Top Five Cave Titles (in order)

[drboom]

After reading more than a few people talking about how Mushi Futari 1.5 is one of the best, if not the best Cave game ever released, (including the review on this forum) I was wondering how you all would rank your top five Cave games.
Since you can spend $200-$2000 USD for a Cave title, a list of what the hardcore fans dig the most would help those who aren't able to bop down to Hey! to check out each title.

[EOJ]

Here's my current top 10:

1. Mushihimesama Futari 1.5
2. Muchi Muchi Pork!
3. Mushihimesama
4. Ibara Kuro: Black Label
5. Espgaluda II
6. Espgaluda
7. Ketsui
8. Pink Sweets
9. Ibara
10. Dodonpachi Daioujou


Keep in mind I enjoy all of these games, and they're all really great.

I don't have my Futari Black Label kit yet, that will probably be the new #1 or #2. Also, I haven't played Death Smiles yet, hence its absence from the list.

[Plasmo]

Raizing whore attack!

1. Ibara
2. Pink Sweets
3. Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou
4. Muchi Much Pork
5. Donpachi
6. Mushihimesama Futari
7. Mushihimesama
8. Ketsui
9. Dangun Feveron
10. Dodonpachi

I havent played MMP and Futari yet. Still im quite sure id fall in love with them judging from the replays.

[GaijinPunch]

Time played wouldn't reflect, but...

1: Guwange
2: ESPGaluda II
3: Ketsui
4: DOJ: Black Label
5: Mushihime-sama

[EOJ]

Guwange at #1? Wow, didn't know you were so keen on that game.

[GaijinPunch]

Guwange at #1? Wow, didn't know you were so keen on that game.

It's all about presentation.  That's really all I can say.  I think a game that old, that well put together... best Cave soundtrack by far.  It's worth number 1.

[EOJ]

Yeah, the graphics and music are classic. I just don't care for the gameplay too much.

[jpj]

owned all of them bar deathsmiles and mmp, and trying to not let the prices paid affect my judgement:

1.  Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label
2.  Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou
3.  Ibara
4.  Mushihimesama Futari
5.  Espgaluda II
6.  Espgaluda
7.  Guwange
8.  Ketsui
9.  Pink Sweets
10. Dodonpachi    (great but a bit obsolete with doj)


all of them are awesome games to me.
the rest are games i like some aspects, and dislike other factors, i'd put in this order:

Mushihimesama, Donpachi, Progear, Dangun Feveron, ESP.Ra.De

from watching vids, i think mmp would make the top 10, and deathsmiles in the honourable mention list.

[KOMA]

Here for me.
1-Mushihimesama Futari 1.5
2-Death Smiles
3-Mushihimesama
3-Espgaluda 2
4-Espgaluda
5-Guwange

[GaijinPunch]

Death Smiles, Futari, and Futari BL are all great, but I've not put in enough time with any of them to properly rate them.  Everything else in my list I've owned and played many, many times.

[SuperPang]

1. Guwange
2. Ketsui
3. Ibara
4. Espgaluda
5. Progear no Arashi

[Sperrfeuer]

1 Espgaluda
2 DoDonpachi
3 Futari BL
4 Guwange
5 Espgaluda II

[RGC]

Hmm...I'd tentatively rank the ones I've played as follows:

1. Mushihimesama
2. Dangun Feveron
3. Donpachi
4. Dodonpachi
5. Ketsui
6. Dodonpachi DOJ
7. ESPGaluda

For me, Donpachi (with type C) and Dangun (with speed 4) offer a great alternative to the "typical" Cave pace. I've only had a handful of credits on Ketsui down in London, but it left an instant impression on me. Like DOJ, but without all that tedious chaining business. My best chains in any of the DP series were all accidental. DDP is a masterpiece, but score-wise I will always suck at it.

Would be so nice to add Futari 1.5, GaludaII, or MMP to this list. My plan is to trade up to owning one of them...eventually!

[drboom]

Well, having now played a half-dozen or so Cave titles, here's my list:
1) Mushihimesama
2) Espgaluda
3) DoDonPachi
4) Progear (although it is really difficult)
5) Guwange
The counter in Maniac and Ultra in Mushi is really hard to get going, even after reading some of the tutorials. It doesn't seem like a very intuitive system. Needless to say, I'm still enamored with it.
I have a Ketsui board on the way    and I imagine there will be a bit of rearranging happening soon!
I'm really excited to try DDP DOJ as well. My good friend Dave is on his way to get his candy cab this afternoon in Cleveland, OH and it should be his first game purchase, so I'm pretty stoked.

[MX7]

Pretty much limited to MAME and PS2 bar a few goes on Ketsui, but

1: DDP:DOJ
2: Mushihimesama
3: ESPrade
4: Guwange
5: ESPGaluda

Nice to see lots of Guwange love on the board  

[RGC]

Nice to see lots of Guwange love on the board  

I'm tempted to play this some more in Mame. I recall the thing that annoyed me about it a year or so ago was getting stuck running into ground objects. I know that's the whole point of the mechanism they've devised - having to think about when to move along the narrow pathways, and when to stand still - but damn it irritated. I still REALLY love the style of Guwange, so it definitely deserves a return visit.

[THE ALLETT]

Nice forum EOJ  

1.Ketsui
2.Ibara
3. Mushihimesama Futari 1.5
4. Pink sweets
5. Espgaluda

[EOJ]

Nice forum EOJ  

Thanks. This is were all the cool people hang out now (well, at least those that like Cave games).

BTW your top 5 is one of the more interesting I've seen.

[Max]

Limited to MAME & PS2, my fav are:

1- Mushihime-sama (I love the arrange mode)
2- Do Donpachi
3- DDDOJ (I play lees than DoDon)
4- Guwange
5- Donpachi

I think that if a have the opportunity to play Futari Black Label & Death Smiles, then they are in the TOP 1 & 2. Two of them look very very very dinamic and fun.

[Kaneda]

1. Ketsui
2. DOJ
3. Mushihimesama Futari
4. DDP
5. ESPrade

I think MMP would be at least at 5, but I've only played the AOU and loke test versions. Easily my most wanted game right now, but not having a 'gun or cabinet anymore means I'll have to wait until I go back to Japan (which may never happen judging by the way my life is going. Fahck...)

[Budloc]

hi everyone, i'm new there, my fav Cave games are :

1. Progear No Arashi
2. ESP Galuda II
3. Dodonpachi
4. ESP Galuda
5. Mushihime Sama Futari 1.5

it's hard to pick up just 5 games, all Cave release i've played so far are great.
I also love Guwange, Ibara & ESP Ra De.

I've never played Ketsui, IBL, Pink Sweets, MMP or Death Smiles.

[Geezer]

1) Espgaluda
2) Guwange
3) Ketsui
4) Espgaluda II
5) Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou

I've only just gotten Futari 1.5 so I can't give it a proper appraisal yet but it may well make it's way into my top 5 in the future

[Kaede]

1) ESPGaluda
2) Progear no Arashi
3) Mushihimesama
4) DDP
5) Muchi Muchi Pork (from what little I've played, it's awesome)

[CRI]

here's my top 5 list

1) DOJ
2) Ketsui
3) Progear
4) Ibara
5) DDP

damn hard to decide which game i like more. (doj or ketsui)
i also really like guwange, feveron, futari and esp2.
havent played ibara bl, muchi muchi pork and death smiles yet.

[plounted]

-guwange
-mushihime-s
-dai ou ju
-ibara
-esp ra de

id like to get my hands on muchi muchi and ketsui though...

[freddiebamboo]

1) DDP
2) DOJ
3) Guwange
4) Dangun Feveron
5) Ibara

[zlk]

1) DOJ
2) ketsui
3) donpachi
4) guwange
5) ddp

Mushihime Sama and Esprade come in a close #6 and #7.

[gion]

Here is mine:

1) Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5
2) Ketsui
3) EspGaluda II
4) MuchiMuchiPork
5) Ibara

[Rimkuss]

Let's go:

1) Ketsui
2) Guwange
3) Espgaluda
4) DDP DOJ
5) Mushihime sama Futari 1.5
[ (6) Progear no arashi ]

[DED]

limited to ps2 & mame

1. espgaluda
2. doj
3. guwange
4. esprade
5. ddp