the platform, although when playing it live, they were holding Xbox 360 controlers.

They also wouldn't say if it will be download or package.

...

Ah, it looks like the game is actually running on a PC now, which is why they were using the 360 controller.


I guess the original 360 game is all that remains from EOJ's list.

Finally, the catalogue from the festival is available online: http://www.cave-shop.jp/cavefes/201008/catalog.pdf.
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Unread postby icycalm » 21 Nov 2010 00:19

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010- ... -interview

He mentions Canabalt in an article devoted to Cave.

The entire thing is worth reading for the laughs alone.
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Unread postby icycalm » 21 Nov 2010 00:23

Actually, it's not too bad. With ten minutes of editing out all of his bullshit, I could have it ready for posting on my frontpage.
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Unread postby raphael » 07 Jan 2011 16:10

Three new Cave arcade games are now emulated and working in MAME from version 0.141, namely:

- Ketsui ~Kizuna Jigokutachi~
- Espgaluda
- Dodonpachi: Daioujou (both original and Black Label)
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Unread postby icycalm » 10 Jan 2011 17:38

And here's Cave's dedicated page:

http://insomnia.ac/archive/companies/cave/

I have included only the major works. I.e. no ports, no special versions (with the exception of Ibara Black Label, which I am including simply because we have a review of it, lol), and none of the company's lacklustre console-exclusive games, which were not developed by the arcade division.

I may or may not decide to expand the list in the future. If in the meantime someone feels like compiling a list of all the games I did NOT include, or even better a COMPLETE list, that'd be awesome, and this would be the place to post it.
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Unread postby icycalm » 10 Jan 2011 17:45

I linked the official site and CAVE-STG on the sidebar. If you know of any other Cave-dedicated sites (or even single pages) which you think would be appropritate to link there, let me know. They have to be worth visiting, though: I am not going to burden the page with silly fansites that merely have artwork rips or idiotic fan reviews.

The point is that that page will become the No. 1 link on the internet on the subject of Cave; the first page that someone should be linked to when they want to find out more about the company.
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Unread postby icycalm » 10 Jan 2011 17:49

And here's the picture from which the frontpage thumbnail was made:

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http://www.cave-stg.com/?p=757

More awesome pics here:

http://www.cave-stg.com/forum/index.php?topic=1102.0

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Unread postby ronan » 10 Jan 2011 19:05

As for links, what about the Cave section of World of Arcades?
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Unread postby icycalm » 10 Jan 2011 19:08

Good idea, done.
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Unread postby icycalm » 10 Jan 2011 19:36

Note that their Espgaluda section is a dumbed-down, abridged version of my review:

http://www.world-of-arcades.net/Cave/Es ... galuda.htm

I was asked to provide some text, and because I was too busy at the time I simply gave them this. I've been meaning to ask them to remove it and write something themselves but, again, I am too busy to actually do it.

In any case, it's better if someone writes something new than simply keeping the dumbed-down text they have at the moment.
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Unread postby raphael » 25 Feb 2011 01:05

After some research it seems that the internet lacks a proper review of Death Smiles.
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Unread postby icycalm » 25 Feb 2011 01:06

I have it (both PCB and port). I will take care of it at some point.
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Unread postby El Chaos » 20 May 2011 21:00

http://postback.geedorah.com/foros/view ... 937#p12937


Cave Launches New English Website

Today, Cave Co., Ltd is proud to announce the release of their brand new website for the Overseas Audience, designed with a fresh user-friendly experience and elegant presentation of information regarding their products.

The primary objective of this website is to provide an effective game introduction Portal for all Cave fans alike and to deliver real time information to you about our on going projects.

What are you waiting for? Come check us out and see all the different games we have to play @ www.caveinteractive.com

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[360] Cave Collection

Unread postby NeoKubrick » 01 Feb 2013 12:06

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http://www.siliconera.com/2012/11/29/ca ... 60-bundle/
Spencer wrote:Cave has a mega collection of shooting games according to Amazon Japan, which is taking reservations for the Cave Shooting Collection. This bundle includes 10 games plus downloadable content on seven DVDs.

You get:
Deathsmiles
Deathsmiles IIX
Mushihimesama
Mushihimesama Futari
Espgaluda II Black Label
DoDonPachi Resurrection
DoDonPachi Resurrection Black Label
Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets
Akai Katana
Guwange

plus two booklets for 29,176 yen ($355) or 24,800 yen ($302) on Amazon. We’re checking with Cave to see if the games are region free and will report back when we hear from them.
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Unread postby bradinf » 23 Feb 2013 18:16

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/02/22/ca ... stall-dlc/

Cave Shooting Collection also comes with an install disc, which has every title update, downloadable content, and extra items like themes. Here’s what is on the install disc listed by game title.

Deathsmiles
Full voice expansion pack
Mega Black Label DLC
Mega Black Label Ver. 1.1 DLC
Premium Theme
5x Icons

Deathsmiles IIX
Music Conents Pack
2x Premium Theme
3x Icons

Mushihime-sama
Mushihime-sama Ver 1.5 DLC
Premium Theme
2x Icons

Mushihime-sama Futari
Black Label DLC
Futari Ver. 1.01 DLC
Premium Theme

DoDonPachi Daioujou
Black Label DLC
Ver. 1.51 DLC
2x Premium Theme
6x Icons

DoDonPachi Resurrection Black Label
2x Icons

Espgaluda II
Premium Theme
3x Icons

Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets
Cave Matsuri
Premium Theme

Akai Katana
Full voice expansion pack

Guwange
Premium Theme
2x Icons

Oh, and Cave Shooting Collection packs in a 10 disc soundtrack selection with songs from all of the games except Guwnage. You also get seven official power play DVDs: Deathsmiles, Mushihime-sama Futari, Mushihime-sama Futari X Deathsmiles Mega Black Label, Espgaluda II, DoDonPachi Resurrection, DoDonPachi Resurrection Black Label, and Akai Katana.

Cave Shooting Collection will be available on March 28 for 29,176 yen ($312). Before you hit the import button please note that not all of the titles are region free. If these are disc reprints Akai Katana, Deathsmiles, Deathsmiles IIX, Mushihime-sama and DoDonPachi Resurrection are region locked. Cave hasn’t said if the other titles like Mushihime-sama Futari and Espgaluda II will still be region free for Cave Shooting Collection.
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Unread postby Hanged Man » 31 Aug 2015 13:04

http://gematsu.com/2015/08/cave-shoot-e ... ming-steam

Cave shmups coming to Steam

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Degica is bringing shoot ’em ups developed by Cave to PC via Steam this winter, the company announced.

A teaser website has opened with an e-mail subscription form for future updates.

Specific games were not announced.

Thanks, NeoGAF.
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Unread postby Some guy » 01 Oct 2015 16:04

Cave are interested in crowd funding.
https://www.facebook.com/CAVECoLtd/post ... 4891937478

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION FOR MY BRAINSTORMING!!
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Just, it's just idea, if we set a crowd funding, will it be good?
Personally it's attractive.
for example
$0.3M to 0.5M: porting a title to Steam
$1M: porting it to Steam and PS4
$3M: new STG title to a console
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