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Touhou Yumejikuu — Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream#

• Title: Touhou Yumejikuu — The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream (東方夢時空 ～ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream)
• Release Year: 1997
• Release Date: December 29, 1997 (Comiket 53)
• Original Platform: NEC PC-98
• Developer: ZUN Soft
• Publisher: Amusement Makers
• Creator: ZUN (Jun’ya Ota) — Programming, Graphics, Music
• Genre: Competitive versus shoot-‘em-up, split-screen danmaku
• Perspective: Top-down vertical scrolling (split-screen)
• Art Style: Anime / Pixel art (16-color)
• Gameplay System: Two characters battle on separate split-screen play areas, charging and releasing spell attacks upon each other; features Story Mode (9 opponents) and Match Play Mode (vs AI or vs human); first Touhou game with joypad support
• Setting: A mysterious set of ruins appear near the Hakurei Shrine — only one person may enter, sparking a competition among nine characters
• Themes: Dreams, competition, mysterious ruins, wishes
• Playable Characters: 9 — Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Mima, Ellen, Kotohime, Kana Anaberal, Rikako Asakura, Chiyuri Kitashirakawa, Yumemi Okazaki
• Legacy: First competitive versus-style Touhou game; this format was revisited in Touhou 9 (Phantasmagoria of Flower View) and Touhou 19 (Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost); originally planned as a horizontal shooter similar to Gradius under the title “Touhou Yumejikan” (東方夢時館); sold fewer than 100 copies
• Composer: ZUN
• Sound Chips (PC-98): Yamaha YM2203 (OPN) and YM2608 (OPNA) — dual soundtrack versions
• Music Driver: PMD (Professional Music Driver by M. Kajihara)