Daisenpu (Japan)

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

大旋風 (c) 1989 Taito.
(Dai Senpuu)

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito X System hardware
Game ID : B87

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1989 in Japan.

Developed by Toaplan. Even if developed by this famous shoot'em up company, Twin Hawk was not a good game, and it was a flop.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Great Whirlwind'.

This game is known outside Japan as "Twin Hawk".

- UPDATES -

There are several differences between "Twin Hawk" and Dai Senpuu :
* Twin Hawk supports 2 simultaneous players.
* Dai Senpuu supports 2 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 Dai Senpuu, the planes are green for both players.
* In Twin Hawk, when you die, you continue the game at your current position.
* In Dai Senpuu, when you die, you continue the game at predefined positions. This makes the game much more difficult to complete.

- STAFF -

Developed by Toaplan.

Sound composer: Osamu Oota

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1990) "Dai Senpuu [Model G-4034]"
NEC PC-Engine (1990) "Dai Senpuu [Model NAPH-1014]"