Progear (2001)

CAVE Interactive

Arcade

3.38 from 16 ratings

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How long? Main story 1h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Progear is an arcade video game developed by CAVE and published by Capcom on the CPS-2 arcade system board in 2001. This was Cave's only horizontal scrolling shooter until Deathsmiles in 2007. The game features a steampunk-like style and art design. This game is the second of two CAVE shoot 'em ups to be released in America with the third … Read more
Progear is an arcade video game developed by CAVE and published by Capcom on the CPS-2 arcade system board in 2001. This was Cave's only horizontal scrolling shooter until Deathsmiles in 2007. The game features a steampunk-like style and art design. This game is the second of two CAVE shoot 'em ups to be released in America with the third CAVE NTSC-U/C release being Princess Debut, and in limited print; and as a result, the US version is somewhat rare. Sometime in the past, the people of the country of Parts had found a way to become immortal, but only with elderly nobles. Five of these elders—Ballossum Pench, Gabriel Hammer, Jimchuck Spanner, Olsorro Slasher, and Leonard Drill—obtained immortality, and became known as the Motoruin sages. Eventually, they attempted to take over the Parts kingdom and start a new world order, collapsing the government and destroying parts of the country in the process. As their plans unfold, five children of one of these villages decide to battle the Motoruin using another new invention: the semi-automatic propelling engine, known as "Progear". At the start of the game, the player is given a choice between two pilots/planes and three gunners, which determines the effectiveness of their respective modes. Each character's costume can be changed by holding the start button at the selection screen. Read less
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Details

Developers
CAVE Interactive
Publishers
Capcom
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Fantasy, Historical

Release dates

  • Jan 17, 2001 (Worldwide) Arcade

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Top 10: Cave by SIGINT · 10 games · 0

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Status SIGINT Aug 12, 2023

While it’s maybe not as aesthetically attention-grabbing as Deathsmiles, this horizontal shooter from Cave still looks great and is about as fun as that game. Interestingly it was made for Capcom’s arcade hardware and published by them, so appears in a Capcom collection on recent consoles. I’ve played a few versions of it this year and every time I’ve …

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While it’s maybe not as aesthetically attention-grabbing as Deathsmiles, this horizontal shooter from Cave still looks great and is about as fun as that game. Interestingly it was made for Capcom’s arcade hardware and published by them, so appears in a Capcom collection on recent consoles. I’ve played a few versions of it this year and every time I’ve returned to it I’m like “oh yeah, this game is fun, I don’t know why I don’t think to play it more often.” The bosses’ dialogue when you kill them adds a fun bit of personality that I wouldn’t have minded to see more of. As far as horizontal bullet hell stuff goes, this is one that “clicks” for me pretty well and definitely one I can recommend.

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