Touhou 01: Wondrous Eastern Legend 東方靈異伝 ～ Highly Responsive to Prayers PC-98

Developer: Zun Soft
Year: 1995 (Released on 1997)

Description: Somewhat based on Arkanoid games instead of shmups, it presents some unusual mechanics to control the ball, the Hakurei Yin-Yang orb, that jumps on the screen to clear all the cards or bosses of the stage. Reimu is a shrine maiden with little power, but the Hakurei God manifests himself through the orb which she uses to search and punish the responsible for the wrecking of the Hakurei shrine. She hasn't trained enough to handle it properly and thus should avoid direct contact (with anything actually) at all costs.

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English (Pre-patched)