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TwinBee

TwinBee is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter developed and published by Konami as an arcade video game. Along with Sega's Fantasy Zone (1986), it is credited as an early archetype of the "cute 'em up" subgenre. It was the first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware. TwinBee was ported to the Family Computer and MSX in 1986, and has been…

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Genre
Scrolling shooter
Arcade system
Bubble System, Konami GX400
Composers
Shigeru Fukutake Yoshinori Sasaki
Developer
Konami
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Platforms
Arcade, Famicom, MSX, X68000, Famicom Disk System, mobile phone, Game Boy Advance

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TwinBee

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples65
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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TwinBee

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related to Ports · 14
TwinBee → Arcade Hits, European, Famicom Mini, Family Computer, Game Boy Advance, Japan, Konami Classics Series, March, MSX, Nintendo DS, North America, RainbowBell, The Famicom, This
related to Legacy · 13
TwinBee → Darkness, Hosted, In, Ken Niimura, Konami, Konami Action, Light, Planet, Shooting Contest, Shueisha Game Creator's Camp, The Mystery, Tokyo Game Show, TwinBee Loop
Release · 9
TwinBee → Arcade JP: February 1985 Famicom JP: January 4, 1986 MSX JP: May 25, 1986[citation needed]EU: 1986 X68000 JP: February 1988[citation needed] Famicom Disk System JP: March 11, 19…, EU: 1986, JP: 2003, JP: February 1985, JP: February 1988[citation needed], JP: January 4, 1986, JP: March 11, 1988, JP: May 21, 2004, JP: May 25, 1986[citation needed]
related to Gameplay · 6
TwinBee → If, Other, Player, The, WinBee, Xevious
related to Reception · 6
TwinBee → Game Machine, In Japan, March, Metacritic, Nintendo, The
Publishers · 3
TwinBee → JP: Sharp (X68000), WW: Konami, WW: Nintendo (GBA/3D Classics)
Arcade system · 1
TwinBee → Bubble System, Konami GX400
Composers · 1
TwinBee → Shigeru Fukutake Yoshinori Sasaki
Developer · 1
TwinBee → Konami
Genre · 1
TwinBee → Scrolling shooter

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game arcade released konami nintendo version japan msx series ship classics player's time system 1986 player shooting red part first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TwinBeeArcade systemBubble System, Konami GX4001.00infobox
TwinBeeComposersShigeru Fukutake Yoshinori Sasaki1.00infobox
TwinBeeDeveloperKonami1.00infobox
TwinBeeGenreScrolling shooter1.00infobox
TwinBeeModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
TwinBeePlatformsArcade, Famicom, MSX, X68000, Famicom Disk System, mobile phone, Game Boy Advance1.00infobox
TwinBeePublishersWW: Konami1.00infobox
TwinBeePublishersJP: Sharp (X68000)1.00infobox
TwinBeePublishersWW: Nintendo (GBA/3D Classics)1.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseArcade JP: February 1985 Famicom JP: January 4, 1986 MSX JP: May 25, 1986[citation needed]EU: 1986 X68000 JP: February 1988[citation needed] Famicom Disk System JP: March 11, 19…1.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: February 19851.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: January 4, 19861.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: May 25, 1986[citation needed]1.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseEU: 19861.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: February 1988[citation needed]1.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: March 11, 19881.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: 20031.00infobox
TwinBeeReleaseJP: May 21, 20041.00infobox
TwinBeeSeriesTwinBee1.00infobox
TwinBeeis a1985 vertically scrolling shooter developed and published by Konami as an arcade video game0.90text

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