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== CAVE Co. LTD. ==
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'''CAVE Interactive Co., LTD (CAVE)''' is a game developer that specialized in making bullet hell [[shooting game|STG]]s for the arcade. Established in 1994 by former '''[[Toaplan]]''' employees, they would go on to create many iconic STG franchises, such as ''[[DonPachi]]'' and ''[[Mushihimesama]]'', as well as one-off games such as ''[[Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi|Ketsui]]'' and ''[[Guwange]]''.

"CAVE" is an acronym for "Computer Art Visual Entertainment".

=== General Play Style ===
CAVE games have become very well-known and synonymous with the ''bullet hell'' sub-genre of shooting games, with their later games especially pushing '''huge bullet counts''' and '''dense, complex patterns'''. 

CAVE games are also well-known for having '''highly esoteric scoring systems''', and '''small player hitboxes''', with some titles such as ''[[Mushihimesama Futari]]'' and ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu]]'' featuring '''hitboxes as small as one pixel''', allowing them to weave through massive brain-bending patterns. 

'''Earlier CAVE titles''' featured '''basic power-up systems''', downgrading the player on death, but their '''later work''' often put the player at a '''fixed power level''' throughout the entire game.


=== [[Shooting game]]s developed by CAVE ===
<small>''DoDonPachi II: Bee Storm is not on this list as it is not a game developed by CAVE. Bee Storm is listed under the [[DonPachi series]].''</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Game !! Year !! Publisher(s)
|-
| ''[[DonPachi]]'' || 1995 || Atlus
|-
| ''[[DoDonPachi]] (DDP)'' || 1997 || Atlus
|-
| ''[[ESP Ra.De.]]'' || 1998 || Atlus
|-
| ''[[Dangun Feveron|Dangun Feveron / Fever S.O.S.]]'' || 1998 || Nihon System
|-
| ''[[Guwange]]'' || 1999 || Atlus
|-
| ''[[Progear]]'' || 2001 || Capcom
|-
| ''[[DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou]] (DOJ)'' || 2002 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi]]'' || 2003 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Espgaluda]]'' || 2003 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Mushihimesama]]'' || 2004 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Ibara]]'' || 2005 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Espgaluda II]]'' || 2005 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Ibara Kuro: Black Label]]'' || 2006 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara]]'' || 2006 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Mushihimesama Futari]]'' || 2006 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Muchi Muchi Pork!]]'' || 2007 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Deathsmiles]]'' || 2007 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Deathsmiles|Deathsmiles Mega Black Label]]'' || 2008 || AMI
|-
| ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu|DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu]] (DFK)''|| 2008 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Deathsmiles II]]'' || 2009 || AMI
|-
| ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label|DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label]] (DFK BL)'' || 2010 || AMI
|-
| ''[[Akai Katana]]'' || 2010 || CAVE
|-
| ''[[DoDonPachi MAXIMUM]]'' || 2012 || CAVE
|-
| ''[[DoDonPachi Saidaioujou]] (SDOJ)'' || 2012 || CAVE
|}