Baitouhuu 44.3 - Never Extinguished Flame
IntroductionNever Extinguished Flame is the name of a rather old Danmakufu 0.12m game made by Nekketsukan in celebration of Shuzo Matsuoka's 43rd birthday. If you don't know who Matsuoka-san is, then
here is the obligatory KYM link (Partial NSFW warning), for his Wikipedia article doesn't give it justice. This game since disappeared into obscurity, as the creator's original DL links went dead for whatever reason, and have yet to be restored. More details on a download link will come later.
Our heroines, ladies and gentlemen.As you could tell, this game is a faithful attempt at Touhou's gameplay; shoot at things, bomb at bosses, graze etc. This game, of course, has your standard choice of characters; Reimu Hakurei, and Marisa Kirisame, who come with their own special set of attack types. They both have 3 shottypes, ala MoF and SA;
| Character | Attack | Spell Card |
| Reimu A | Homing amulets | Fantasy Seal |
| Reimu B | Persuasion Needle | Wild Exorcism Dance |
| Reimu C | Amulet shotgun | SA!Reimu A's bomb |
| Marisa A | Direction-based lasers | Master Spark |
| Marisa B | Stardust Missile | A delayed circular star burst |
| Marisa C | Cold Inferno | Ultimate Shortwave-type full screen attack |
To be quick about their shottypes; Reimu is suited for having a stage-based set of attacks, as in she is more suited for destroying fairies without much hassle. Marisa is the opposite; her attacks, most obviously Cold Inferno, are more designed to deal more damage to bosses than fairies. Their payouts on the opposite of their appeal (Reimu v. Bosses/Marisa v. Fairies) are mostly in their favor, with attacks such as ReimuC having a rather powerful shotgunning ability, and MarisaA's lasers covering a large amount of the screen with increasing power.
The second thing to note in the Gameplay tab is the
BURNING meter;
The
BURNING meter, located in the bottom-left corner of the screen, is the main way to get bombs and Extends. If your
BURNING meter fills up to 30%, then you can hold down C to unleash an E.Shot which deals damage to enemies and turns bullets into bomb and life points. These bomb and life points can be collected to fill up the percentage-based bars below your lives and bombs. When you fill up either of them, you gain a life or bomb. When you use an E.Shot during a Spell Card, it will fail and you lost the bonus. The E.Shot differs in between Reimu and Marisa; Reimu has a large amulet spread, whilst Marisa has a straight-shooting beam. The
BURNING meter can be increased (up to 100%) by collecting
BURNING items that red-glowing fairies drop upon death and when an enemy Spell Card is beaten. They do not move, and slowly shrink until they disappear, so you must take the risk of going to the top of the screen to collect those items. If you die, the percentage of your
BURNING meter is halved. You can also increase your
BURNING meter by grazing bullets, which some fairy and enemy-based attacks are based on and can be milked to your potential. If you happen to get your
BURNING meter to 100%, you go into
SUPER BURNING mode, where you gain perma-unfocused speed during the duration of the mode, which ends once you either die or fully decrease your
BURNING meter, whilst your E.Shot takes no time to charge and can be spammed for extra bomb and life points.
DownloadBack to what I said before describing the gameplay, where can one download this game anymore since the original DL link is broken? Well, a nice person named
Kkcwkoh has managed to provide me with his own copy, so he deserves many thanks for providing us Touhou fans for this amazing gem.
To download this game, click
HERE.
(Link has been removed, read final post)For other links of interest,
HERE is Nekketsukan's official page about this game.
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