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It was the first title to run on Konami's arcade board "Bubble System", and a pioneering shoot 'em up that allowed 2 players to play at the same time.

It was the first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware.

The original arcade game was released outside Japan for the first time as part of the Nintendo DS compilation Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits.

The Famicom version was re-released only in Japan under the Famicom Mini label for the Game Boy Advance.

This game was officially released for the first time outside Japan as part of the Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the Nintendo DS in March 2007, under the name RainbowBell in North America, although the TwinBee name was restored for the European release.

It was the first title to run on Konami's arcade board "Bubble System", and a pioneering shoot 'em up that allowed 2 players to play at the same time.

An omnibus title containing 5 games, including arranged and enhanced ports.

In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 23.46 out of 30, as listed separately.

The same magazine's special supplement "Famicom ROM Cartridge All Catalog" (1991-5-10 issue) noted that 2-player simultaneous play was unusual at the time, and rated the co-operative play favourably, such as the combined attacks available with 2 players.

The book Bishoku Club Bakage Senka Gaiden: Nazo no Game Makyo 3 (2002, Kill Time Communication) gave it a personal rating of 65 out of 100. It noted that the MSX version has no elements of its own, compared it with the Family Computer version, and rated it negatively, saying it "felt like an ordinary decent game and did not stand out much".

In the later Sega Saturn release of Taisen Puzzle Dama the characters were changed to those of Chibi Maruko-chan, and that version was never released.

Before this title appeared, a TwinBee RPG called TwinBee Miracle: Fushigi na Bell no Tairiku had been announced, and screens from development had been shown, but that game was cancelled.

Along with Sega's Fantasy Zone (1986), it is credited as an early archetype of the "cute 'em up" subgenre.

The magazine's "Complete Famicom Cartridge Catalog" supplement from May 10, 1991, noted that simultaneous two-player gameplay was uncommon at the time, while praising the cooperative attacks and collaborative gameplay elements.

There is a trick whereby inserting Gradius in slot 1 and TwinBee in slot 2 lets the player play Gradius with the TwinBee ship. This became the origin of the later Parodius (1988).

In the later Sega Saturn release of Taisen Puzzle Dama the characters were changed to those of Chibi Maruko-chan, and that version was never released.

This game was officially released for the first time outside Japan as part of the Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the Nintendo DS in March 2007, under the name RainbowBell in North America, although the TwinBee name was restored for the European release.

The ambulance feature was noted as distinctive, though RED criticized the high difficulty, stating that "power-up loss upon death significantly impedes game progression.

The ambulance feature was noted as distinctive, though RED criticized the high difficulty, stating that "power-up loss upon death significantly impedes game progression.