Cave (company)
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| Type | Kabushiki gaisha |
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| Industry | video games, mobile contents, music |
| Founded | 1994-06-15 |
| Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Kenichi Takano (Representative Director, President and CEO) |
| Products | video game software, video game soundtrack |
| Employees | 153 (as of 2009-11-30) |
| Subsidiaries |
Beads Mania (Merged with Cave on Jun 1 2008) |
| Website | http://www.cave.co.jp/ |
CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD., also known as Cave Co., Ltd. (Computer Art Visual Entertainment), is a Japanese video game company, known primarily for its manic shoot 'em ups. Cave remains one of the most active makers of arcade shoot-'em-ups in the Japanese market. The company was formed primarily from the remains of Toaplan, and several of their early games are considered to be spiritual successors to prior Toaplan works, in particular Truxton and Batsugun. Cave currently produces new titles for the arcade, Xbox 360 and cell phones, as well as online games for the PC.
They are also known for an Engrish warning screen after turning on the games DonPachi and Puzzle Uo Poko ("Violator and subject to severe penalties and will be prosecutedt to the full extent of the jam" [sic]).
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[edit] History
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,[1] whereas later releases moved over to the PGM (Poly Game Master) hardware,[2] and then on to boards based on the Hitachi SH-3 CPU.[3] Cave dabbled in PC-based hardware for DeathSmiles II, but with Akai Katana, they have gone back to the old SH-3 hardware.
During a stockholder meeting in 2011-8, the company changed the English company name to 'CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD'.[4] However, the foreign www.caveinteractive.com domain name had already been established in 2011-05-18.[5]
[edit] Marketing
In many Cave arcade video game flyers, especially those based on SH-3 hardware, there are also papercraft games at the back of the flyers.[citation needed]
A character named Cave represents the company within the company-collaborative RPG Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2.
[edit] Games developed
| Game | Year | Publisher(s) |
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| DonPachi | 1995 | Atlus |
| Delisoba Deluxe | 1996 | Fuji TV Network, Sega |
| DoDonPachi | 1997 | Atlus |
| Peak Performance | 1997 | Atlus |
| Steep Slope Sliders | 1997 | Capcom |
| ESP Ra.De. | 1998 | Atlus |
| Dangun Feveron / Fever S.O.S. | 1998 | Nihon System |
| Uo Poko | 1998 | Jaleco |
| Guwange | 1999 | Atlus |
| Progear | 2001 | Capcom |
| DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou | 2002 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi | 2003 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Espgaluda | 2003 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Mushihime-sama | 2004 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Espgaluda II | 2005 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Puzzle! Mushihime-tama | 2005 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Ibara | 2005 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Pink Sweets ~Ibara sorekara~ | 2006 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Mushihime-sama Futari | 2006 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Muchi-Muchi Pork | 2007 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine | 2007 | Atlus |
| DeathSmiles | 2007 | Amusement Marketing International |
| Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fukkatsu | 2008 | Amusement Marketing International |
| DeathSmiles II | 2009 | Cave |
| Akai Katana | 2010 | Cave |
| Arcana Heart: Card of Glory | 2010 | Cave |
| Mushihime-sama Bug Panic | 2010 | Cave |
| NIN2-JUMP | 2011 | Cave |
| Instant Brain | 2011 | Cave |
| Dodonpachi Saidaioujou | 2012 | Cave |
[edit] Subsidiaries
- Mini4WD Networks Co., Ltd. (ミニ四駆ネットワークス株式会社) is a joint venture of Cave and Tamiya established in 2006-02-01.[6]
- Tabot Inc. is a video game, music, and online content development company.
[edit] Former subsidiaries
- Beads Mania makes fashion accessories. The company merged with Cave on 2008-06-01.[7] On 2010-5-19, CAVE announced the sales of Beads Mania shop and mobile phone site to Tougenkyou,Inc. tentatively on 2010-05-31, and the closure of CAVE's shops within Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi in 2011-7.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ [1], System 16 - Cave 1st Generation Hardware
- ^ [2], System 16 - PGM
- ^ [3], System 16 - Cave 3rd Generation Hardware
- ^ 英ゲームメディア「Pocketgamer.biz」にて副社長 渡邉幹雄のインタビューが掲載！
- ^ CAVE Launches New English Website
- ^ ミニ四駆ネットワークス（株） 設立のお知らせ
- ^ [4]
- ^ コマース事業の一部譲渡ならびに事業の廃止に関するお知らせ
