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Over time, the series began to evolve into what most fans are familiar with, signified by the shift from the PC-98 to Windows. This brought on a soft reboot, as well as the shift to being self-published rather than being published by Amusement Makers.Ī more extreme example of Touhou's gameplay.Īfter the shift to Windows, the general formula solidified. There, the inexperienced shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei frantically tried to direct a bouncing Yin-Yang Orb into various enemies. Touhou began and borns in 1996, being the oldest indie franchise, with the PC-98 game Highly Responsive to Prayers. His name is Jun'ya Ota, but most people call him ZUN. Touhou is one of, if not THE oldest, longest, relevant, and biggest indie game franchise series, and is a greatest major pillar of the wonderful doujin soft (Amateur self-published works) scene.
However, this name is misleading on multiple levels Nobody there is named Alice, the 3rd party company is located in Western America and Eastern Japan too, rather than Shanghai, and it isn't even a team-Everything, from the artwork, to the music, to the game itself, is developed by one man.
The Touhou Project, usually referred to as just Touhou (And officially titled Project Shrine Maiden in the West, though nobody really uses that name) is a long-running series of bullet hell shoot-em-ups developed by Indie.