Highly Responsive to Prayers ( 東方靈異伝 ) is the first Touhou game, released in 1996/1997 for PC98. generally it's an Arkanoid clone.
Concepts
The only character is Reimu Hakurei, who frantically trying to hit the bouncing Yin-Yang ball using her gohei in such a way it will hit target(s), 'cards' and 'bosses' alike. Reimu can throw spellcards(?) too, but the purpose is to ward off enemy bullets and better positioning the ball, not attacking. As the last resort, Reimu can use 'bomb', one each 'live' to hit all card. This doesnt guarantee that the card will be 'disabled'. Worse, most of the time the bomb simply will not damage the boss. The game consists of several fixed-layout level which increase in difficulty, guarded by one boss per 5 level. To complete a level the player should disable all cards or hit the boss of that level certain times. There's two choosable path on the game, 'Jigoku'(Hell) path and 'Makai'(Devil's World) path. Reimu will lost one of her live(s) when hit by enemy's bullet/laser/magic or stomped by her own ball. (no pun intended). This game feature zero length of dialogue and a less moe-looking Reimu.
Casts
Reimu Hakurei - Shaman
Singyoku - GateKeeper
YuugenMagan - Evil Eyes
Elis - Innocent Devil
Sariel - Angel of Death
Mima - Revengeful Ghost
Kikuri - HellMoon
Konngara - Astral Knight
Music
A Sacred Lot -- Title Theme
永遠の巫女 -- "Eien no Miko", 'Eternal Shrine Maiden'. lv. 1-4, Jigoku lv. 16-19
The Positive and Negative -- Boss lv.5
Highly Responsive to Prayers -- Makai lv. 6-9
東方怪奇談 -- Jigoku lv. 6-9
天使伝説 -- Boss lv. 10
Oriental Magician -- Makai lv. 11-14
破邪の小太刀 -- Jigoku lv. 11-14
魔鏡 -- Boss lv. 15
the Legend of KAGE -- 16~19面テーマ
いざ、倒れ逝くその時まで -- 魔界最終面テーマ1
Civilization of Magic -- 魔界最終面テーマ2
星幽天使 -- 地獄最終面テーマ
アイリス -- "Airisu", Ending Theme
風の神社 -- 使用箇所不明
Bugs(?)
- the ball is more likely to hit Reimu than its designated targets. (FIXME: prove this :-D)
- Reimu's sliding tackle (while running, press 'Z' and the arrow key of opposite direction) is really a double-edged sword.
- this page need complete revising, especially the music part.