[1] In English speaking circles, the game's title is often shortened to just Double Spoiler, and abbreviated to DS.

Scores are determined by the aesthetics of each photograph taken, such as colours and bullet density, and the risk taken to take these photos.

For each "scene", the player is only given one life to complete the objective — to take a certain number of pictures of the boss without being hit in a limited amount of time.

New to Double Spoiler over Shoot the Bullet is the option to change the orientation of the shot between landscape to portrait.

The subjects: (all bosses from past Windows Touhou Project installments) In the 7th Reitaisai dōjin convention on March 14, 2010 where the game was first released, ten thousand copies were sold by noon.