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Cave

1995 / 1994 tot 2 1996 / 1994 tot 5 1997 / 1994 tot 8 1998 / 1994 tot 12 1999 / 1994 tot 14 2000 / 1994 tot 15 2001 / 1994 tot 16 2002 / 1994 tot 22 2003 / 1994 tot 23 2004 / 1994 tot 25 2005 / 1994 tot 29 2006 / 1994 tot 34 2007 / 1994 tot 39 2008 / 1994 tot 43 2009 / 1994 tot 47 2010 / 1994 tot 53 2011 / 1994 tot 61 2012 / 1994 tot 65 2021 / 1994 tot 66
Founded in 1994-06-15 last activity in 2021
Status: active
Country: Japan
67
games
28
active years
2.4
per year

CAVE Interactive CO., acronym for "Computer ArtVisual Entertainment", 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 2010, CAVE was one of the most pro-
lific 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. Key staff members include Tsuneki Ikeda (director and COO) and Makoto Asada (game development department head) 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.
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 (Poly Game Master) hardware, and then, starting with Mushihimesama, onto boards based on the Hi-
tachi SH-3 CPU. CAVE dabbled in PC-based hardware for Deathsmiles II, but switched back to SH-3 for later titles.
Since 2006, CAVE has hosted CAVE Matsuri, a yearly festival in which several announcements regarding company affairs are made. Also, some titles are offered exclusively at this event such as Mushihimesama Cave Matsuri ver 1.5. 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.

It is known for Deathsmiles, DonPachi, Megami Tensei, Mushihime-sama

Releases per year

19952
19963
19973
19984
19992
20001
20011
20026
20031
20042
20054
20065
20075
20084
20094
20106
20118
20124
20211
66 video games with valid date were considered (98.5%)

Overall rankings

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Common gametypes

shooter77%racing/driving8%action/reflex4%other8%

Top platforms

Arcade 32
X360 10
iOS 7
Saturn 4
PS 3
PS2 3
Windows 2
Xbox 1
Android 1
Nintendo DS 1
Switch 1
PS4 1
Mobile 1
Mushihime-sama (Arcade)
Mushihime-sama
ARCD 2004
Progear no Arashi (Arcade)
Progear no Arashi
ARCD 2001
Delisoba Deluxe (Saturn)
Delisoba Deluxe
SAT 1996
DoDonPachi (Saturn)
DoDonPachi
SAT 1997-09-18
Dangun Feveron (Arcade)
Dangun Feveron
ARCD 1998
Deathsmiles (Arcade)
Deathsmiles
ARCD 2007
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (Windows)
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
WIN 2007-03-30
DoDonPachi (Arcade)
DoDonPachi
ARCD 1995
Ibara Pink Sweets (Arcade)
Ibara Pink Sweets
ARCD 2006-04-06
ESP Ra.De. (Arcade)
ESP Ra.De.
ARCD 1998
ESPGaluda (Arcade)
ESPGaluda
ARCD 2003
Mushihime-Sama Futari (Arcade)
Mushihime-Sama Futari
ARCD 2006-09

Cave best rated games

Steep Slope Sliders1997sat
Ibara2005arcd
DoDonPachi1997sat
Mushihime-sama2004arcd
Guwange1999arcd
DoDonPachi1995arcd
Peak Performance1997ps1
Progear no Arashi2001arcd

Related groups

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