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Detana!! Twinbee
« on: February 17, 2012, 12:52:29 AM »
Ho boy, just got this today with Star Parodier and Parodius - I freaking love it.

It's forgiving, though after 2 plays I only got to level 3, but it's so fun And the bell-powerup system is really really good too.

God, I've waited so long to play this game - nearly 20 years - and it's everything I'd hoped it would be.  I think this is gonna be a great GT game too.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2012, 01:06:46 AM »
TWIN BEE IS f*ckING AWESOME.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2012, 01:35:37 AM »
Parodius  > Star Parodier > Twinbee, but all are great. Twinbee is to damn hard for me. I'll take dragons(Saber/Spirit) if I'm gonna get raped.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2012, 05:13:25 PM »
Ohh! I saw this on the eShop for the 3DS the 3D update looks awesome, I think I'll grab it.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2012, 03:56:39 PM »
As much as I enjoy playing (and swearing at) shmups, I'm not very good at Detana!! Twinbee.  I've beaten it on Easy mode, but on other difficulty modes, the powerup system is just so frustrating.   Whenever you die the ship becomes so slow and it really hard to get that damn blue (or any other) powerup.  I think Pop'n Twinbee for the Super Famicom is much more forgiving (though I haven't beaten it yet).  Just a couple of days ago I picked up Stinger for the NES and it took me forever to beat the first level. :P  Can you even power up the ship like in other/later games?  Juggling bells is hard. :D
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2012, 06:03:51 PM »
Personally i cant stand the powerup system. bad enough having a system where you have to avoid powerups... twinbee forces you to shoot them repeatedly as well...
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2012, 08:55:44 AM »
I remember this being release a few days after Parodius DA!? and since I played Paro first I was a little dissappointed with twinbee..  sound fx are far too loud and graphics are inconsistent and vary from level to level.  Some levels have fantastic scrolling layers.  Biggest dissappointment was the music although good I felt it could have been better.  voice samples are great tho.

Hopefully you got the great sheet of stickers that came with the original release
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2012, 12:13:04 PM »
Yeah, I love this game and own it on multiple systems, but I find the PCE Huey to be my favorite port for some reason.
It can be tough but they can be really generous with the extra lives and once you get powered up you are pretty indestructible; you have to manage to get hit a few times in a row. Awesome game!
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2012, 07:38:48 PM »
Quote from: rag-time4 on February 18, 2012, 06:03:51 PM
Personally i cant stand the powerup system. bad enough having a system where you have to avoid powerups... twinbee forces you to shoot them repeatedly as well...
This is exactly why I do not own a single Twinbee-game.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2012, 09:23:14 PM »
Quote from: Digi.k on February 19, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Hopefully you got the great sheet of stickers that came with the original release

Yeah, I got lucky!  I'll never use them of course...

Actually I was playing Parodius too yesterday for the first time, and I really like that too.  It's much easier, but again, very fun.  I think the main thing for me is that Twinbee is a 2-player - which makes a difference of course.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2012, 10:11:47 PM »
Quote from: Starfighter on February 19, 2012, 07:38:48 PM
Quote from: rag-time4 on February 18, 2012, 06:03:51 PM
Personally i cant stand the powerup system. bad enough having a system where you have to avoid powerups... twinbee forces you to shoot them repeatedly as well...
This is exactly why I do not own a single Twinbee-game.

Get pop'n twinbee, there you have to shoot only once for a full change of the weapon.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2012, 10:16:47 PM »
Quote from: Samurai Ghost on February 19, 2012, 12:13:04 PM
Yeah, I love this game and own it on multiple systems, but I find the PCE Huey to be my favorite port for some reason.

Even better than the PS1/SS arcade perfect twin bees? And you even get its even so funny sequel as a freebie.

To be honest, the PCE port was fairly great for its time, but it wasn't any near to the arcade. Parodius Da, Gradius II etc., did a much better job in that department.
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2012, 10:46:54 PM »
Quote from: Tatsujin on February 19, 2012, 10:16:47 PM
Quote from: Samurai Ghost on February 19, 2012, 12:13:04 PM
Yeah, I love this game and own it on multiple systems, but I find the PCE Huey to be my favorite port for some reason.

Even better than the PS1/SS arcade perfect twin bees? And you even get its even so funny sequel as a freebie.

To be honest, the PCE port was fairly great for its time, but it wasn't any near to the arcade. Parodius Da, Gradius II etc., did a much better job in that department.

Yeah, I have the SS version but for some reason I prefer the PCE port. It's not arcade perfect but somehow it works perfectly on the PCE. Plus the SS version doesn't offer a Tate-mode so it's not really arcade perfect...
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2012, 03:01:09 AM »
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Re: Detana!! Twinbee
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2012, 11:43:02 AM »
Quote from: Tatsujin on February 19, 2012, 10:11:47 PM
Quote from: Starfighter on February 19, 2012, 07:38:48 PM
Quote from: rag-time4 on February 18, 2012, 06:03:51 PM
Personally i cant stand the powerup system. bad enough having a system where you have to avoid powerups... twinbee forces you to shoot them repeatedly as well...

This is exactly why I do not own a single Twinbee-game.

Get pop'n twinbee, there you have to shoot only once for a full change of the weapon.
One shot per change sounds much more reasonable, thanks for teh tip!
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