Detana!! TwinBee

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Detana!! TwinBee, released in Europe as Bells & Whistles, is a 1991 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It is the fifth entry in the TwinBee series and the second to be released for arcades following the original TwinBee (previous sequels were released directly to home consoles). Set several years after the events of TwinBee, players assume the role of Light and Pastel (marking their debut appearance) taking control of TwinBee and WinBee to defeat invading forces of the evil alien Iva and save planet Meru after receiving an SOS message sent by Princess Melora.

Detana!! TwinBee marked the debut of Japanese animator Shūjirō Hamakawa (credited under the pen name Shuzilow.Ha) as primary character designer for subsequent installments of the TwinBee series. The game proved popular among Japanese arcade players, earning several awards from Gamest magazine, while its ports to other platforms were also met with positive response from critics. A direct follow-up, Pop'n TwinBee, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.

This is the Japanese release, so its text is in Japanese.

From Wikipedia's article Detana!! TwinBee, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

TG-16Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
IIZN
IXM
SelectShiftB
RunEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

TG-16Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
IIZN
IXM
SelectShiftB
RunEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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  1. 1.0Wake me up when it's over0+ out of 100
  2. 1.5Wake me up when it's over+ thumbs-up40+ out of 100
  3. 2.0Could be better50+ out of 100
  4. 2.5Could be better+ thumbs-up60+ out of 100
  5. 3.0Good job68+ out of 100
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  7. 4.0Great job!80+ out of 100
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  9. 5.0Outstanding!90+ out of 100

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