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TwinBee
ツインビー
(1985)

 

Arcade (1985)
  

Famicom (1986)
  

X68000 (1987)
  

 
TwinBee
ツインビー
FAMICOM
DETAILS
Format Famicom
Released 4 Jan 1986
Publisher Konami
Product ID RC807
Size (cm) 12.5 x 8.5 x 2
Weight (kg) 0.09
PRICE
STATUS
Considering its age (and size: 49KB!) the Famicom TwinBee was a massive achievement for its time.
A truly memorable game - full marks for keeping the 2P mode intact!

Standard FC cardboard packaging, 49KB cartridge, booklet.

TwinBee
ツインビー
MSX
DETAILS
Format MSX
Released 25 May 1986
Publisher Konami
Product ID RC740
Size (cm) ?
Weight (kg) ?
PRICE
STATUS
The MSX musters a choppy but decent conversion of the Konami classic.
A very big title in its day, and understandably so - this is one of the many reasons why Konami were kings of the MSX.

Currently out of stock, and very hard to find in good condition!

TwinBee
ツインビー
X68000
DETAILS
Format X68000
Released 1987
Publisher Konami
Product ID ?
Size (cm) ?
Weight (kg) ?
PRICE
STATUS
Near-perfect X68000 conversion by Sharp and SPS, an excellent early release for the format.
Quite hard to find too!

PC packaging, 5" floppy, manual.

TwinBee
ツインビー
FAMICOM MINI Vol.19
DETAILS
Format Game Boy Advance
Released 10 Aug 2004
Publisher Konami
Product ID AGB-FTWJ-JPN
Size (cm) 8 x 10.5 x 2
Weight (kg) 0.06
PRICE
STATUS
Celebratory re-release of the Famicom TwinBee for the GBA.
Vol.19 in the commemorative 'Famicom Mini' series.

Miniature FC box held inside plastic presentation case, 32MBit cartridge, large fold-out manual.

TwinBee Portable
ツインビーポータブル
PSP
DETAILS
Format PSP
Released 25 Jan 2007
Publisher Konami
Product ID ULJM-05221
Size (cm) 17.7 x 10.5 x 1.5
Weight (kg) 0.08
PRICE
STATUS
The complete TwinBee collection for PSP! Contents include:
- TwinBee (1985)
- TwinBee Da! (1990)
- Detana!! TwinBee (1991)
- Pop'n TwinBee (1993)
- TwinBee Yahoo! (1995)

Standard PSP case, Sony UMD disk, colour manual.

TwinBee Portable [Konami the Best]
ツインビーポータブル [コナミ・ザ・ベスト]
PSP
DETAILS
Format PSP
Released 13 Mar 2008
Publisher Konami
Product ID ULJM-05323
Size (cm) 17.7 x 10.5 x 1.5
Weight (kg) 0.08
PRICE
STATUS
Cut-price 'Konami the Best' re-issue of the PSP TwinBee collection.
Content remains the same:
- TwinBee (1985)
- TwinBee Da! (1990)
- Detana!! TwinBee (1991)
- Pop'n TwinBee (1993)
- TwinBee Yahoo! (1995)

Standard PSP case, Sony UMD disk, colour manual.

 

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