TwinBee (series)

The series originated as a coin-operated video game simply titled TwinBee in 1985, which was followed by several home versions and sequels.

The series centers around a blue bee-shaped anthropomorphic spacecraft named TwinBee, who is usually accompanied by a pink "female" counterpart known as WinBee.

A third ship also exists named GwinBee, a green counterpart to TwinBee and WinBee who in most games serves as a power-up, but in some instances also appear as a third playable spacecraft.

The main power-ups in the TwinBee are yellow bells that the player can uncover by shooting at the floating clouds.

Despite being one of Konami's most prominent series in Japan during most of the 1990s, only a select few titles were localized for the foreign market, particularly the second console game Moero!