2017.08.03
"The Third Angry Leader Bee"
“neohyphengeo productions” picked up a rather rare clone a few months back
and has kindly had it dumped. This, luckily for us means it’s not going to
end up becoming one of those clones that seems more like a myth than a
reality.
The clone in question is a rare version of “DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou” that
simply goes by the title “DoDonPachi III” and was meant for non-Japanese
markets.
Revision-wise it sits somewhere between the original release of DoDonPachi
Dai-Ou-Jou and the Black Label version, and apparently incorporates some of
the gameplay mechanics from the latter. I’m not however versed on the actual
details.
Some strings, such as the character select page have elements translated to
English, the ending appears to have been as well, although a lot of text
remains in Japanese.
This will be supported in MAME 0.189, thanks again to “neohyphengeo
productions”
I believe more details will be released over at the neo-geo.com forums fairly
soon.
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddp3_1.png
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddp3_2.png
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddp3_3.png
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddp3_ending.png
The new DoDonpachi III set, aimed at Non-Japan markets
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddpdoj_1.png
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddpdoj_2.png
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddpdoj_3.png
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/pics2017/ddpdoj_ending.png
The better known Japanese release ‘DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou’ for comparison
https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/