Twin Bee (c) 1985 Konami.
An overhead scolling game starring a pair of bee-shaped robots, Twinbee (the blue one) and his female counterpart Winbee (the pink one), Twin Bee is part of what are called 'cute 'em ups', a slang for shoot-em-up games that feature cute characters, animals and other funny looking creatures, among other whimsical themes and brightly colored landscapes. It's a fun game to play with at least 6 stages that repeat themselves with increased difficulty as you go along.
Power-ups and extra points can be found in special bells hidden in some enemies that, when shot a certain number of times, will change color and then, when touched by the player, will provide a powerup, such as extra speed.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Konami's Bubble System Board
Game ID : GX412
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 9.216 Mhz), Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), K005289 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), VLM5030 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in March 1985.
This is the first title using Konami's Bubble System Board.
Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Vol.1 - 28XA-85) on 25/06/1986.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Formation Bonus : If you take out all enemies in a formation, you get bonus points.
* Yellow bell bonus : If you keep on picking up yellow bells, you earn increasing bonus points. The bonus will increase up to 10,000 points. But if you miss picking up even 1 bell in the process, the bonus drops to 500 points.
* If you keep on shooting a bell : The bell will break and turn into a bee! Be careful.
* Change the color of a bell as you wish : The color of a bell changes after every 5 shots
5 -- white
10 -- blue
15 -- green
20 -- red
* The Multiple and Barrier cannot be used together : When you have your Multiple, the Barrier (red bell) will not be available. When you have your barrier, the multiple (green bell) will not be available.
* If you take out enemies on the ground : Fruit items will appear. Pick them up to get bonus points. Strange items will appear every once in a while.
* Call an ambulance : When you get one of your hands destroyed, get your other hand destroyed (if you can afford it) to call an ambulance.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Twin Bee (1985)
2. Detana!! Twin Bee (1991)
3. Twin Bee Yahhoo! Fushigi no Kuni de Oo-Abare!! (1995)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Music by : Shigeru Fukutake, Yoshinori Sasaki

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom
Nintendo Famicom Disk (1988)
Nintendo Game Boy ('Twinbee Da!')
Sony PSP (2007, 'Twin Bee Portable')
Nintendo DS (2007, 'Konami Classics - Arcade Hits') : in the US version, it goes under the name 'Rainbow Bell'.
* Computers :
MSX (1986)
Sharp X68000

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.