DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu Black Label (2010/1/18 BLACK LABEL) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 14 years ago:

DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu Black Label © 2010 Cave Company, Limited.

This is an updated version of "DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu" with the following changes:

• Ship selection changed: players now select the fighter type, then the style (Bomb, Power, or Strong). The style now corresponds to easy, medium, and hard difficulty respectively. Then, player can select whether to utilize auto-bomb or not.
• Ships can now fire both laser and shot simultaneously.
• Score counter's number letter sizes increase every 5th digit for easier viewing
• Added Red Mode, a small long bar at top right (or top middle when playing with two players) which increases if you shoot both laser and shot simultaneously. When it passes a certain threshold, the bar in the meter turns red, and the game becomes much more difficult while it is in the red. The bar will reset when the player dies, or reduced after hyper ends / player does not shoot both laser and shot.
• Hyper meter now increase very slowly unless you turn the "Red Mode" bar red. In addition, Hyper power itself runs out much faster after use.
• Hypers can now be "collected" for the Power style. Continue to increase the Hyper meter and it will stock up like a bomb when the meter is filled.
• Activating the hyper now shows the current "rank" of the Hyper effectiveness with blocking bullets temporarily.
• The bee bonus items in the stages function differently.
• Hibachi (true final boss) now can appear in the first loop if certain requirements are met. In addition, the difficulty / durability of both the final boss Taisabachi, now renamed Supreme Weapon of Extreme Hellish Annihilation - Golden Disaster and the true final boss have increased dramatically.
• Hit combos are now calculated differently. Namely, the hit combo does not go up as fast unless you turn the "Red Mode" bar red.
• All the music has been replaced.

TECHNICAL
Cave CV1000D Hardware

CPU: Hitachi SH-3 CPU, 133 Mhz Clock
Sound Chip: Yamaha YMZ770C-F
Chip U1: IS42S32400D 128Mb SDRAM @ 166mhz (standard SH3 has MT48LC2M32 64Mb SDRAM)
Chip U4: 32Mbit Spansion S29JL032H (standard SH3 has a 16Mbit Spansion S29AL016D.

TRIVIA
Released in January 2010.

TIPS AND TRICKS
In DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu Black Label Mode, there is only one loop (no second "open" or "hidden" loops as they exist in original DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu). However, style affects the difficulty of Black Label Mode:

• Bomb style : First loop of the original game.
• Power style : Open second loop of the original game.
• Strong style: Hidden second loop of the original game.

Requirements to fight Taisabachi: (Boss EX1)

• Credit should be preserved (fails if continue is used). AND
• Maximum of 2 bombs used in Areas 1-5 OR
• At least 2 Area bosses must be killed with full Red Gauge.

(If above Taisabachi requirements are met, Taisabachi appears after completing Area 5.)

Requirements to fight Hibachi: (Boss EX2)

• Maximum of one death in Areas 1-5.
• Maximum of 2 bombs used in Areas 1-5.
• All 5 Area bosses must be killed with full Red Gauge.

(If above Hibachi requirements are met, Hibachi appears after Taisabachi.)

Requirements to fight Zatsuza: (Boss EX3)

• Strong style game.
• Not a single death during Areas 1-5 & Taisabachi fight.
• Maximum of 2 bombs used in Areas 1-5.
• All 5 Area bosses must be killed with full Red Gauge.

(If above Zatsuza requirements are met, Zatsuza appears after Taisabachi, instead of Hibachi.)

CONTRIBUTE
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