Post by tuxedomarty on Jun 28, 2021 22:42:39 GMT
TwinBee is another one of those franchises that I knew about for a long time but didn’t really get into or become a fan of until much later on. I first discovered the series in 1998, and the first in the series I played was Stinger on the NES that same year. However it wasn’t until 2007 that I had started getting into the TwinBee series full on. I remember I was on another Konami binge and once again revisiting their older classics such as Castlevania, Contra, Gyruss, Track & Field, TMNT, Sunset Riders, Lethal Enforcers, and even Snatcher among others. I was looking for a Konami franchise I hadn’t had the time to explore yet, and randomly I started checking out TwinBee. I downloaded arcade ROM sets for the original TwinBee from 1985, and TwinBee Yahho!!. I found the latter to be really addicting. And from there on I downloaded a few other TwinBee games, and bought physical copies of many of them during the same time, starting with TwinBee Deluxe Pack for the Sega Saturn. I had found several games in the series for affordable prices during this time, including both loose and complete copies of Pop’n TwinBee and TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventure for the Super Famicom. The former of the two games for the Super Famicom is one of the best games ever released for the system I think. I had also gotten TwinBee Portable fo the PSP when it was brand new during this time, which is a compilation of older titles in the series. It’s good to see that some of the games have been getting re-released in the US in recent years since many of them didn’t get a US release originally. I am glad that they have the original TwinBee and Pop’n TwinBee on the NES and SNES services for the Nintendo Switch. Having recently bought the ACA Switch edition of Bells & Whistles (an english version of “Detana!! TwinBee” released in european territories), it is making me revisit the series. So many good games it produced. Heck, this might cause a bit of controversy, but when it comes to Konami franchises, I think I like TwinBee more than Castlevania, Contra or Metal Gear (but I am not sure about Gradius, Salamander/Lifeforce or Snatcher
). I’m grateful to have gotten the games in the series I had gotten in 2007 when I had become a newfound fan of the series around the same time. I also have the PC Engine version of Detana!! TwinBee (although no japanese PC Engine to play it on) and TwinBee Taisen Puzzle Dama for the PlayStation.
hope you are ok dude
