Cave (company)


CAVE Interactive CO., LTD., or CAVE for short, is a Japanese video game company founded in 1994 by former employees of Toaplan following its bankruptcy. They are known primarily for their "bullet hell" shoot 'em ups; from 1995 up to 2013, CAVE was one of the most prolific shoot 'em up developers in the Japanese market. Alongside this, CAVE has produced a variety of other types games for arcades, home consoles, PCs, and smartphones, also dating back to 1995.
"CAVE" is an acronym for "Computer Art Visual Entertainment".

History

During a stockholder meeting in August 2011, the company changed the English company name to 'CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd'. However, the foreign www.caveinteractive.com domain name had already been established on May 15, 2011.
Key staff members include Tsuneki Ikeda and Makoto Asada who left the company in 2013.
On January 24, 2014, community manager "Masa-King" announced that the Cave-World Twitter and blog were shutting down on February 28, 2014, terminating all existing English social media presence in the west.
Within the Guinness World Records, Cave holds the record for the "most prolific developer of danmaku shooters", having released 48 games in the genre since 1995 as of October 2010.

Subsidiaries

Arcade games

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, with later releases moving over to the PGM hardware, and then, starting with Mushihimesama, onto boards based on the Hitachi SH-3 CPU. CAVE dabbled in PC-based hardware for Deathsmiles II, but switched back to SH-3 for later titles.
GameYearHardwarePublisher
DonPachi1995CAVE 68000Atlus
DoDonPachi1997CAVE 68000Atlus
Steep Slope Sliders1998Sega ST-VCapcom
ESP Ra.De.1998CAVE 68000Atlus
Uo Poko1998CAVE 68000Jaleco
Dangun Feveron / Fever S.O.S.1998CAVE 68000Nihon System
Guwange1999CAVE 68000Atlus
Progear: Storm of Progear2001CPS2Capcom
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou2002PGMAMI
'2003PGMAMI
Espgaluda2003PGMAMI
Mushihimesama2004CAVE CV1000BAMI
Ibara2005CAVE CV1000BAMI
Puzzle! Mushihimetama2005CAVE CV1000BAMI
Espgaluda II2005CAVE CV1000BAMI
'2006CAVE CV1000BAMI
2006CAVE CV1000BAMI
Mushihimesama Futari2006CAVE CV1000BAMI
Muchi Muchi Pork!2007CAVE CV1000BAMI
Deathsmiles2007CAVE CV1000BAMI
Deathsmiles Mega Black Label2008CAVE CV1000DAMI
DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu2008CAVE CV1000DAMI
DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver 1.52008CAVE CV1000DAMI
Omatsuri Yasan: Kingyo Sukui2009CAVE PCAMI
Omatsuri Yasan: Ganso Takoyaki2009CAVE PCAMI
Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas2009CAVE PCAMI
DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label2010CAVE CV1000DAMI
Akai Katana2010CAVE CV1000DCave
DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou2012CAVE CV1000DCave

Console games

On March 28, 2013 Cave released a special bundle called Cave Shooting Collection which contained all Xbox 360 titles published by them to that date, a disc containing all DLC for the aforementioned titles, 7 "superplay" DVDs, and a 10-disc soundtrack selection with songs from all of the included games except Guwange. This bundle was re-released as Cave Shooting Collection Complete on May 22, 2014 including DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou but not including the soundtrack collection.
GameYearSystemPublisherJPNAEU
Delisoba Deluxe1995Sega SaturnTBS
Touge: King the Spirits1995Sega SaturnAtlus
DonPachi1996Sega SaturnAtlus
DonPachi1996PlayStationSPS
Touge: King the Spirits 21997Sega SaturnAtlus
DoDonPachi1997Sega SaturnAtlus
Steep Slope Sliders1997Sega SaturnSega
Peak Performance1997PlayStationAtlus
Trick'N Snowboarder1999PlayStationCapcom
Touge Max 21999PlayStationAtlus
Touge Max G2000PlayStationAtlus
'2001PlayStation 2Koei
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou2003PlayStation 2Arika
Espgaluda2004PlayStation 2Arika
Mushihimesama2005PlayStation 2Taito
Ibara2006PlayStation 2Taito
'2007Microsoft WindowsAtlus
Princess Debut2008Nintendo DSCave
Natsume
Midway
Ketsui Death Label2008Nintendo DSArika
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou Black Label Extra2009Xbox 3605pb.
Deathsmiles2009Xbox 360Cave
Aksys Games
Rising Star Games
Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.52009Xbox 360Cave
Espgaluda II Black Label2010Xbox 360Cave
'2010Xbox 3605pb.
Deathsmiles IIX: Makai no Merry Christmas2010Xbox 360Cave
Guwange2010XBLACave
DoDonPachi Resurrection2010Xbox 360Cave
Rising Star Games
DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label2011Xbox 360Cave
Muchi Muchi Pork! & 2011Xbox 360Cave
Nin2-Jump2011XBLACave
Akai Katana2011Xbox 360Cave
Rising Star Games
Instant Brain2011Xbox 360Cave
DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Double Pack2012Xbox 360Cave
Mushihimesama HD2012Xbox 360Cave
DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou2013Xbox 360Cave
'2013PlayStation 35pb.
Mushihimesama HD2015Microsoft WindowsDegica
Deathsmiles2016Microsoft WindowsDegica
DoDonPachi Resurrection2016Microsoft WindowsDegica
Dangun Feveron2017PlayStation 4, Xbox OneM2
2018PlayStation 4M2
ESP Ra.De. Psi2019PlayStation 4, Nintendo SwitchM2

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Not released outside Japan but release is region-free.
Not released outside Japan but regular edition release is region-free.
Not released outside Japan and Europe but release is region-free.

Mobile games