Dangun Feveron
Title Screen
| Developer: | Cave |
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| Publisher: | Atlus |
| Producer: | Kenichi Takano |
| Music: | Nanpei Misawa Tatsuhiko Kasuga (FM Arrange) chibi-tech (VIP Arrange) |
| Program: | Crusty Takashi Ichimura Hiroyuki Uchida |
| Art: | Naoki Ogiwara Hiroyuki Tanaka |
| Release date: | September 1998 |
| Previous game: | Esp Ra.De. |
| Next game: | Guwange |
Dangun Feveron (弾銃フィーバロン, Dan jū fībaron; Fever SOS outside of Japan) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up, released in 1998 on CAVE 68000 hardware for arcades.
The game was being developed around the same time as ESP Ra.De., however Tsuneki Ikeda wasn't involved in its development as much, instead leaving the programming to "Crusty", Takashi Ichimura and Hiroyuki Uchida. The game went through several revisions, starting out as a mecha STG, but due to poor reception from location tests, the team decided on a disco theme.
The game is drastically different from other CAVE titles. Instead of slow and dense bullet patterns, the game is much faster with fewer bullets, feeling more like a Toaplan game.
The game received a home port for PlayStation 4 and XBox One in 2018, as part of M2's M2 ShotTriggers series for its 20th Anniversary. It includes the original arcade version of the game, a "FEVER" arrange, various practice modes, and two new arrange soundtracks: FM Arrange in vein of old Toaplan games by Tatsuhiko Kasuga and VIP Arrange by chibi-tech.
Contents
Story
Earth Invasion Ultimate Commander, Admiral Gratze, embarked on a mission to conquer the third planet from the sun, setting his sights on Planet FEVER. Planet FEVER was surrounded by mysterious electromagnetic waves, which are known to cause all equipment to go haywire, but Gratze thought it was a mere superstition. When it reached his private room and cut his call with his wife, Aileen, he swore destruction upon the residents of Planet Fever.
Planet FEVER Defense Force Esper Pilots Afro & McCoy, alongside Space Travelling FEVER Girl Stephanie team up to put a stop to the delusional madman.
Controls
- A (Tap): Shot
- A (Hold): Powerful Shot
- B: Bomber
- C (Dipswitch): Rapid Shot
Characters
Afro (on the left) and McCoy (on the right) are the ace pilots of Planet FEVER's Defense Force. Afro's Type-A ship is a central shot. McCoy's Type-B ship is a 3-way shot with the side shots at a 15 degree angle.
Stephanie is the leader of the "Fever Girls" Dance Troupe. Her Type-C ship is a wide shot, with the side shots at a 45 degree angle.
Power Shots
Unlike most CAVE games, where the ships have two weapons at all times (most of the time shot+laser), in Dangun Feveron, you get to choose your second shot to use for the entire game.
The Lock-On Power Shot fires fast saws, which lock onto enemies and don't let go until the locked-on enemy dies. If you lock a core of a boss, you can focus on maneuvering through its patterns easily, but it has the lowest DPS out of the power shots.
The Bomb Power Shot fires multiple missile in a row, drawing in the surrounding enemies and taking out big crowds at once. The longer it takes for them to explode, the stronger the punch they will pack, as they are the the slowest of the power shots.
The Roll Power Shot works on a charge shot system. The ship gets surrounded by orbs when holding down the A button, that can destroy lower enemies at close range, but releasing the A button fires the beams, that pierce through enemy ships. The attack changes depending on how long you hold the shot button. A shorter hold will have more power, but longer hold will cover more area.
