Can you manage your hitbox?

[Raevis]

If you're a frequent visitor to the chat, you've probably noticed the sudden rise in the phenomenon that gamers call 'Touhou' between a few of the more commonly seen members. Videos, pictures, references... Several things that this series has spawned is now popping up on our site.

Well, if you're confused, I think now's as good a time as any to get pulled into the series.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

Basically, the games are a set of 'bullet hell' games. That means that there's basically so many bullets that there are times you might not even see the entire sprite of your character. ...On Easy.

Don't let that scare you away, though. The games themselves are incredibly amazing in terms of unique characters, music, and story. XD

Aaaaaaaanyway, I'm straying from the point. This thread isn't just here to make you look up the game... It's here to actual get you started on it.

I'm going to provide a few links to the games. As I get the time and as this computer manages to find the heart to not lag horribly and fail at uploading, I'll be putting up more links to the other games so that our site, as a whole, can take it easy.

Enjoy guys.

(Note: When you download these, you click the game application that has an E on it, such as th_06e. That's the one in English.)

Current uploads:
Touhou 1 ~ Highly Responsive to Prayers
Touhou 2 ~ The Story of Eastern Wonderland
Touhou 3 ~ Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream
Touhou 4 ~ Lotus Land Story
Touhou 5 ~ Mystic Square
www.mediafire.com/?dnne4jzzzkm

Touhou 6 ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
www.megaupload.com/?d=GEIAQR72

Touhou 7 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom
www.megaupload.com/?d=KM5YTDWJ

Touhou 7.5 ~ Immaterial and Missing Power
www.megaupload.com/?d=JV529UCN

Touhou 8 ~ Imperishable Night
www.megaupload.com/?d=4FA37GS7

Touhou 9 ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View
www.megaupload.com/?d=VWWT1IY0

Touhou 9.5 ~ Shoot the Bullet
www.mediafire.com/?nljwzj3zj2w

Touhou 10 ~ Mountain of Faith
www.megaupload.com/?d=0G6MEYX0

Touhou 10.5 ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
www.megaupload.com/?d=M3EIB7N8

Touhou 11 ~ Subterranian Animism
www.megaupload.com/?d=ZN0AC0RW

Touhou 12 ~ Undefined Fantastic Object
www.megaupload.com/?d=COWBSTDE

Touhou 12.3 ~ Unthinkable Natural Law
www.megaupload.com/?d=056MSP9W

Touhou 12.5 ~ Double Spoiler
www.mediafire.com/?hv2zdxi32is0xb7

Touhou 12.8 ~ Fairy Wars
www.mediafire.com/?jyn6g2jpnvju69p

Touhou Extra Games
Patchcon
Megamari
Super Marisa Land
Super Marisa World
Rekkaden[/url]
Touhouvania[/url]
Touhouvania 2[/url]
Mystical Chain[/url]
Touhou Labyrinth[/url]
Touhoumon[/url] (Requires GBA emulator)
Gensokyo Dokasuka Wars[/url]
Patchouli[/url]
Touhou Pocket Wars Evo

(Everything from 7-11 and 12.3 (plus Labyrinth, Pocket Wars and Rekkaden) was uploaded by Spyke. Give him a hug. x3)
(Touhoumon was found by Guy. =3 Give him... uh.........)

[Raevis]

Touhou Music~ This post used to say something else, but since people keep missing the music post below, I'm putting it up here. XD

Game soundtracks:

Akyu's Untouched Scores (PC 98 soundtracks) -
Akyu's Untouched Score Vol. 1 (Touhou 4)
Disc A: www.mediafire.com/?dkimw15wdzy0dq8
Disc B: www.mediafire.com/?oo6ol7551lpdjlj
Akyu's Untouched Score Vol. 2 (Touhou 5)
www.mediafire.com/?q97bf8ubufwacfx
Akyu's Untouched Score Vol. 3 (Touhou 2)
www.mediafire.com/?hs77zhfm2629n8a
Akyu's Untouched Score Vol. 4 (Touhou 3)
www.mediafire.com/?0go96g1sm0gqif1
Akyu's Untouched Score Vol. 5 (Touhou 1)
www.mediafire.com/?0cqigq3ioxp4dal

Standard Game O/GST (Windows):
Touhou 6 ~ Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
www.mediafire.com/?yynytzijj3d
Touhou 7 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossoms
www.mediafire.com/?4tw2mie3ewy
Touhou 7.5 ~ Immaterial and Missing Power
www.mediafire.com/?uitaoap16g7u5x9
Touhou 8 ~ Imperishable Night
www.mediafire.com/?nmnjilgztdi
Touhou 9 ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View
www.mediafire.com/?hxw5jynyjm2
Touhou 9.5 ~ Shoot the Bullet
www.mediafire.com/?3evm82t2jgrs4ld
Touhou 10 ~ Mountain of Faith
www.mediafire.com/?jn2yyiyowzg
Touhou 10.5 ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
www.mediafire.com/?9ndzihtx6b8n6xu
Touhou 11 ~ Subterranean Animism
www.mediafire.com/?dyvn34cn5ny
Touhou 12 ~ Undefined Fantastic Object
www.mediafire.com/?3gxzd0jzatt
Touhou 12.3 ~ Unthinkable Natural Law
www.mediafire.com/?30smqk7xfp8tvf3
Touhou 12.5 ~ Double Spoiler
www.mediafire.com/?0opyhu5cu0p8a54
Touhou 12.8 ~ Fairy Wars
www.mediafire.com/?f3b0lc5uzv3cd1i

Other Official Albums -
Dolls in Pseudo Paradise
www.mediafire.com/?n79wcear68t7pbv
Ghostly Field Club
www.mediafire.com/?6ma6a3d76i427nj
Changeability of Strange Dream
www.mediafire.com/?gy83q88t30gwx66
Retrospective 53 Minutes
www.mediafire.com/?hgwci1af454m22u
Magical Astronomy
www.mediafire.com/?zga3egh029s9b7h
Unknown Flower, Mesmerizing Journey
www.mediafire.com/?rr3ih9czwi5j1ej

[nishthedish]

NishtheDish, reporting for duty! Btw, Patchouli and Meiling are MINE.

[Spyke]

D= claiming charas? wha? Stay away from my Youmu

[Raevis]

Oh, fine. xP

Dibs on Aya and Reisen, then.

[Spyke]

wooooo fighter time

[Raevis]

Ok, Touhou 7.5 is different from some of the other titles in that it's a fighting game as opposed to a bullet hell game. I didn't toy with it as much as I did the later fighting game, but I can say that it reacts pretty well.

Now then... Before you run this, you really, REALLY want to open the config_loader.exe and switch around some of the controls. The default ones are absolutely horrible (move with WASD, attack with F1-4 It's just unnatural <_<). These are the ones I use, but feel free to use what you like:
Z - Physical attacks
X - Main shot attacks
C - Option shot attacks
V - Specialty/Bombs
Up/Down/Left/Right - movement

Obviously different directions will produce different attacks, other things that relate to fighting games... Yeah. XD One thing I wanna note, though, is that I think there may be a way for us to hook up an online play-mode (I'm still looking into it).

This is more a 'this game is special and I'm stopping here for tonight, so don't worry about the fact that they stopped showing up' post. XD Good night, guys.

P.S. The second fighting game is really a lot of fun and I feel bad that I'm doing everything in numerical order, else you'd all have it already. =3

[Spyke]

might have to try a different upload site so you can upload uncompressed...be abysmal considering the upload/download times though >.>

[Spyke]

alright, in light of sumote's uploads messing up, I've taken the liberty of attempting to upload the games myself now that I have the same torrent that he has. So far I've tested 7, 7.5, and 8 to see if they work...and since 7.5 and 8 had some problems when uploading but still came out okay, I'm going to assume the rest are fine. IF ANY DO NOT WORK LET ME KNOW

Sadly the links are on Megaupload since it had an upload manager I could use as my internet kept cutting out and therefore screwed up uploads. This manager is keeping my progress saved so those resets aren't a problem anymore. So that means one upload at a time, sorry...unless you have a premium account or some means of a premium link generator...>.> I know I stumbled across one a while back that worked well, but I have no idea where it is anymore.

[Raevis]

Spyke is awesome. <3

Also, if you got those from the torrent, you shouldn't need the Meiling patch. Just clear story mode once and she'll be available in arcade.

Also, did you get a copy of twelve?

[Spyke]

sumote should edit out the meiling patch since it's not necessary

^.^; also you give me too much credit

[GrayFox]

I don't play it or anything but I only like it due to its huge contribution to the MADS on nico.

[Spyke]

Bored...

Spyke's Conquests[/u](notable ones anyways)

Touhou 6
- Normal mode, no continues (Marisa B)

Touhou 7
- Normal mode, no continues (Sakuya A)
- Hard mode, no continues (Sakuya A, Marisa B)

Touhou 8
- Normal mode, no continues(Youmu)
- Hard mode, no continues(Youmu)

Touhou 9
- Normal mode, no continues(Youmu)

Touhou 10
- Normal mode, no continues(Reimu A)

Touhou 11
- Normal mode, no continues(Reimu A)

Touhou 12
- Normal mode, no continues(Marisa A)

[Raevis]

Quick bump before I go to sleep: I spent tonight working on getting organized mp3s of the songs from all the games that are up there (as well as 12), so I'm gonna rar them and upload them tomorrow once I'm off work. But in the meantime, I was wondering if you guys might have your own opinions on which songs from the games you like over the others. XD

...I'm also going to add to that survey once I upload. xP I'm forcing myself to only pick one stage and one boss song from each game, excluding the fighters and 9.5 (but including 9). Give me some discussion. XD It's more fun if I know how other people are different than me. x3

Oh, and in light of this upload, I went and switched my title in the second post. =P

[Raevis]

Bleh, no response? Well, the music is done being put up, so maybe we can get something going here now. XD

Update 2/1: Links moved to second post. <3

Oh... wait, one response... mine. <3 My own opinions for what song is above the others for each game. Spoiler tagged so that there's not a huge wall of text on the thread. XD

SPOILER: Click to show

Touhou 6 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil:

Stage three - Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea

Probably the song I have the easiest time remember out of any Touhou

song. >_> I'm not sure why, but it's always one of the first ones that comes

to mind.

Boss Four - Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room

I really like how this one picks up riiiight about the time I start getting done

with the conversation with Patchy. It also throws out a heck of a regal air

during the fight, which makes it a lot more fun for me. XD

"But Rae, what about U. N. Owen?" No. D= Go away. It's decent, but I don't

think it's anywhere near the best from this game.

...My picks for this one should make Nish happy. XD Meiling stage and

Patchy boss. x3

Touhou 7 - Perfect Cherry Blossom

Stage Two - Fantastic Legend of Tohno

This one and the boss song I picked from this game... I actually listen to

these two rather often for daydreaming/inspiration. The style is incredibly

enjoyable. XD

Boss Three - Doll Judgement ~ The Girl who Played with People's Shapes

And I'm totally not picking this for stealing the precious thing. xP See above.

Also, the jazzy remix of this in 7.5 is what REALLY got me hooked on the

song. XD

Touhou 8 - Imperishable Night

Stage Five - Cinderella Cage ~ Kagome-Kagome

Whenever I try and remember stage music from this game, this is the first

one that pops into my head. I do like the little speed up shortly after the

beginning, though. "Hey, look, this is soft and slow so the stage might not

be so ba- oh, wait, no. Start dying, guys. "

Boss Four (A) - Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle

The only reason I still don't absolutely hate fighting Reimu is because I enjoy

this song so much. x3 Otherwise, I'd force myself to fight Marisa every time.

Every. Single. Time. ...Nothing good comes from trying to fight Reimu. D=

Touhou 9 - Phantasmagoria of Flower View

Boss Aya - Wind God Girl (Short)

Have I ever mentioned that I have a small love for horns? XD Well, the horns

in this one really, really do sound good. The amount of energy it gives me

helps me like it, too.

...Yes, I know, Aya. XD Be quiet, Spyke. x3 I'd pick more songs from nine,

but since it's different than the other ones, I can't without breaking my rules.



Touhou 10 - Mountain of Faith

Stage Four - Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall

Another one that makes you feel more thoughtful. x3 Maybe it's just me, but

I love picking those ones all the time. XD

Boss Extra - Native Faith

I generally try and skip the extra bosses since I'll never hear them while

playing, but this one is just too awesome. The amount of playfulness it has

is so much fun. <3

Touhou 11 - Subterannean Animism

Stage Four - Heartfelt Fancy

Ffffffffff- So happy to be able to hear this without a sudden "mrrooooooow~"

popping up.

Boss Four - Satori Maiden's 3rd Eye

Honestly, this is one of my favorite boss songs period. At least, that I've

encountered during gameplay so far. Another regal one, like Patchy. XD

Touhou 12 - Unidentified Fantastic Object

Stage Four - Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship

It's just fun. ...So much fun.

Boss Five - The Tiger-Patterned Vaisravana

I think this is one of the few 'heavy' songs I really like. XD Figures it took all

the way until the end of the list to get one on here. x3

EDIT: Hey, this is important! If you downloaded the soundtrack for Touhou 6 before this edit, go redownload it. I made a single-looped, fade out version of each song as opposed to the no loop, abrupt ending ones that were up there before.

Ok, have fun guys. <3

[Spyke]

since sumote keeps bugging me to do this I'll start posting my list of favorites and reasoning...only have 6 and 7 done so far...8's stages are seeming kinda samey to me right now x.x

SPOILER: Click to show

Touhou 6

Stage: 3, Shanghai Teaparty ~ Chinese Tea
No doubt one of the first songs that comes to mind when I think of 6, and definately stays stuck for a while. It's bright and cheerful and just has a great feel to it. Doesn't take much to get the point across of why I like this one.

Boss: Cirno, Beloved Tomboyish Daughter
Yeah yeah, she's a baka and a ⑨, but I like the upbeat of this song at the start. And once it calms down it has a nice calm serene feel that kinda goes hand in hand with Cirno's icyness. Not to mention I can't count the number of times "Perfect Freeze" got going when that part of the song starts up making it fit the mood even more with all those bullets that slowly move around randomly after they unfreeze.

Touhou 7

Stage: 5, Mystical Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple
And no its not me playing favorite with Youmu D=<. Never really had the chance to pay attention to this song when I was actually playing 7...that was when it was crunch time in order to save my last few lives so I could beat Yuyuko. But when I listened to it I was literally bouncing around in my chair unknowingly until I realized what was playing. It has a nice variety of tones which keeps me happy throughout the song. The calmer quiet parts are soothing, and the louder more actiony parts get me going, but still keep the beauty of the song going. I guess there's a reason why I keep looping Hakugyokurou (The IOSYS song made to this tune = D).

Boss: Yuyuko, Bloom Nobly, Cherry Blossoms of Sumizome ~ Border of Life
Sheesh long title. Gunna have to go with Yuyuko on this game. The light airy feel is fun for most of the song, and when that's not going on the climax sounding parts are going and I get really into it. I find myself wanting to whistle along and suddenly start pressing the arrow keys as I try to dodge a barrage of bullets thats not even there. Probably my habits from finally beating 7 kicking in >.>.

[Raevis]

There. XD

Spyke needs Satori's theeeeeeeme. D= And lullaby of a deserted hell. And Heartfelt Fancy. And *trails off*

...

Eleven's soundtrack is awesome.

[Jordan]

What about me? I need a title too... Nish is archiver, Spyke is gladiator... What am I? Can I be the town n00b? I can't beat 7 on easy... With 5 lives and all continues... I think I qualify XD

[Spyke]

just so we can finish this list up, here's touhou 12.3

www.megaupload.com/?d=CCGH1UFV

[Raevis]

Feb 1, 2010 9:28:37 GMT -7 Jordan said:

What about me? I need a title too...

Glorious squire. =3 Just need more practice. x3

(Take a guess at how many times it took me to clear Touhou 7 with all continues and lives. XD Go for 8, it's a bit easier. =O)

[Spyke]

It is?

Honestly, yeah maybe the game is slightly more difficult...but I still feel the supernatural borders saved my ass so many times it was like getting a free time limited bomb every minute or so...Take that into account and I could clear the screen of bullets at least 2 or 3 times during most of the later boss fights(Yuyuko tended to give enough cherry points after every spellcard XD). What I do? Dodge as much as possible until the border is almost gone, then ram a bullet just so I have a clean screen for a little while and the border doesn't go to waste.

Honestly slightly harder game with dozens of freebie faux bombs is easier than slightly easier game to me XD. But hey, to each their own.

But yeah, like sumote said. Looooots of runthroughs before I even managed 7 on normal...(don't even get me started on 10-12 DX). Don't look so much at "I still haven't beaten this game I suck" Just look at the milestones and try to get a little farther each time, like I did with my recent hard mode run. Hey I made it to Alice and died right off...Hey I beat Alice and died on the way to the prismrivers...Hey I got the prismrivers to their next to last spellcard...Hey I almost beat Youmu as a midboss...etc until I finally plowed past yuyuko and wished I hadn't set myself to max lives since I had 3 left at the end XD.

[Raevis]

The borders help out a lot, but I always found the last bombs more useful. XD Mostly because they take out a huuuuuuuuuge chunk of most of the current pattern/card (if not all of it). Also, the ability to build up more continues once you start getting used to the earlier stages is helpful, too. x3 (And not actually being required to survive Kaguya's last spell. xP)

But really, I think eight is easier because of all the different styles you can try out. Like... seven may have six different ones, but they feel really similar between each other. XD (Sakuya and Reimu both have homing types of things, although they're slightly different. Reimu and Marisa both have heavy forward-focus, although they're different. Stuff like that. XD)

SPOILER: Click to show

Also, Reisen > Youmu D=

[Spyke]

didn't the last bombs burn an extra bomb? DX I'd rather not deathbomb and waste a second one in the process. (And kaguya had three last spells not just one, and honestly you aren't required to survive any last spell xP) I guess getting more continues would be useful to someone just trying to finish the game, but for someone like me who wants to beat it without a continue that doesn't change the game much XD.

Question though, didn't you start out with technically only one continue due to the time system? In that case unless you earned a few you would technically have less continues than 7.

And yes all the styles were nice to have (especially youmu solo >=D she's tricky to learn but deadly when used right.) But I don't exactly see how that equates to easier XD. Sakuya = easy mode on 7 honestly. Decently powerful homing attack and 4 bombs per life? I'm sorry it made things a LOT easier.

SPOILER: Click to show

In your dreams XP Also, what the heck brought that up?

[Raevis]

(Kaguya has however many spells she can get in before 5:00 AM. XD So... in a game where you got no bonus time, she might only have one. x3 But still, don't have to survive it like you do Yuyuko's. =O)

Oh, the continue system is kinda like "play until 5". So, since it starts at 11, you basically get six continues in stage one, five in stage two, etc. with the opportunity to earn more by beating the time ranking. x3 Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiich, in my opinion, means that you'll generally be getting better at the stages as you try again and eventually start earning extra ones looooooooooong before you start worrying about Eirin/Kaguya. XD (By the time I was finally able to get to stage six, I was easily clearing time ranks on stages one and two. x3)

Different styles =/= easier game, but different styles = more ways to try out if something you're doing doesn't seem to be working. Also, the Remi/Sakuya mix is reeeeeeeally powerful. XD (Wheee, good spread on fast movement and lock-on on focus movement so you can focus on only dodging. )

SPOILER: Click to show

But she's more fun to fight. D= Also, nothing, hence spoiler tag. x3 Only you read these.

P.S. Upload that one arena game for us? =O

[Spyke]

I can do better, I'll just use the link I downloaded it from since I still know where it is = D

www.sendspace.com/file/fq50qs

SPOILER: Click to show

Youmu did do everything in her power to take advantage of the bullets and patterns I hate I suppose...but I guess I'm the only one who got a bit of excitement out of finding tiny holes in 100s of meshed together bullets in a second and sliding through it before the time stops ended XD. But then again...Reisen had a couple spells I wanted to just smack her for using...like the bullets spawning from the four corners one >.>.