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TwinBee (ROM version)

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Dipswitchs
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Serie
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description TwinBee (ROM version)
Name twinbee
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .034b08
Romset size 329 KB
Romset file 7 files
Romset zip 90 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Shooter

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 60.606061

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 400-a01.fse 256 5827b1e8 fa8cf5f868cfb08bce203baaebb6c4055ee2a000 k005289 0 good no
arcade 400-a02.fse 256 2f44f970 7ab46f9d5d587665782cefc623b8de0124a6d38a k005289 100 good no
arcade 400-a04.10l 32768 d02c9552 ec0aaa093541dab98412c11f666161cd558c383a maincpu 1 good no
arcade 400-a06.15l 32768 b99d8cff 18e277827a534bab2b3b8b81e51d886b8382d435 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 400-e03.5l 8192 a5a8e57d f4236770093392dec3f76835a5766e9b3ed64e2e audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 412-a05.12l 131072 2b357069 409cf3aa174f5d7dc5efc8b8b1c925fcb677fc98 maincpu 80001 good no
arcade 412-a07.17l 131072 d93c5499 4555b9232ce86192360ea5b5092643ff51446aa0 maincpu 80000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 1789772
K005289 SCC k005289 audio 3579545
M68000 maincpu cpu 9216000
RC Filter filter4 audio
Speaker mono audio
VLM5030 vlm audio 3579545
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545

Serie

Serie : Twin Bee
  1. TwinBee (ROM version) (1985)
  2. Twin Bee (Jpn) (1986)
  3. TwinBee (Jpn) (1986)
  4. TwinBee (1986)
  5. TwinBee (Disk Writer) (1988)
  6. Twin Bee (1988)
  7. TwinBee da!! (Jpn) (1990)
  8. Bells & Whistles (World, version L) (1991)
  9. Bells & Whistles (Asia, version M) (1991)
  10. Detana!! Twin Bee (Japan, version J) (1991)
  11. Detana!! Twinbee (1992)
  12. Twin Bee Yahhoo! (ver JAA) (1995)
  13. Twin Bee (Jpn) (19??)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.34b8 [Andrew Prime]

0.34b6 [Testdriver]


SETUP:

- Press 'Insert' to speed up the IC test routine.


WIP:

- 0.153: Added 4x 'RC Filter'.

- 0.152: Changed K005289 sound clock speed to 3579545 Hz.

- 0.144u7: Changed 'Unknown' dipswitch to 'Unused'.

- 0.143u1: Changed description to 'TwinBee (ROM version)'.

- 0.111u1: Mamesick fixed VLM5030 speech in TwinBee, missing for a couple of releases.

- 0.93: Added clock parameter to K005289 sound (1789772 Hz).

- 27th April 2003: smf fixed Twinbee, so it is playable again.

- 0.57: Uki fixed missing speech in Twinbee. Removed 3rd button and coin slot.

- 13th July 2001: Uki fixed the Nemesis / Gradius driver, improving the voices in Twinbee a little.

- 0.37b13: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 9216000 Hz.

- 20th November 2000: Gerardo Oporto fixed Twinbee dipswitch settings.

- 0.36b14: Changed Z80 CPU2 from flags audio to normal Z80 CPU2.

- 0.36b11: Added Konami 005289 sound. Removed Namco sound.

- 0.35RC2: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 8948862 Hz.

- 0.35RC1: Elestir improved sound in Twinbee. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 14318180 Hz and the 2x AY-8910 to 1789772 Hz. Added Namco and VLM5030 (3579545 Hz) sound and sound1 roms ($0, 100 - 2x 256 byte for 005289 wavetable data). Added dipswitches 'Flip Screen', 'Test Mode', 'Coin A', 'Lives', 'Max Credit' and 'Demo Sounds'.

- 0.34b8: Andrew Prime added 'TwinBee' (Konami 1985).

- 0.34b6: Added (Testdriver) Twinbee.


ARCADE RELEASE: TwinBee (Konami) - 1985/Mar/05


LEVELS: 5 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Twin Bee (c) 1985 Konami.

Twin Bee is an overhead scrolling game starring a pair of bee-shaped robots, Twinbee (the blue one) and his female counterpart Winbee (the pink one), Twin Bee is part of what are called 'cute 'em ups', a slang for shoot-em-up games that feature cute characters, animals and other funny looking creatures, among other whimsical themes and brightly colored landscapes. It's a fun game to play with at least 6 stages that repeat themselves with increased difficulty as you go along.

Power-ups and extra points can be found in special bells hidden in some enemies that, when shot a certain number of times, will change color and then, when touched by the player, will provide a powerup, such as extra speed.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami's Bubble System Board
Game ID : GX412

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 9.216 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), K005289 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), Sanyo VLM5030 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Twin Bee was released in March 1985.

This is the first title using Konami's Bubble System Board.

Twin Bee had an overseas (U.S.) title, Stinger, depicted on the cover of its arcade operator's manual. However, the U.S. version was never actually released. The "Stinger" title would later used for the NES version of Moero TwinBee.

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Vol.1 - 28XA-85) on June 25, 1986.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Formation Bonus : If you take out all enemies in a formation, you get bonus points.

* Yellow bell bonus : If you keep on picking up yellow bells, you earn increasing bonus points. The bonus will increase up to 10,000 points. But if you miss picking up even 1 bell in the process, the bonus drops to 500 points.

* If you keep on shooting a bell : The bell will break and turn into a bee! Be careful.

* Change the color of a bell as you wish : The color of a bell changes after every 5 shots
5 -- white
10 -- blue
15 -- green
20 -- red

* The Multiple and Barrier cannot be used together : When you have your Multiple, the Barrier (red bell) will not be available. When you have your barrier, the multiple (green bell) will not be available.

* If you take out enemies on the ground : Fruit items will appear. Pick them up to get bonus points. Strange items will appear every once in a while.

* Call an ambulance : When you get one of your hands destroyed, get your other hand destroyed (if you can afford it) to call an ambulance.

- SERIES -

1. Twin Bee [Model GX412] (1985, Arcade)
2. Moero TwinBee - Cinnamon Hakase wo Sukue! [Model KDS-TIN] (1986, Famicom Disk System)
3. Twin Bee 3 - Poko Poko Dai Maou [Model KON-RC841] (1989, Famicom)
4. TwinBee da!! [Model DMG-TDJ] (1990, Game Boy)
5. Detana!! Twin Bee (1991, Arcade)
6. Pop'n TwinBee [Model SHVC-PT] (1993, Super Famicom)
7. Twin Bee Yahhoo! Fushigi no Kuni de Dai Abare!! (1995, Arcade)

- STAFF -

Music by : Shigeru Fukutake, Yoshinori Sasaki

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (jan.4, 1986) "Twin Bee [Model RC807]"
Nintendo Famicom Disk [JP] (mar.11, 1988) "TwinBee [Model KDS-TWN]"
[JP] Sony PS4 [PSN] (dec.25, 2015) "Arcade Archives - TwinBee [Model CUSA-03607]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (feb.26, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Twinbee [Model CUSA-03718]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [EU] [AU] (may.10, 2016) "Arcade Archives - TwinBee [Model CUSA-03939]"

* HANDHELDS:
[JP] Sony PSP (jan.25, 2007) "Twin Bee Portable [Model ULJM-05221]"
[JP] Nintendo DS (mar.15, 2007) "Konami Arcade Collection [Model NTR-A5KJ-JPN]"
[US] Nintendo DS (mar.27, 2007) as 'RainbowBell' in "Konami Classic Series - Arcade Hits [Model NTR-ACXE-USA]"
[EU] Nintendo DS (oct.26, 2007) "Konami Arcade Classics [Model NTR-ACXP-EUR]"
[AU] Nintendo DS (oct.29, 2007) "Konami Arcade Classics"
Nintendo 3DS [eShop] [JP] (2011) "3D Classics"

* COMPUTERS:
[JP] MSX (may.25, 1986) "Twin Bee [Model RC740]"
[JP] Sharp X68000 (feb.1988)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

foxmulder_____________________413.750
djakisback____________________187.550
furohon_______________________139.250
hulkiii________________________45.550
jgabmurer______________________38.700