Posted by Derek Yu
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:06:00 GMT
Earlier this year the shmup god ZUN, creator of the incredibly popular Touhou series of doujin shoot ‘em ups, was interviewed (YouTube, 8:30 in) on NHK’s The Net Star, a Japanese television show about internet culture. (NHK is Japan’s big public broadcasting network.) So if you ever wanted to see the face of the man behind “Team” Shanghai Alice, here you go. Nice hat!
And for those who are unfamiliar with the doujin shoot ‘em up scene, check out our Introduction to Doujin Shmups article, written by Shoot the Core’s Postman in ‘07.
TIGdb: Entry for Team Shanghai Alice
(Source: Zepy, via Canned Dogs)
Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Community, Developers, Interviews, Doujin | Tags TeamShanghaiAlice | 11 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:52:00 GMT
Some enterprising chap has recreated Touhou’s Embodiment of Scarlet Devil in a NES/Famicom style. The game actually works quite well this way and I have to admit that I got into it more than its source material. Unfortunately, at the beginning of stage 2 the game glitches out (in a very NES manner) and forces you to either restart or quit.
The game is only at version 0.11, so perhaps the rest of the levels are forthcoming. Either that, or it was only ever meant to be a short demo.
The game is created with Multimedia Fusion 2.
(Source: Insert Credit)
Posted in Demakes, Shoot-em-ups, Windows, Freeware | Tags TeamShanghaiAlice | 2 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:46:00 GMT
Caltrops has a rundown on Touhou Project (aka Shrine Maiden Project), the series popular “bullet hell” shoot ‘em ups by Team Shanghai Alice (aka the mysterious Zun)! (So popular, in fact, that people apparently drop big bucks on arcade cabinets to play them in!)
Michief Maker, the author of the article, gives a brief overview of each of the games, which is accompanied by a YouTube video of the game in action. At the end he provides some info on how to obtain full versions of these games online.
See also: Doujin Shmups, an Introduction
Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Windows, Doujin | Tags TeamShanghaiAlice | 12 comments
