


And what a coincidence: the 1985 shooter happens to be our first Japan-only game as well. Welp, it took only four games for our first 8-bit classic to finally stonewall me, the culprit being none other than Konami’s Twinbee. Today’s review is based upon HAMSTER’s Arcade Archives release of Twinbee for Sony PlayStation 4. But why is that the case? Join Anthony on his 8-Bit Chronicles, wherein he studies the industry’s building blocks in famous coin-munchers, failed experiments, and obscure gems. The innate addiction coded within the circuit board-powered arcade cabinets and NES cartridges render them precious artifacts, their primitive graphics and relative brevity revered even today.

Bleeps, bloops, and pixels: the cornerstones of classic gaming.
