US releases of Cave games?

[pierrot]

DOJ on 360 was disliked before it got patched. Load times are still horrible, but now it at least plays as it should. And it is most excellent.

Yeah, I was looking at the amazon page again a bit more closely and noticed the shift in reviews after the patch. Rating probably won't ever recover from those pre-patch reviews, though.

So which one is the one to own for people without the original boards: 360 or ps2?

[EllertMichael]

DOJ on 360 was disliked before it got patched. Load times are still horrible, but now it at least plays as it should. And it is most excellent.

^Yes. Post-patch 360 DOJ is where it's at.

Yeah, I was looking at the amazon page again a bit more closely and noticed the shift in reviews after the patch. Rating probably won't ever recover from those pre-patch reviews, though.

So which one is the one to own for people without the original boards: 360 or ps2?

360 port has both white label and black label along with x mode (DFK style arrange)

ps2 version has death label (boss rush)

[dunpeal2064]

The one thing they never patched on the 360 port is how damn ugly the game looks compared to mame or the ps2 port.

[beatnix]

Well... I'm sold. Looks like I have a few games to track down. Dodonpachi and akai katana will probably be the first two. But man, a couple of the region free Japanese games look amazing.

[ZenErik]

Lots of great shmups. My one recommendation is that you do not get Bullet Soul. It's not a CAVE game, but it's a region free shmup. And not a very good one.

[skate323k137]

As far as US releases, Akai Katana would be on the top of my recommendations. I like it a lot more than deathsmiles, but I certainly don't dislike deathsmiles.

[ZenErik]

Interesting how the only two 360 horis are the ones that got US releases.