Game Information
Overall Rank: 3027
Average Rating: 3.5/5
# of Ratings: 1
US Release Date: 03/23/2009
JP Release Date: 02/28/1992
Platform: TurboGrafx-16
Genres: Action (SHMUP)
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
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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.
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“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 …
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