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Dong-a-Long
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 08/21/2017
“Detana!! TwinBee” (“DT”) is the 5th game in the ‘TwinBee’ SHMUP franchise by Konami, following a trilogy on the NES and a Game Boy (Brick) entry. “DT” is also a port of the Arcade ‘TwinBee’ game “Bells & Whistles,” and was released exclusively for Hudson’s/NEC’s ill-fated TurboGrafx-16 console in 1993. While I don’t have a ton of prior experience with the ‘TwinBee’ franchise and am not a particular fan of SHMUPs in general, the SNES game that followed “DT” piqued my interest in the series enough that I was willing to try out some of its other games.
Presentation
“DT” doesn’t look quite as colorful and shiny as its SNES sequel “Pop’n TwinBee.” This is to be expected, as the TurboGrafx-16 wasn’t actually a 16-bit console, but a …
