

DoDonPachi © 1997 Atlus.
An excellent vertically scrolling shoot'em up.
GAME ID: ATC03D2
Cave 1st Generation Hardware
Main CPU: MC68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 [Optional]
Sound Chips: Yamaha YMZ280B (@ 16.9344 Mhz) or OKIM6295 x (1 or 2) + YM2203 / YM2151 [Optional]
Other: 93C46 EEPROM
Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick.
Buttons: 2
=> [A] Shoot, [B] Bomb
Released on February 5, 1997 (Wednesday) in Japan.
Angry Chief Hornet (literally), 'DonPachi' is also Japanese onomatopoeia for the firing of guns...
A 'Campaign Version' was released. Reportedly only 100 units ever made and given out as prizes to high score contest winners.
Scitron / Gamest released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (DoDonPachi, ESP Ra.de. Soundtrack - SGCD-00002) on 06/11/1998.
Scitron Digital Content released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Dodonpachi II / Dodonpachi Sound Trax - SCDC-00126) on 19/09/2001.