大旋風 © 1989 Taito.
(Dai Senpuu)
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.
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
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".
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.
Developed by Toaplan.
Sound composer: Osamu Oota
CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1990) "Dai Senpuu [Model G-4034]"
NEC PC-Engine (1990) "Dai Senpuu [Model NAPH-1014]"
NEC PC-Engine CD-ROM² (1991) "Dai Senpuu Custom [Model NAPR-1019]"
Game's ROM.