First Cave pcb to own

[darkcrono]

Or have a Raspberry 5 with recalbox jamma adapter, that's top notch

[XtraSmiley]

At this point buy a Cave CV1000 multi and play all those games.

The CV1000 multi plays dodonpachi, esprade and progear ?

No, all those, meaning CV1000 games. Sorry I should have been more clear!

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

Also worth considering if rather than going for pcbs, getting an Exa arcade. eg DoDonPachi or Crimson Kantana and apparently more Cave titles on the way. The games tend to feature additional modes and it's what is current in arcades at the moment also then you have access to newer ex cave member developed games like Aka & Blue, and if collection is an aspect for you then still have the 'arcade' kit/cartridge or even the limited edition Exa Cave motherboards are very hard to find now.

Can't go wrong with a Deathsmiles pcb, everybody loves that game even non cave fans.

Personaly I'd say DeathSmiles I and II are by far the weakest arcade games by Cave, can't stand that loli **** and I don't enjoy having to steer the satellite in that counterintuitive way all the time.

Re: Exa, if emulation is acceptable for him, he can get a PC or RPi setup, no need to spend thousands of bucks on an "EXA system", which (from a private consumer's perspective) is just a stupidly overpriced PC...

Or have a Raspberry 5 with recalbox jamma adapter, that's top notch

+1. I don't have recalbox jamma, but I've been using an RPI4 with an RGB Dual on my CRT TV and the consoles it emulates hardly get any play any more. It's an extremely nifty system, and I have no doubt the team that came up with it knew what they were doing when they designed the recalbox jamma adapter.

[Icarus]

Tricky question!

But, I’d recommend:

- Mushihimesama (fantastic art, OST and level and enemy design)
- Esprade (futuristic fantasy at its best)
- Espgaluda (everything is great in this game)

[Marcelliott]

Espgaluda 2 then dfk 1.5, both bought on release, sold the espgaluda 2 for £250

I sold an egret 2 and dfk 1.5 for £1000

Yup......