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Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream

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東方夢時空 (とうほうゆめじくう)
Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream
Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream
Developer

ZUN Soft

Publisher

Amusement Makers

Released

Trial: Unknown

Full: December 29, 1997

Genre

VS type Shooting Game

Gameplay

Single-Player Story Mode, 2-Player Vs Mode

Platforms

NEC PC-9800 / EPSON PC-486/586

Requirements

Intel 486 66MHz, 2MB hard disk, EGC, PC-9801-86 (FM SOUND BOARD), 500k RAM

東方夢時空 ~ Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream (romanized: Touhou Yumejikuu, lit. Oriental Dream Dimensions) is the third game in the Touhou series, which was released for the Japanese PC-98 in 1997. It is a unique game where two players indirectly battle one another by charging and releasing charge attacks and bombs upon the other player. This style of gameplay has also been featured in the ninth Touhou series game, Phantasmagoria of Flower View. It is also the first Touhou game to feature joypad support.

Gameplay

Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream is a vertical danmaku shooting game where two characters engage in danmaku gameplay within individual and separate play areas (aka. split-screen). Upon meeting certain conditions, players are able to unleash a variety of character-specific Spell Attacks upon their opponents in an attempt to whittle down their remaining health points.

In Story Mode, the player will face nine opponents, each more capable than the previous. Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream also features a Match Play Mode where the player may face off against AI opponents or compete against other players, as well as watch AI vs. AI matches.

Concept

At the time of Comiket 52, when Highly Responsive to Prayers and Story of Eastern Wonderland were first being sold, ZUN stated in the manual of Story of Eastern Wonderland that the third game was about 48% complete. However, the title for the game at the time was Touhou Yumejikan (東方夢時館, meaning "oriental time mansion"), and was originally supposed to be a horizontally-scrolling shooting game. No further mention of this idea is made in the files included with this game, however.

ZUN does suggest that people familiar with Twinkle Star Sprites would have an easy time getting into Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, because the gameplay is very similar(though this game has more bullets).

Story

While enjoying a quiet morning walk, the local shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei stumbles across some curious ruins a short distance from the Hakurei Shrine's gateway. Spotting Mima and Marisa Kirisame among the crowd gathered, Reimu inquires about the ruins' sudden appearance and is given a flier indicating that the Grand Opening is to occur shortly and that those who enter will be rewarded. Unable to locate any sort of entrance into the ruins, the group instead discovers a notice posted nearby which warns that the ruins can only support one visitor. Thus those wishing to enter the ruins decide to stage an impromptu competition: the one who defeats all others will be allowed to enter the ruins and receive the mystery prize.

The contest winner, having successfully trounced all seven rounds of competition, triumphantly enters the ruins only to be confronted by Chiyuri Kitashirakawa, who levels a strange weapon at the winner and demands that she follow her deeper into the ruins. Yumemi Okazaki appears and accosts Chiyuri for her brusque treatment of their visitor before explaining that the ruins are actually a "probability space hypervessel." Yumemi has come to this world to study the amazing magical powers of its inhabitants and, after denying any knowledge of the promised reward, orders Chiyuri to battle the winner so that she may observe and record data.

Afterward, Yumemi rages that Chiyuri was defeated before she was able to gather enough data and strikes a deal with the protagonist: should the winner be able to defeat her as well, Yumemi will grant her one wish; however if Yumemi wins, the visitor must return with her to their world for further study. Once beaten, Yumemi holds true to her promise and the victor is rewarded well for her efforts.

Music

Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream originally contained 21 different tracks. Many of them were designed for one of the player characters specifically, due to the nature of the game. It also has the first song dedicated to Reimu, Mystic Oriental Love Consultation. Later on, however, three more unused tracks were revealed and included on Akyu's Untouched Score vol.4. All three songs were unused because according to ZUN, they didn't fit any character in particular.

ZUN also rearranged Reincarnation, Mima's theme, for his CD Dolls in Pseudo Paradise. He also put a MIDI version and an alternate MP3 version on his website.

Press

The game was under development for most of the latter part of 1997, and was released officially at Comiket 53 on December 29, 1997. Like the first four PC-98 games, the music included with the game was also included in Mystic Square's special compilation music room.

On September 19, 2002, the five PC-98 games, including Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, officially stopped being sold.

The music was later compiled into Akyu's Untouched Score vol.4, which was released at Comiket 73 at the end of 2007, ten years after the game was first sold.

External links

Official

Unofficial

ja:東方夢時空 〜 Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream.