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Stinger

もえろツインビー シナモン博士を救え!, AKA: Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase wo Sukue!, Moero! TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue
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Stinger

Stinger is a shoot-em-up developed by Konami. It is the North American version of the sequel to Twinbee.

Year
1986
Developer
Konami
Publisher
Konami
Orientation
Vertical

SCREENSHOTS

PHYSICAL

HISTORY

Stinger is a 1983 horizontally scrolling shooter video game released by Seibu Denshi for arcades, and it is the first game the company (renamed to Seibu Kaihatsu) released prior to producing the Raiden series. Despite the horizontal scrolling, the game has a vertically oriented screen. On July 24, 2025, the game was ported to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of the Arcade Archives series, courtesy of Hamster Corporation.

Gameplay

The game consists of traveling around a space fortress meanwhile shooting aliens and spaceships. An object called "Bongo" could be used as a defense method. This object will shoot itself to the enemies for a few seconds.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Stinger on their November 1, 1983 issue as being the sixth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.

1CC RUNS

One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.

SCORES

Source
Audience
Score
Reviews
Critics
59 / 100
1
Users
7 / 10
17
Users
70 / 100
6

ACHIEVEMENTS 1 set

Tracked by RetroAchievements and earned in an emulator that reports to it. A game tracked on more than one machine gets a set for each, because they are different lists earned on different hardware.

NES/Famicom 28 achievements, 290 pts
  1. HI-SCORE 5
    Score 100,000 points
  2. 500k 10
    Score 500,000 points
  3. Bell Hoarder 25
    Score 1,000,000 points
  4. Quick Boost 5
    Grab a Blue Bell
  5. Too Fast! 10
    Harness the power of 7 Blue Bells at once
  6. Dual Cannons 5
    Grab a White Bell (Triple Shot or Spread Shot cannot be active)
  7. Laser Beam 5
    Grab a Pink Bell (Triple Shot or Spread Shot cannot be active)
  8. Shadow Ships 5
    Grab a Flashing Pink Bell
  9. Barrier 5
    Grab a Flashing Blue Bell
  10. Back Shot 5
    Combine the L-Shot and R-Shot
  11. Half Moon 5
    Pick up the Triple Shot
  12. Star of Hope 5
    Pick up the Spread Shot
  13. Bell Rush! 10
    Access the Bonus Stage
  14. Willie The Watermelon Head 5
    Clear Stage 1
  15. Sigmund Squidmund 5
    Clear Stage 2
  16. Fang The Faucet 10
    Clear Stage 3
  17. Luther 10
    Clear Stage 4
  18. Master Blaster 10
    Clear Stage 5
  19. Solar B. Three Eyes 10
    Clear Stage 6
  20. Begone Attackons! 25
    Finish the Normal Campaign
  21. Get Burning! 5
    Let the credits finish, and begin the Hard Campaign
  22. Willie (Hard) 10
    Clear Stage 8
  23. Sigmund (Hard) 10
    Clear Stage 9
  24. Fang (Hard) 10
    Clear Stage 10
  25. Luther (Hard) 10
    Clear Stage 11
  26. Blaster (Hard) 10
    Clear Stage 12
  27. Solar (Hard) 10
    Clear Stage 13
  28. And Stay Gone! 50
    Finish the Hard Campaign

Achievement names, descriptions and badges are the work of the RetroAchievements community. View this set on RetroAchievements

RELEASES 5 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
FDS
Famicom Disk System
1986
Original release
NES
Nintendo Entertainment System
1987
FC
Famicom
1993
WII
Wii
2010
WIIU
Wii U
2015

PHYSICAL RELEASES 1 box

Stinger box art, Nintendo Entertainment System
NES Nintendo Entertainment System

GAME DATA

Orientation
Vertical
Series
TwinBee

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