TwinBee

This article is about the video game. For the series, see TwinBee (series).
TwinBee
RainbowBell
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Konami (original)
Arika
SPS
Publisher(s)
  • JP/EU: Konami (original)
Composer(s)Shigeru Fukutake
Yoshinori Sasaki
Platform(s)
Arcade
Release
March 5, 1985
  • Arcade
    • JP: March 5, 1985
    Family Computer
    • JP: January 4, 1986
    MSX
    • JP: May 25, 1986
    • EU: 1986
    X68000
    • JP: February 1988
    Famicom Disk System
    • JP: March 11, 1988
    Mobile Phone
    i-mode
    Vodafone
    TwinBee Deluxe Edition
    Game Boy Advance
    • JP: May 21, 2004
    Wii
    Virtual Console (Famicom)
    • JP: August 5, 2008
    Wii U
    Virtual Console (Famicom)
    • JP: September 4, 2013
    Virtual Console (MSX)
    • JP: March 18, 2015
    Nintendo 3DS
    3D Classics
    • JP: August 10, 2011
    • NA: September 22, 2011
    • PAL: September 22, 2011
    Microsoft Windows
    Game Room
    • WW: November 5, 2010
    EGG Project
    • JP: August 19, 2014
    Arcade Archives
    • JP: December 25, 2015 (PS4)

    • JP: December 5, 2019 (Switch)
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Entertainment System: Nintendo Switch Online
    • WW: November 2018
    • WW: June 2019 (TwinBee SP)
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemBubble System, Konami GX400

TwinBee (ツインビー, TsuinBī) is a vertically scrolling shooter released by Konami as an arcade video game in 1985 in Japan. Along with Sega's Fantasy Zone, released a year later, TwinBee is credited as an early archetype of the "cute 'em up" type in its genre.[1] It was the first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware.[2] TwinBee was ported to the Family Computer and MSX in 1986 and has been included in numerous compilations released in later years. The original arcade game was released outside Japan for the first time in the Nintendo DS compilation Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. A mobile phone version was released for i-mode Japan phones in 2003 with edited graphics.

Various TwinBee sequels were released for the arcade and home console markets following the original game, some of which spawned audio drama and anime adaptations in Japan.

  1. ^ "Fantasy Zone – Hardcore Gaming 101". Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  2. ^ The Archive Flyers Archive staff. "Japanese promotional brochure for TwinBee".