Touhou 1-5 (Pc-98 Series) + Emulator

As nosotros all know, Touhou started it's franchise on the platform of PC-98, it's offset game existence a breakout game instead of a normal Vertical Danmaku Scrolling game.

• First installment of the Series is Touhou 1: Highly Responsive to Prayers, inwards which our love shrine maiden, Reimu Hakurei, is introduced. The game was initially revealed inwards 1996 together with released inwards 1997. In this game, Reimu uses her gohei to hitting Yin-Yang balls inwards guild to hitting cards together with bosses inwards guild to consummate levels. 

Gameplay is similar to Arkanoid, a game past times Taito, which afterward changes inwards the adjacent installment together with maintaining the same genre throughout the primary game series. Unlike Arkanoid, the Yin-Yang balls ARE allowed to comport on the bottom of the player's concealment together with larn out on moving.

And here's story time.
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There's no story really. In all seriousness. But all nosotros know something hitting the Hakurei Shrine together with Reimu won't permit the culprit larn away amongst it.

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• The adjacent installment is Touhou 2: Story of Eastern Wonderland which has been launched inwards 1997, same twelvemonth equally the offset installment (see above). Touhou 2 is the offset installment to live inwards the Vertical Scrolling Danmaku genre.

Now instead of using a Yin-Yang ball, Reimu has 2 of those bad boys together with instantly tin too shoot bullets (FUCK YEAH). In the menu, you're allowed to direct betwixt iii shot types:

1. Wide hit amongst weak power
2. Mid hit amongst normal ability together with auto-target
3. Narrow hit amongst nifty ability together with dull movement

Reimu too has bombs inwards which the thespian could purpose to clear bullets from the concealment for duration of the bomb together with granting bonus points. Use them wisely though.
Touhou 2 too reveals most features nosotros know:

1.  Relatively pocket-size hitboxes
2. Bosses who are slightly bigger than the thespian
3. Power-up system
4. Point items
5. Extra Stage
6. The scoring organisation

In Touhou 2, Marisa Kirisame makes her offset appearance, afterward accompanying Reimu equally playable character.

Story time, for existent though.
Reimu returns after closed to preparation together with the Hakurei Shrine is filled amongst ghosts together with youkai, together with then Reimu takes Genji, her servant, inwards guild to notice Rika, the culprit together with defeat her. In the Extra Stage, she attacks i time more.

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• Next upwards is Touhou 3: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream, launched inwards 1997 equally well. ZUN was rattling active. Anyway, this is the offset game inwards the Phantasmagoria type, equally people tend to telephone yell upwards it. It features 2 sides on the thespian screen. The left side oftenly is the player's side, the correct i existence the opponent's one. How's it work? Simple. You induce got to dodge danmaku equally usual, together with too unloose accuse attacks together with purpose bombs on the opponent's side. You tin refer this game trend equally only split-screen.

The Story fashion gameplay features nine levels, each marking progressing together with the AI gets improve together with better. Imagine if someone would patch the AI to live mad shit insane, right? haha. ha.

Since it's a separate concealment game, you lot are too able to compete against a friend via local play, amongst the novel Joypad support™️. Or if you lot precisely wanna shoot closed to footage (you never know), you lot could picket 2 AIs battle i against the other.

Is this the story time?????
Reimu runs across closed to ruins close the Hakurei Shrine who is said that those who move into together with transcend all the stages of the ruins larn good rewarded. Guess who wins.

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• Fourth installment is Touhou 4: Lotus Land Story, inwards which the Japanese scream "Gensoukyou" reveals the footing where all events occur. This one's launched inwards 1998, both the lawsuit together with terminal products.

In Touhou 4, instantly nosotros too induce got Marisa equally playable character. Reimu tin encompass broad areas but depression damage, patch Marisa does the opposite. Bombs present dissimilar demeanour depending on grapheme chosen.
Touhou iv too reveals to a greater extent than of the features nosotros know:

1. Grazing
2.  Hold shift to displace slower, helping amongst focusing on enemy bullets.
3.  Bombs auto-collect items now
4. Oh forgot, graze counter.

And to live to a greater extent than exact, Touhou iv isn't rattling where it is revealed where all the game events move on in. Touhou five does that (see below). Touhou iv too returns to the normal Playstyle of Vertical Scrolling Danmaku that Touhou 2 had, this fourth dimension amongst to a greater extent than bullet sauce together with Marisa equally playable grapheme equally mentioned.

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Youkai start swarming the Hakurei Shrine, requiring for Reimu together with Marisa caput separate ways upwards to the Mugenkan, Yuuka Kazami's mansion together with location of the lastly stages.

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• And finally, Touhou 5: Mystic Square, existence the 5th together with lastly installment on the PC-98 platform, which features Reimu, Marisa, Yuuka together with Mima (pls come upwards back) equally playable characters, each amongst a unmarried shot type.

This game features Alice Margatroid's offset appearance, afterward appearing equally Stage 3 mid-boss together with boss of Touhou seven together with Ghost Side of Marisa inwards Touhou 8. Touhou five consists inwards Touhou 4's features mostly, but has a to a greater extent than lenient score ranking system.
As mentioned above, Touhou five reveals genuinely that all actions of the franchise occur inwards Gensokyo.

thank god it's nigh over omg
 Demons start coming out from a cave that was buried inwards mountains. The protagonists must become to Makai, accomplish the fortress of Pandemonium together with defeat the mastermind.

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