Thursday, September 18, 2025

Detana!! TwinBee for PCE


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Detana!! TwinBee

The bells bells bells bells bells


Genre: shooter - vertical

Publisher: Konami

Year: 1992

System: PCE


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Very easy, owing to the 4 difficult levels and health bar. I HATE how power-ups are earned by shooting bells until they are a specific color. It's so random and so hard to keep track of and competes with, yaknow, actually playing the game. It almost completely ruins what is otherwise a very fun game. Speed is good but the complete lack of weapons is a major bummer. Your peashooter can be upgraded twice but that's it. My other complaint is the need to use a second shot to hit enemies in the background, Xevious style. I hate this sort of mechanic but it's only used about 20% of the time so it's manageable. Two player! Very little slowdown, if any.


Level Design Score: 5

Level Design Notes:

Super creative and visually distinct levels. The designers had a lot of fun with the levels and enemies.


Theme Score: 4

Theme Notes:

So cute. I'm not sure what's going on with the anime boy and girl in this world of anthropomorphic animals and objects.


Art Style Score: 4

Art Style Notes:

I love the art style, but the pixel art is a step below the incredible SFC version.


Audio Score: 5

Audio Notes:

Standard early 90s Konami music and sound effects.


Overall Score: 77

Review ID: 8028



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