Descpription:
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou is the fourth arcade game in Cave's
DonPachi series. It is the sequel to DoDonPachi. Dai Ou Jou is renowned
for both its level of difficulty and its highly refined gameplay.
The "Dai Ou Jou" portion of the title translates as "peaceful death", which is a wry
reference to the overwhelming and frantic manner in which players meet their end.
There are five stages, and a second loop with higher difficulty, which can be accessed
by clearing the first loop, and meeting certain conditions. If the player can clear all five
stages on both loops, they can look forward to fighting the secret boss, Hibachi.
The game and it's scoring system follow on from DoDonpachi, the difference being
that you now have two ships to choose from, and then a choice of three different pilots.
Black Label
This variant was a limited edition release. The arcade board includes the
original and Black Label games, which can be selected during boot time.
The Black Label game can be identified by the black title screen.
Changes in Black Label include:
Instead of losing existing lives when entering 2nd loop, they are now preserved.
Player can select 1 Loop Mode or 2 Loop Mode at the beginning of the game, after a
fighter is selected. In 2 Loop Mode, after completing stage 1-5, player now has the
option to continue into the second loop as before, but can also continue if player loses
all lives in stage 2-5. In 1 Loop Mode, player immediately fights Hibachi after defeating
normal stage 1-5 boss, which can also be continued after losing all lives.
Hyper Meter is now filled properly, so it fills faster.
Boss patterns are changed in 2nd loop.
Chain meter now has 5 digits, so it no longer rolls over if it reaches 9999 hits.
As a result of allowing existing life stock to carry over to 2nd loop, Basic
Rank can reach higher than in the original game.
