Best Twinbee game

[Denvan]

Hi guys!

What is the best Twinbee game so far?
I know the gameplay is not what some shump freaks are looking for but I love the Twinbee serie and want to know your favourite Twinbee game!?

best greetings

Denvan from http://forum.sealedgameheaven.com

[zinger]

Why don't you open them and find out yourself?

[Denvan]

don't worry (I think) I played all twinbee games !

[nem]

Looking at the screenshots on the back of box does not account to playing said games.

[Zebra Airforce]

I don't appreciate being called a freak.

[heavymetalme]

I dig that one for Famicom that's all platformer-like... Can't say I'm too familiar with any others though.

[MikeB]

Detana for me (I have the US board with the catchy Bells & Whistles moniker). One of my all-time fave shmup chip music soundtracks in that one

[professor ganson]

Nice thread... until people started replying.

Yahhoo! is terrific fun and the best of the ones I've played. I'd like a compilation on PS2 (or 3 for that matter) so I could more easily do a comparison.

[BulletMagnet]

I'd go with either Pop'n or Yahho, myself.

I'd like a compilation on PS2 (or 3 for that matter) so I could more easily do a comparison.

Unfortunately, I doubt any system other than the PSP will get that treatment.

[professor ganson]

I'd go with either Pop'n or Yahho, myself.

I'd like a compilation on PS2 (or 3 for that matter) so I could more easily do a comparison.

Unfortunately, I doubt any system other than the PSP will get that treatment.

Is that comp. on PSP comprehensive? Now that I've got a working dpad I'm mildly interested.

[BulletMagnet]

Semi-comprehensive. IIRC It's got the first Twinbee, Detana, Yahho, Pop'n, and the Rainbow Bell Adventure remake on it - offhand I'm not sure which ones it left out.

[professor ganson]

Interesting, thanks BM. So here is another ignorant question: I've sometimes seen the Twinbees numbered: I've seen reference to a Twinbee 2 and 3, I believe. So which are these?

EDIT: A glance at Wikipedia was somewhat helpful, but I'll have to look into thos more carefully. There are more games than I thought.

[maxi]

Yahhoo! is the best. It has a great and different score system.

[Shatterhand]

Yahhoo! is the best. It has a great and different score system.

juggling bells nooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Pop'n'Twinbee is the best IMO. Though all of them are pretty good IMO, even the ancient first game is very enjoyable.

[Andi]

Yahhoo! is the best. It has a great and different score system.

Cool bosses. Cool levels. Nice graphics. Difficult but rarely cheap.

[poodude]

I love Twinbee Yahho! and those anime cut scenes between levels.

[BulletMagnet]

A glance at Wikipedia was somewhat helpful, but I'll have to look into thos more carefully. There are more games than I thought.

You might have already seen it, but perhaps this has some info you could use?

[Denvan]

Nice thread... until people started replying.

Yahhoo! is terrific fun and the best of the ones I've played. I'd like a compilation on PS2 (or 3 for that matter) so I could more easily do a comparison.

yeah a compilation would be awesome!

BulletMagnet: Thank you!

[Bloodreign]

Twinbee Yahho by far, Detana is a nice second though.

Twinbee Portable has tate options, and you'll need it, Pop N looks atrocious if not in tate mode as the screen is both squished and stretched.

[grovsnus]

Pop on the sfc is my fave. It has a certain softness to it that I like very much.

[professor ganson]

A glance at Wikipedia was somewhat helpful, but I'll have to look into thos more carefully. There are more games than I thought.

You might have already seen it, but perhaps this has some info you could use?

Nifty site. Thanks again, BM.

[BulletMagnet]

Soitenly. In case you hadn't already seen it, though, I goofed up in the post where I listed the games included on the PSP collection - instead of "Rainbow Bell Adventure" (that's the platformer) I should have said the remake of "Twinbee Da," another shooter.

[iatneH]

I know the gameplay is not what some shump freaks are looking for

It's probably not what you are looking for, anyhow.

To Dr.Ganson: One thing that really ticked me off about the PSP Twinbee compilation is that there are no options for adjusting the screen aspect ratio. Everything plays full-wide so it is non-uniformly scaled along the two axes. I have the PS1 deluxe pack, so I ended up selling the PSP compilation and buying Pop'n on SFC to have my favourite games in a proper aspect ratio.

[Icarus]

Yahhoo! is terrific fun and the best of the ones I've played.

I'd like some of that (probably illegal) substance you're smoking.

RE thread: Detana.

[spongdangly]

To Dr.Ganson: One thing that really ticked me off about the PSP Twinbee compilation is that there are no options for adjusting the screen aspect ratio.

All you need to do is press or hold 'Start' while in the game of your choice and then choose your 'Screen Setting'. You can adjust the ratio, zoom and screen rotation depending on the game.

[Erinu]

Nice thread... until people started replying.

Yahhoo! is terrific fun and the best of the ones I've played. I'd like a compilation on PS2 (or 3 for that matter) so I could more easily do a comparison.

He's the dude who keeps his bloody games sealed. What'd you expect?

[iatneH]

To Dr.Ganson: One thing that really ticked me off about the PSP Twinbee compilation is that there are no options for adjusting the screen aspect ratio.

All you need to do is press or hold 'Start' while in the game of your choice and then choose your 'Screen Setting'. You can adjust the ratio, zoom and screen rotation depending on the game.

Ha ha, I feel a bit foolish now. Even when I had the game though, I played the console versions more. If I really want to play on PSP, I guess I could Popstation the PS1 version still.

[Andi]

The problem with Detana is that it has the Gradius-like feature of punishing you severely for dying. It's not quite as bad as Gradius (in the sense that making a comeback isn't completely impossible), but if you lose a life probably you are going to lose one or two more in rapid succession.

Other than that. I just think the levels, power-ups, and enemies are a lot less interesting in Detana.

[BrianC]

I like them all, but Pop 'n, Detana, Da!!, and Yahhoo are my favorites.

The problem with Detana is that it has the Gradius-like feature of punishing you severely for dying.

The original Twinbee also does this. I like how power ups can be gotten back after dying in the NES exclusive Twinbees and Twinbee Da!! by catching a ghost Twinbee. It makes Da!! a little too easy, but it has a harder mode without it (too bad the default difficulty has to be beaten each time to get it).

[Denvan]

I like them all, but Pop 'n, Detana, Da!!, and Yahhoo are my favorites.

The problem with Detana is that it has the Gradius-like feature of punishing you severely for dying.

The original Twinbee also does this. I like how power ups can be gotten back after dying in the NES exclusive Twinbees and Twinbee Da!! by catching a ghost Twinbee. It makes Da!! a little too easy, but it has a harder mode without it (too bad the default difficulty has to be beaten each time to get it).

yeah 100% agree!