This article is about the video game. For the series, see TwinBee (series).
1985 video game
TwinBee RainbowBell
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)
Konami (original) Arika SPS
Publisher(s)
JP/EU: Konami (original)
JP: Sharp (X68000 version)
JP/NA/PAL: Nintendo (GBA/3D Classics)
Composer(s)
Shigeru Fukutake Yoshinori Sasaki
Platform(s)
Arcade
Famicom, Famicom Disk System, MSX, Wii Virtual Console, Xbox 360, X68000, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Mobile Phones, Nintendo 3DS, Windows, PlayStation 4
Release
March 5, 1985
Arcade
JP: March 5, 1985
Family Computer
JP: January 7, 1986
MSX
JP: May 25, 1986
EU: 1986
X68000
JP: February 1988
Famicom Disk System
JP: March 11, 1988
Mobile Phone i-mode
JP: 2003
Vodafone TwinBee Deluxe Edition
JP: 2003
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 system
Bubble 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 which spawned audio drama and anime adaptations in Japan.
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