TwinBee (ツインビー) is a video game series composed primarily of cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up games produced by Konami that were released primarily in Japan. The series originated as a coin-operated video game simply titled TwinBee in 1985, which was followed by several home versions and sequels. The character designs of almost every game in the series since Detana!! TwinBee in 1991 were provided by Japanese animator Shuzilow HA, who also planned and supervised most of the subsequent installments in the TwinBee series. The series also inspired a radio drama adaptation that lasted three seasons in Japan, as well as an anime adaptation.
Tokimeki Memorial is a dating simulation series by Konami. It consists of six main games in addition to many spin-offs. The games are notable in the dating sim genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo.
Omi Minami is a Japanese voice actress, essayist and columnist. She is mostly known for her work in anime and video game roles, with starring roles as Hyatt in Excel Saga, Ruri Hoshino in Martian Successor Nadesico, Majic in Orphen, as well as Takuro in Di Gi Charat and Fan Xinglou in The Asterisk War. She is best known for voicing the main character Shimajirō Shimano in the Shimajiro TV series and Shimajiro film series.
Ayaka Saitō is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and comedienne formerly employed by Vocal before transferring to remax. She is best known for voicing Momiji Sohma in Fruits Basket, Tomoka Rana Jude in Girls Bravo, Mitsukuni Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club and Ruby in the Jewelpet franchise.
The Super NES Mouse, sold as the Super Famicom Mouse in Japan, is a peripheral created by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in 1992, on July 14 in Japan, in August in North America, and on December 10 in Europe. Originally designed for use with the game Mario Paint, the Super NES Mouse was sold in a bundle with the game and included a plastic mouse pad. Soon after its introduction, several other titles were released with Mouse support.
System Sacom (システムサコム), also known as System Sacom Sales Corp., is a Japanese company which sells electronic devices. They are more notable for their past, in which they developed video games. In the 1980s, they mainly published games for computers, but they changed focus to home consoles in the 1990s. Its head office is located in Tokyo.
Konami GX is an arcade system board introduced in 1994 by Konami.
TwinBee RPG is a role-playing video game for the PlayStation. It is a spin-off of the TwinBee shoot-'em-up series featuring a storyline based on the TwinBee Paradise audio drama serial. It was released exclusively in Japan.
Shigeharu Umezaki is a Japanese video game producer. He worked previously as a programmer and producer for Konami and was also CEO of the now-defunct Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe branch. His works include the Nintendo Entertainment System versions of Contra and Life Force, the Legend of the Mystical Ninja series, Rakugakids, and some games in the Castlevania series. He currently leads Good Feel Co., Ltd., which is a Japanese video game developer that developed Wario Land: Shake It!, a game that was released for the Wii in 2008.
Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle-Dama (ときめきメモリアル対戦ぱずるだま) is a Tokimeki Memorial themed Taisen Puzzle-Dama spin-off game. It is followed by its sequel Tokimeki Memorial 2 Puzzle-Dama. It was re-released in Japan on the PlayStation Store on January 13, 2010.
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side is a dating sim video game targeted towards women and girls released by Konami for the PlayStation 2 game console on June 20, 2002. It was also re-released with enhancements for the Nintendo DS as Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 1st Love on February 15, 2007. It has three sequels: Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss, Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 3rd Story, and Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 4th Heart. Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side is part of the Tokimeki Memorial series, which originated in 1994 as a male-oriented dating sim.
Tokimeki Memorial is a dating sim video game developed and published by Konami. The first game in the Tokimeki Memorial series, it was first released for the PC Engine's Super CD-ROM² System on May 27, 1994. It was directed by Yoshiaki Nagata, with Koji Igarashi working on scenario writing. It later received ports to the PlayStation in 1995, Sega Saturn and Super Famicom in 1996, Windows in 1997, Game Boy Color in 1999, mobile phones in 2004, and PlayStation Portable in 2006.
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss is the 2006 sequel to Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side and the fifth main game in Konami's Tokimeki Memorial dating sim series. An enhanced port to the Nintendo DS featuring additional content and titled Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Season was released in 2008.
Taisen Puzzle-Dama is a puzzle series developed by Konami.
Taisen Puzzle-Dama is a puzzle video game and the first video game in the Taisen Puzzle-Dama series. It was released in July 1994 by Konami in Japanese arcades. It was released in Europe as Crazy Cross.
Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama: Tōkon! Marutama Chō is a puzzle video game released in 1998 on the Nintendo 64 in Japan only. The game was developed and published by Konami. It is a port of the arcade and PlayStation game Susume! Taisen Puzzle-Dama, originally released in 1996, but also features characters and gameplay from the spin-off Taisen Tokkae-Dama.
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Puzzle-dama is a Taisen Puzzle-Dama video game based on the manga Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai. It was developed and published by Konami, and was released exclusively in Japan in 1994, for the Super Famicom.
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 3rd Story is the 2010 sequel to Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss and the seventh main game in Konami's Tokimeki Memorial dating sim series. An enhanced port to the PlayStation Portable featuring additional content and titled Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side Premium ~3rd Story~ was released in 2012. This game was the first game in the Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side sub-series to be released on PSP.
Akari Uchida is a video game producer. He was the former head of Love Plus Production, a video game develop team under Konami, best known as the producer of LovePlus series, a dating sim video game series that player can date with 3 different high school girls. He joined Konami in 1993 and left in March 2015 and will join another Japan video game company, Yuke's officially in October 2015; additionally he will lead a new game development team—Uchida Lab, named by his name. He has received the nickname "father-in-law"(お義父さん) by LovePlus fans.
