Metal Black

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:24 pm

METAL BLACK

Taito's attempt at an art shmup, also infernally cheap

1.BIL - 561,380 - ALL - MAME
2.YOG - 527,010 - ALL - MAME
3.RFP - 521,730 - ALL - MAME
4.hashiriya1 - 494,040 - Stage 6 - Saturn
5.KAI - 496,280 - ALL - PS2
6.DoubleThink - 490,220 - ALL - MAME
7.IDA - 479,800 - ALL - Saturn
8.Kollision - 476,890 - ALL - Saturn
9.Salem Witch Trials! - 472,920 - ALL - MAME
10.jp - 472,010 - ALL - Saturn
11.DarkWolf7 - 470,350 - ALL - MAME
12.The Coop - 462,780 - ALL - PC (Taito Legends 2)
13.Tar-Palantir - 430,500 - Stage 6 - MAME
14.BlueCloud - 331,230 - Stage 4 - MAME
15.Andi - 326,980 - Stage 5 - Saturn
16.Dragoforce - 321.120 - Stage 5 - Saturn
17.Colonel Fatso - 289,330 - Stage 4 - MAME
18.zinger - 262,740 - Stage 4 - Saturn
19.Braiking - 193,480 - 3 - MAME
20.Ghegs - 184,930 - Stage 3 - PS2

Please enter your scores as name-score-level-version. Normal difficulty- you know the drill.
For reference : General strategy discussion on the forum.
Also for reference: Metal Blackology (a how-to)
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overdrive · Post by **overdrive** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:50 am

Damn, after downloading it and playing it a couple of times through the (easy) first stage, I wasn't prepared to die three times in rapid succession through the second one. I'll be working to improve on this one.

Overdrive, 57,710 Stage 2, MAME

I'm almost embarrassed to display this score, but it's my first try at doing more than the first stage, so I just consider it a start.....to improve on dramatically....

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:18 am

wait till you get to the 3rd boss.

stupid game!

you never die because it was your fault. it's because something off screen rammed into you, or something point blanked you. STUPID GAME!!

!

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:56 pm

Tomtom - 168,050 - Stage 3 - MAME

I really like this game so far. Some of the best Zuntata tracks I've heard. That third boss is weird, though. I got rid of the ball thing and thought I had him, but alas, I was wrong.

overdrive · Post by **overdrive** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:42 pm

Tried it again today and did a bit better.

Overdrive 84,570 Level 2 MAME

overdrive · Post by **overdrive** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:40 am

Sad, tiny improvement time

Overdrive, 85,910, Level 2, MAME

I'd been doing so well.....then choked horribly on the second stage......

overdrive · Post by **overdrive** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:26 am

A slightly better improvement — one that I can actually build on, rather than one that's just a smidge better than that last.

Overdrive, 102,140, Level 2, MAME

Kinda frustrating. I was fairly perfect up until the fish-chain miniboss in L2. I died once, wound up not killing it (I never like to use my super gun attack on it, since I can kill it without it if I'm careful). Then I kinda went to "screw-up" mode and lost the rest of my lives pretty quickly, as in game over shortly after the whip-tail fish mini-boss.....

jp · Post by jp » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:42 pm

jp - 432,490 - ALL - Saturn

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:41 am

Ah, maestro! Good to see you back

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:45 pm

First attempt:
zinger - 103,670 - Stage 2 - MAME

Great game. I just love that lofi fm music and the lores pixel graphics

EDIT: 2nd attempt, 119,660

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:55 pm

zinger - 167,670 - Stage 3 - MAME
Not much of an improvement, but I might aswell post it while I'm asking about extends. Are there more than one and if so, when are they given?

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:22 am

^^On MAME, the extends are set at 70k and every 150k after, but you can fiddle with it on the dip settings option. There's a soft crackling sound (a bit like noise on the radio) when you get it.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:30 am

Now why would I fiddle with them except for if the saturn defaults were different? Are you playing with 70, 220, 370 etc? Is that what the saturn version is set to?

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:41 am

I'm playing with 70k,220k etc, which are defaults on the PCB (extrapolating from the ROM). I suppose the Saturn defaults are the same (the suggestion about monkeying around with the hi-score settings was me being air-headed).

jp · Post by jp » Sun May 08, 2005 9:15 pm

Whoops! That score I posted is from level 6, not an AC. I just realized that today while I was playing Metal Black.

I seem to have purged the MB save with my AC on it...

Lemme see if I can find the old picture I took of the score...

jp · Post by jp » Sun May 08, 2005 9:44 pm

I FOUND IT!!!!!!!

jp - 472,010 - ALL

And if anyone wants to see the pic:
http://www.angelfire.com/al2/infernalth ... /mb1cc.jpg

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:16 pm

CAMON BOYS

!

With the Taito Memories, I want some scores!

jp · Post by jp » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:28 pm

You know, I think I'll pop this in my Saturn this weekend. I didn't do so hot in the "bonus" rounds in my 1CC...

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:26 am

Can you give me some tips on the second one, then?

jp · Post by jp » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:42 pm

Second bonus round?

Man, that shit is 100% luck. You just have to hope one starts off in your target area. And if you DO score well, you have to hope you can then 1CC the game. I wish I had 1CC'd a few more times after the first time. But no... moved on to Hyper Duel... *sigh*

Post by **Ghegs** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:05 pm

Ghegs - 184,930 - Stage 3 - PS2

Such a weird yet cool game. I don't know if I have the patience to keep at it. Even though I got that far (well, not THAT far...) on a credit, it's nervewrecking.

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:55 am

Nervewrecking is the word, indeed

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:02 pm

MOSQUITO FIGHTER - 175,180 - Stage 3 - PS2

I've found myself playing this just to hear the stage 3 and stage 4 boss music. Interisting visuals too. Whats the deal with that weird imagery in the background on the last boss. Does this shooter have some kind of message. I don't get it.

Salem Witch Trials! · Post by **Salem Witch Trials!** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:14 am

Salem Witch Trials!--472,920--ALL--MAME

What a wonderful game. I hated this game until 4 days ago, but its really much better than it gets credit for. There should be more games that are so hard they don't need a scoring system, and the scoring system is just "stay alive and kill stuff".

Sorry for the shit picture, I'll try to fix it. Photobucket's being weird.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:21 pm

zinger - 262,740 - Stage 4 - Saturn

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:56 am

The Coop - 329,130 - Round 5 - PC (Taito Legends 2)

Damned thing gypped me on the second bonus round. It kept the target I was supposed to hit off screen for half the clock.

Salem Witch Trials! · Post by **Salem Witch Trials!** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:41 am

Yeah that happens sometimes. The bonus stages are kinda crap. But no matter what happens, you should end up with the same number of extends by the end, so at least for survival purposes the bonus doesn't matter much.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:39 am

RFP - 134 010 - 2 - MAME

I say the 2nd level end design is pretty rubbish. Otherwise though this game has great tunes and lovely visuals.

DarkWolf7 · Post by **DarkWolf7** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:04 am

DarkWolf7 - 470,350 - ALL - MAME

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:40 am

RFP 161 720 3 MAME

Got sloppy on the St.2 boss and have nothing to spare for 3.

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