TwinBee

TwinBee RainbowBell
Japanese arcade flyer of TwinBee.
Developer(s)	Konami (original) Arika SPS
Publisher(s)	JP/EU: Konami (original) JP: Sharp (X68000 version) JP/NA/PAL: Nintendo (3D Classics)
Composer(s)	Shigeru Fukutake Yoshinori Sasaki
Platform(s)	Arcade Famicom, Family Computer Disk System, MSX, Wii Virtual Console, Xbox 360, X68000, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable Nintendo DS, Mobile Phones, Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft 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 (PS4) JP: December 25, 2015
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up Cute 'em up
Mode(s)	1 player, 2 player co-op
Cabinet	Classic upright
Arcade system	Bubble System, Konami GX400
Display	Raster, 224 x 256 pixels (Vertical)

Bubble System,

TwinBee (ツインビー, TsuinBī^?) is a cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up game originally released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1985 in Japan. It was the very first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware.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.

TwinBee can be played by up to 2-players simultaneously. The player takes control of a cartoon-like anthropomorphic spacecraft, with Player 1 taking control of TwinBee, the titular ship, while Player 2 controls WinBee. The game controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons: one for shooting enemies in the air and the other for dropping bombs to ground enemies (similarly to Xevious).