Bells & Whistles

Bells & Whistles
Also known as: Detana!! TwinBee Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami TMNT2) Released in JP: February 20, 1991 Released in EU: 1991 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has regional differences.

Bells & Whistles marks the return of TwinBee to the Arcades, with more colorful visuals and more lively FM synths than ever before.

Dev Message

After the game rolls its credits at the end, there's a devotion to the game's director, Masato Ohsawa. However, it seems more text would have been displayed about it. An incomplete leftover of that can be found in the game's memory at 0x273EA in the Japanese version and 0x271B6 in the World version.

THE CREATOR OF THIS AND
MANY OTHER GAMES AT KONAMI
WHO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY
ON JANUARY 2ND 1991
JUST PRIOR TO THE

(Source: RyogaMasaki)

Regional Differences

Some of the voice samples were removed from the European version, particularly those in Japanese. This is most notable when collecting the power-ups and when starting a level.