Controls
- : Use the direction pad to guide your ship in any one of eight different directions. You can fly around the majority of the visible screen. The screen will advance horizontally to the right or vertically upward on its own.
- : In horizontally scrolling stages, the A button fires a heart shaped object above each ship. This object can only be used to bounce bells and keep them aloft. In vertically scrolling stages, the A button is used to lob bombs down at the ground, as long as your ship still has arms. The crosshair will remain on the ground to indicate where the bomb is going to land. This crosshair has a tendency to lock onto a nearby target if your ship is just within range of it.
- : In horizontally scrolling stages, the B button fires each ship's primary weapons and lobs bombs down at the ground. In vertically scrolling stages, the B button merely fires the ship's primary weapons, and the function of firing the bombs transfers to the A button.
- : Press start to begin a new game, or to pause and unpause the action mid-game.
- : Only used on the title screen to select a one or two (or three in the Japanese version) player game.
Characters
Players
Dr. Cinnamon
Dr. Cinnamon is the inventor of the Twinbee ship design. He has been kidnapped by an invading alien force who wishes to force him into developing similar technology for them. While it was Dr. Cinnamon's grandson who defeated the Spice aliens in the original Twinbee, it is Dr. Cinnamon's great grandchildren, Squash, Whip, and Mellow, who must come to his rescue this time. You will see him being abducted in the beginning of the game, and you will later see him flash by crying for help just before the final stage.
Bells
Bells are ordinarily obtained by shooting clouds and knocking them loose. They will rise in the air slightly before falling back down to the ground, or bottom of the screen. You can hit the bells with your weapons, or hearts. Doing so will continue to bounce them and keep them aloft. After shooting bells a number of times, they may deviate from the usual yellow color and become a different color which will bestow a new power-up to your ship.
Upgrades
Collect the bags of money to receive 100 or 500 bonus points. | |
Collect the cross to receive one extra life. | |
File:Moero Twinbee Item Cinamon.png | Collect the face of Doctor Cinnamon to access the bonus stage after the boss fight. |
Pick up an L to add an extra bullet to your ship's left in vertical stages, and above your ship in horizontal stages. | |
Pick up an R to add an extra bullet to your ship's right in vertical stages, and below your ship in horizontal stages. Collect both the L and R to replace your extra bullet with a rear fire bullet. | |
Pick up the Moon to acquire 3-Way shots. This replaces lasers or double shots, and it can replace the 5-Way shots, so be careful. The moon will not appear if you have ghost options ships. | |
Pick up the Star to acquire 5-Way shots. This replaces lasers, double shots, or 3-Way shots. The star will not appear if you have ghost options ships. | |
When you touch a "?", one of four things will happen:
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Bonus Items
In every stage but the seventh, a bonus item can be revealed by bombing the proper locations. While the appearance of the bonus changes from stage to stage, they are always worth 1000 points.
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 |
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Ostrich | Konami logo | Mr. Goemon | Santa | Pentarou | Dracula |