History VideoGame / TouhouKaikidanMysticSquare

** Shinki was the first god introduced to the series. However, most of the lore surrounding gods in ''Touhou'', such as [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly faith being their power source]], wasn't established until ''[[VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith Mountain of Faith]]'' and beyond; instead, Shinki's status as a god mostly just serves to characterize her as the creator and ruler of Makai and an opponent who theoretically outclasses the player characters.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Alice's [[CharacterizationMarchesOn characterization]] in this game, when contrasted with Windows:
** She's encountered in Makai, which implies she lives there and would seem to suggest she was created by Shinki like other inhabitants of Makai. However, in the Windows games she lives in the Forest of Magic, and ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' establishes her as a former human. ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' later established that Makai's environment facilitates magic, with some humans and youkai traveling there to train and study magic, making it likely that this was the case for Alice as well.
** She is also presented as more belligerent and willing to go all out (the latter specifically in the Extra Stage), while her Windows lore presents her as much friendlier and disliking going all out.

''Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square'' is a video game developed by ZUN Soft and published by Amusement Makers for the UsefulNotes/PC98 in 1998. It's the fifth installment in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' franchise.

* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Not the game as a whole, but the Extra Stage. It is the only Extra Stage in the whole series to have an ending and a staff roll.

* MagicMissileStorm: Marisa's iconic Magic Missile shot type, which creates a mass of danmaku, makes its debut in this game.

** She's encountered in Makai, which implies she lives there and would seem to suggest she was created by Shinki like other inhabitants of Makai. However, in the Windows games she lives in the Forest of Magic, and ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' establishes her as a former human. Eventually, ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' later established that Makai's environment facilitates magic, with some humans and youkai traveling there to train and study magic, making it likely that this was the case for Alice as well.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Alice, introduced in this game, is encountered in Makai, which implies she lives there and would seem to suggest she was created by Shinki like other inhabitants of Makai. However, in the Windows games she lives in the Forest of Magic, and ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' establishes her as a former human. Eventually, ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' sorted things out by establishing that Makai's environment facilitates using magic and some humans and youkai travel there to train and study magic because of that, opening up the likely explanation that this is why Alice was in Makai at the time of ''Mystic Square''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Alice, introduced in this game, is encountered in Makai, which implies she lives there and would seem to suggest she was created by Shinki like other inhabitants of Makai. However, in the Windows games she lives in the Forest of Magic, and ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' establishes her as a former human. Eventually, ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' sorts things out by establishing that Makai's environment facilitates using magic and some humans and youkai travel there to train and study magic because of that, opening up the likely explanation that this is why Alice was in Makai at the time of ''Mystic Square''.

* SeriesFauxnale: The [[SoundTest music room]] includes the soundtracks of the previous four games, and after completing the Extra Stage, you get an ending (which no other Extra Stage in the series has), followed by a "staff roll" sequence consisting of an EnemyRollCall of the series's characters up until that point. ZUN didn't release any new Touhou games [[VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil until almost four years later]].

* BreakingOldTrends: In all previous games, extra lives other than OneUp items were obtained by reaching certain scores. In this game, instead of depending on your score as such, you get extra lives by reaching certain amounts of collected point ''items'', a concept that would be revisited in the [[VideoGame/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom seventh]] and [[VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight eighth]] games.

* ShoutOut: The Extra Stage features [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland card soldiers]] as enemies, including one as a KingMook midboss, and the stage theme is even named ''Alice in Wonderland''. Relatedly, during her Stage 3 boss fight, Alice's AttackReflector is a mirror-- ''Through the Looking-Glass'', anyone?

* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of [[spoiler:the bad endings has Yuuka (one of the PlayerCharacters) telling you that you need to train harder]].

* EasterEgg: If you unlock the Extra Stage with all characters, holding left and right on the title screen will [[spoiler: allow you to watch gameplay footage of ZUN himself clearing the Extra Stage with Mima]].
* MagicMissileStorm: Marisa's iconic Magic Missile shot type makes its debut in this game.

''Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square'' is a {{video game}} developed by ZUN Soft and published by Amusement Makers for the UsefulNotes/PC98 in 1998. It's the fifth installment in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' franchise.

''Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square'' is a video game developed by ZUN Soft and published by Amusement Makers for the UsefulNotes/PC98 in 1998. It's the fifth installment in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' franchise.

Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Mima and Yuuka Kazami are searching for someone's who summoning demons hidden in a cave in the mountains.

The game continues the vertical shooter gameplay which it's predecessor improved on, and while it's not much compared to Windows games due to hardware limitations, it's still the closest to them when it comes to complexity.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The bad ending has Yuuka telling you that you need to train harder.

''Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square'' is a video game developed by ZUN Soft and published by Amusement Makers for the UsefulNotes/PC98 in 1998. It's the fifth installment in the ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'' franchise.

[[caption-width-right:350:The last game in the franchise you can play on PC-98, and the end of an era.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The last game you can play on PC-98, and the end of an era.]]