ok so first of all what the fuck how did you do that
creating an authentic 8-bit rom for touhou game jam is completely unhinged and i love it so much. conveniently, i also love the game itself! movement feels incredibly smooth, which is impressive for a game with 8-bit limitations and even more impressive when said limitations give it a choppy framerate. i know that sounds inherently antithetical to smooth gameplay but i swear to you it honestly doesn’t make it feel any worse. bullet patterns also help, they're generally very well-done and predictable without being too easy. i REALLY wish i could see the hitbox, but it was never too much of a concern. trying to hit the bosses with the doll attack is also a bit annoying at times but never too bad. the difficulty curve is good for a while, but it goes completely batshit insane at stage 7 out of nowhere. admittedly i never made it past, the gameplay is pretty slow and methodical which isn’t a bad thing by any means but makes going through it all again to learn the next stage VERY daunting. kind of a big fan of the story too, despite it only being mentioned for a few lines in the description (which once again is a fair concession given the limitations that were being worked with here). even managed to get the theme in in a unique way!
perhaps i’d have had an even better time if my broke ass could afford that gametank thingy but as it stands that was hella cool