Twin Falcons

A horizontal air combat shooter from Philko.

Twin Falcons or Whizz is a military themed 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up game where you take control of a fighter aircraft. The aircraft has separate weapons for flying and ground based units/ships.

You fight a variety of enemies like ships, aircraft and bosses. While playing destroyed enemies drop power-ups. These include: lower or higher speed (D and U), laser (L), hand operated three shot weapon (3 in a circle), three way automatic weapon (3 in a square) and a five shot weapon (R).

Trivia

The game utilized recycled Capcom motherboards, typically from Sidearms, which was not necessarily authorized. The software house was indicted for similar activities in South Korea in 1989, resulting in minor fines.