I've been a smidge obsessed with the
TwinBee series of "cute 'em ups" (you know, shoot 'em ups that are cute) ever since I first laid eyes on the PC Engine port of
Detana!! TwinBee as a teenager.
Actually, I'd say I was only intrigued by the series at that time; I didn't develop a real interest in it until I bought
Detana!! TwinBee--it was the first game I ever imported--and played through it a few times, and I didn't become fully obsessed with the series until I
picked up--and loved dearly, I might add--
Pop'n TwinBee and
TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventure for the Super Famicom a few years later.
Anyway, I'm sharing all of this in order to show that I have a definite appreciation for Konami's series of cute, overhead shmups. I also have a definite appreciation for the poster to the right, produced by artist Ashley Anderson for the Atlanta-based band,
Little Tybee.
Anderson says (
on Flickr) that he sifted through nearly 7,000 pixellated images before settling on the ones that appear in this colorful illustration. If you're at all interested in hearing how the artist pieced all of those elements together, check out
this blog post at your convenience.
