Twin Hawk (World) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Twin Hawk © 1989 Taito.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the original for more information about the game itself; "Daisenpuu".

TECHNICAL
Taito X System hardware
Prom Stickers: B87

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 3

TRIVIA
Released in June 1989.

There are several differences between Twin Hawk and its Japanese version Daisenpuu:

• Twin Hawk supports two simultaneous players.
• Daisenpuu supports two players, but only one at a time. Because of this, it also supports Cocktail cabinets.
• In Twin Hawk, both planes are purple and pink for player 1 and 2 respectively.
• In Daisenpuu, the planes are green for both players.
• In Twin Hawk, when you die, you continue the game at your current position.

To compensate this, they increased the health of bigger enemies and the rank/dynamic difficulty (enemies start shooting sooner and faster).

• In Daisenpuu, when you die, you continue the game at predefined positions.
• In Daisenpuu, big blue bullets are faster (like the ones in the first boss), making those attacks much more difficult to dodge.
• In Twin Hawk, small orange bullets (like the ones in the beginning) have worse visibility. In Daisenpuu they're more yellow and have better contrast against the background.

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

Sega Mega Drive (1990)

CONTRIBUTE
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