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{{Infobox Game
| type          = official game
| titleN        = {{ruby-ja|弾幕|だんまく}}アマノジャク ゴールドラッシュ
| titleEn       = Danmaku Amanojaku Gold Rush
| image         = [[File:ThDAGStitlescreen.png|256px|Gold Rush]]
| developer1    = [[Team Shanghai Alice]]
| publisher1    = [[Team Shanghai Alice]]
| publisher1Cat = Team Shanghai Alice
| released      = (One-time play) November 16, 2014
| convention    = Digital Game Expo 2014
| genre1        = Single-player puzzle Danmaku shooting
| gameplay      =
| platforms     = [[Windows]] Vista/7/8
| requirements  = Unknown
}}
:''For the unofficial replica based on this game, see [[Gold Rush (Remake)]].''
{{nihongo||弾幕アマノジャク　ゴールドラッシュ|'''[[Danmaku]] [[Amanojaku]] Gold Rush'''}} is a one-[[stage]] [[danmaku]] mini game<ref name="SMF1">[https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=17617.0 Maidens of the Kaleidoscope - ZUN and Touhou Status 2]</ref> and publicly-unreleased installment of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', featuring [[Seija Kijin]] as the sole playable character and [[Reimu Hakurei]] as the sole stage boss. The game was created for Digital Game Expo 2014's "Doujin Shooting Game Caravan" contest, where it was available to be played. The game was not ever meant to be sold or played outside of the event<ref>https://twitter.com/korindo/status/533521707504381952</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/korindo/status/533073899441750017</ref> and was made in only two days<ref name="twodays">https://twitter.com/korindo/status/533071698946318336</ref>, so it is possible it might never be released to the public. It was made available again to be played on the 2017 Digital Game Expo, along with all of ZUN's previous official games and music CDs (including the five [[PC-98]] games, although these could not be bought and could only be played at the event).

==Gameplay==
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The player controls [[Seija Kijin]]. She has two "cheat" items available, functioning similarly to ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]''. Unlike ''Impossible Spell Card'', however, Seija cannot shoot. As her secondary item, she uses the {{nihongo|Substitute Jizo|身代わり地蔵}}, which allows her to be hit up to a maximum of five times, and as her primary item she uses a 10th "rule-breaking" item, the {{nihongo|[[Miracle Mallet]] (Real)|打ち出の小槌（本物）}}, which destroys hit danmaku and chains along all the danmaku surrounding it, and converts them all into ''[[koban]]'' coins. This is somewhat similar to [[Cirno]]'s "perfect freeze" in ''[[Fairy Wars]]''. The Miracle Mallet can be used infinitely, unlike the items in ''Impossible Spell Card'', but it carries a small lag period between each use.

Described as a short "score attack" game, Seija's goal is to achieve the highest score possible by transforming [[Reimu Hakurei]]'s danmaku into ''koban'' coins in only a few minutes with no continues. The screen goes straight to the title immediately after the score is shown because there is no "continue". The game also saves all the play history automatically as replays, so that they could be viewed at any time.<ref name="SMF2" /> Scores are displayed in the value of modern day yen; the way the score converts koban to yen is:<ref name="SMF2">[https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,17629.0.html Maidens of the Kaleidoscope - Touhou 14.5 announced at Digital Game Expo 2014!]</ref>

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There is only one [[stage]] in the game. The title of the stage is:
* {{nihongo|'''Scene EX''' – Monetary Easing in Another Dimension|シーンEX　異次元の金融緩和}}

==Concept==
[[File:ThGRZUN'sBooth.jpg|thumb|250px|Photo of ZUN's booth featuring ''GR'']]
''Danmaku Amanojaku Gold Rush'' is [[ZUN]]'s first non-packaged game since ''[[Uwabami Breakers]]''. ZUN announced the game on the 14th of November, 2014‎ as a minigame for the Digital Game Expo 2014 convention and its "Doujin Shooting Game Caravan" competition, where participants would play a number of short games for score. He hadn't even started creating the game beforehand, spending less than two days creating it<ref name="twodays"/>. Using ''Impossible Spell Card'''s engine, ZUN made this game with a low difficulty and a short length, since the sole purpose is to score attack. ZUN stated that "You can beat it in about two minutes in one playthrough," and that it was "built only for playing at that place, containing nothing marketable."<ref name="SMF1" /> The people who attended could only have one try at playing the game in one sitting. After the player finished their run, their score was recorded on a sheet alongside their scores for other games in the competition.<ref name="SMF2" /> Once they completed and submitted their whole score sheet, they could get a new one and try again.

On the title screen, the text below the title reads "Special Game for Digital Game Expo Score Attack". The title screen also contains coins that resemble the [[Wikipedia:Canadian Gold Maple Leaf|Canadian Gold Maple Leaf]] bullion coin. The stage title "Monetary Easing in Another Dimension" is implicitly related to [[Wikipedia:Quantitative easing|quantitative easings]] led by [[Wikipedia:Haruhiko Kuroda|Haruhiko Kuroda]], governor of the Bank of Japan. ZUN's impression of the quantitative easing declared on November 31st in 2014 was such that he decided that the game should be generous and gorgeous, feeling like a temporary monetary bubble.

On a strange note, although Seija is said to fight Reimu at the [[Hakurei Shrine]], the stage's background appears to be the [[Moriya Shrine]] from ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'' with different effects. This is likely because, prior to ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]'', the Hakurei Shrine was not used as a background in a Windows Touhou game, and given two days, using the already-finished Moriya Shrine was the easiest option.

===Name===
This is the second official ''Touhou Project'' game that does not bear the kanji {{nihongo|Touhou|東方}} in its title, the first being ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]''. Just like ''Impossible Spell Card'', the Japanese part of the title is composed of {{nihongo|"[[danmaku]]"|弾幕}}, referring to the main theme or genre of the game, while {{nihongo|[[Amanojaku]]|アマノジャク}} refers to the playable character's species: [[Seija Kijin]]. The name of the game also describes the goal, which is to transform danmaku into gold coins and gather as much of it as quickly as possible.

==Characters==
{| style="width:100%"
|-
| style="width:50%" | {{Character Short|small
| name = Seija Kijin
| role = Playable Character
| image = Th143SeijaBackSprite.png
| description = 
}}
|{{Character Short|small
| name = Reimu Hakurei
| role = [[Boss|Stage Boss]]
| image = Th08ReimuSprite.png
| description = 
}}
|}

==Story==
Following ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]'', somehow acquiring the ultimate rule-breaking item, the [[Miracle Mallet]] (Real), Seija sets about robbing the [[Hakurei Shrine]] of its assets before the Miracle Mallet's power runs out. 
Also explaining the oddity of the scenario, when asked by fans about why Seija can use the Miracle Mallet, which only the [[Inchling]]s can use, his answer was: she can't; the game was made in a short amount of time, with no consideration for the setting at all.<ref>http://blog.livedoor.jp/tohomemory/archives/41324779.html</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Aerium/status/533868433490718720</ref>

==Music==
There are two songs in the game, the ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]'' Title Screen theme, "Raise the Signal Fire of Cheating" and [[Shinmyoumaru Sukuna]]'s Stage 6 Boss theme from ''[[Double Dealing Character]]'', "Inchlings of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess". Both were said by ZUN to be arrangements.<ref>[https://twitter.com/nagatam/status/533979576766955525 Twitter on ZUN's themes]</ref>

==Fandom==
{{main|Fandom/Spin-offs#Gold Rush|l1=Fandom: Gold Rush}}

==References==
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==External Links==
===Official===
*[https://twitter.com/korindo/status/533502892678733824 Twitter Announcement 1] [https://twitter.com/korindo/status/533613383581302784 2]

===Unofficial===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mf3YbRo2Kc Video footage of ''Gold Rush'' during the event on YouTube]

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