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.
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!
for Game Boy, which was released in Europe as a standalone title with the name Pop'n TwinBee and later in compilations.