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~Retro Era~ (1996-1998)
The Retro Era is characterized by its primitive look and the fact that you can't see boss health gauges.
The retro Touhou games are played on the PC-98 system, so you need an emulator
for these games. The folder comes with not only the emulator itself
(Anex), but also a font file you can use for the English-translated
titles (which you can tell the emulator to use in the Font tab of its
options menu); do note that most of this era remains untranslated save for Th02 and what little text there is in Th01.
The
games of the Retro Era do not have unique gameplay mechanics; that
trend started with the Classic Era. Thus, there are no special gameplay
mechanics sections.
Touhou 1: Highly Responsive to Prayers (Th01 / Touhou Rei'iden / HRtP)
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Release Information
Type: Single-Screen Action Game
Publisher: ZUN
Year of Release: 1996
Language: English-Patched
Character Information
Playable Characters: 1
(Reimu)
Shot Types: 1
(Actually,
your shots don't do a whole lot; you mainly need to swing your gohei in
order to hit the yin-yang ball around. If you forget to swing the
gohei, poor Reimu will get crushed by the ball! ;-;
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Mirrors
* Mirror ( Depositfiles) [Ace of Hearts]
Plot Point:
The strength of the seal that keeps demons and other evil creatures
from entering Gensokyo via the shrine - which also serves as an entrance
to the outside world you and I are familiar with - has been
diminishing. Reimu decides to go in of her own volition to see whether
the cause lies in there and needs beaten up (it does).
Special Notes:
The screen doesn't scroll and it's actually built more like a breakout
game (think "Arkanoid"), featuring a large yin-yang ball Reimu hits
around the screen with her gohei, and that ball is the only thing that
can damage enemies.
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Touhou 2: The Story of Eastern Wonderland (Th02 / Touhou Fuumaroku / SoEW)
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Release Information
Type: Shooting Game
Publisher: ZUN
Year of Release: 1997
Language: English-Patched
Character Information
Playable Characters: 1
(Reimu)
Shot Types: 3
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Mirrors
* Mirror ( Depositfiles) [Ace Of Hearts]
Plot Point: Monsters have started appearing at the shrine! Reimu is off to investigate!
Extra Notes: This is the first real shooting game in the series.
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Touhou 3: Phantasmagoria of Dimensional Dream (Th03 / Touhou Yumejikuu / PoDD)
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Release Information
Type: Versus Shooter
Publisher: ZUN
Year of Release: 1997
Language: Japanese
Character Information
Playable Characters: 9
(Reimu, Marisa, Mima, Ellen, Kotohime, Kana, Rikako, Chiyuri, Yumemi)
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Mirrors
* Mirror ( Depositfiles) [Ace Of Hearts]
Plot Point: A
ruin has appeared near the shrine. Curious to investigate, our girls
arrive almost simultaneously - only to discover that the ruin doesn't
seem to have an entrance. Then they discover an edict laid out: the
ruin contains some sort of prize, but the building can only accommodate
one person. Seeing this, the girls decide upon a competition, where the
last one left standing will be allowed to go in and claim the prize.
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Touhou 4: Lotus Land Story (Th04 / Touhou Gensokyo / LLS)
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Release Information
Type: Shooting Game
Publisher: ZUN
Year of Release: 1998
Language: Japanese
Character Information
Playable Characters: 2
(Reimu, Marisa)
Shot Types: 2 per character
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Mirrors
* Mirror ( Depositfiles) [Ace Of Hearts]
Plot Point: Reimu
is starting to get bored of her peaceful life when the youkai invade.
As such, this is when she decides to officially begin her hobby of
exterminating youkai, and for the first time in a regular shooting game,
Marisa tags along.
Extra Notes: This is the first game in the series where you can Focus to slow yourself down (though it doesn't display your hitbox).
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Touhou 5: Mystic Square (Th05 / Touhou Kaikidan / MS)
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Release Information
Type: Shooting Game
Publisher: ZUN
Year of Release: 1998
Language: Japanese
Character Information
Playable Characters: 4
(Reimu, Marisa, Mima, Yuka)
Shot Types: 1 per character
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Mirrors
* Mirror ( Depositfiles) [Ace Of Hearts]
Plot Point: Still
recovering after the arrival of the youkai, demons from the realm of
Makai now begin trying to invade. Once again, Reimu decides to cut off
the invasion at the source. Each for their own reasons, Marisa, Mima
and Yuka also decide it's in their best interests to investigate.
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