Shoot 'em up
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Shoot 'em ups are a subgenre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of
Japanese players at a shoot 'em up arcade in Akihabara, Tokyo (2017)
Touhou Project
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The Touhou Project, also known simply as Touhou, is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by independent Japanese dōjin soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. The team's sole member, Jun'y
Shoot 'em up
…style of game, also known as "manic shooters" or "maniac shooters", originated in the mid-1990s as an offshoot of scrolling shooters. The DonPachi and Touhou Project series are early titles establishing the principle of bullet hells. A bullet heaven or reverse bullet hell is a subgenre characterized by the player…
Cover art for the first five Touhou Project games
The in-game interface of Perfect Cherry Blossom: 1. Player character (in this case, Reimu Hakurei) 2. High score and current score 3. Player life and bomb counters 4. Firepower gauge and graze counter 5. Enemy spellcard gauge 6. Special item counter ("Cherry Points" in Perfect Cherry Blossom) 7. Enemy spellcard name 8. Enemy location indicator
Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame, the protagonist duo of the series, on the official Touhou magazine Strange Creators of Outer World Vol. 8 cover
Shelves of Touhou derivative fanwork music album CDs at a store in Akihabara, with laminated dividers categorising CDs by dōjin circle