Metal Black

[Despatche]

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3 lives, extends at 70K and every 150K, "Medium" difficulty. As far as ports go, beware of the slightly broken Taito Legends 2.

Generally speaking, this will be your salvation.
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NAME - SCORE - ROUND - AUTOFIRE - DETAILS

DETAILS is for which console or emulator, which region release, etc. World vs Japan, so on and so forth.
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 1. T4N3                - 709.440 - ALL - Yes - ShmupMAME
 2. 2a03                - 666,210 - ALL - Yes - ShmupMAME
 3. NuclearPotato       - 634.690 - ALL - Yes - PS4
 4. AMB                 - 629,070 - ALL - Yes - ShmupMAME
 5. Aleksei             - 625,190 - ALL - ??  - ShmupMAME
 6. maximo              - 623,720 - ALL - Yes - MAME v0.258
 7. Ratikal             - 621,330 - ALL - Yes - MAME v0.264
 8. ASE-Meriscan        - 608,060 - ALL - Yes - MAME v0.214
 9. HAN                 - 590,200 - ALL - No  - WolfMAME v0.193
10. BIL                 - 561,380 - ALL - No  - MAME
11. EmperorIng          - 556,190 - ALL - Yes - MAME v0.216
12. andsuchisdeath      - 540.550 - ALL - Yes - SS
13. SPM                 - 531,610 - ALL - Yes - MAME
14. YOG                 - 527,010 - ALL - ??  - MAME
15. RFP                 - 521,730 - ALL - ??  - MAME
16. M.Knight            - 513,380 - ALL - Yes - ShmupMAME v4.2 (Japan)
17. Kollision           - 510,420 - ALL - ??  - PS2  (TMJ)
18. Smraedis            - 509,710 - ALL - ??  - MAME
19. Prickly Angler      - 507,440 - ALL - No  - PS4
20. KAI                 - 496,280 - ALL - ??  - PS2  (?)
21. hashiriya1          - 494,040 -  6  - ??  - SS  
22. ColonelFatso        - 490,280 - ALL - Yes - ShmupMAME
23. DoubleThink         - 490,220 - ALL - ??  - MAME
24. clp                 - 490.170 - ALL - ??  - ShmupMAME
25. bestcellar          - 484,560 - ALL - ??  - PCB 
26. Aquas               - 480,160 - ALL - No  - SS  
27. IDA                 - 479,800 - ALL - ??  - SS  
28. Salem Witch Trials! - 472,920 - ALL - ??  - MAME
29. jp                  - 472,010 - ALL - ??  - SS  
30. DarkWolf7           - 470,350 - ALL - ??  - MAME
31. Sturmvogel Prime    - 468,870 - ALL - Yes - PlayStation 4
32. The Coop            - 462,780 - ALL - ??  - PC   (TL2)
33. Dumple              - 459,290 - ALL - No  - WolfMAME v0.242 (World)
34. Mero                - 458,540 - ALL - ??  - PS2  (TMJ)
35. Blinge              - 455,510 - ALL - No  - ShmupMAME
36. Tar-Palantir        - 430,500 -  6  - ??  - MAME
37. ING                 - 402,720 -  6  - ??  - SS  
38. BlueCloud           - 331,230 -  4  - ??  - MAME
39. Andi                - 326,980 -  5  - ??  - SS  
40. Dragoforce          - 321.120 -  5  - ??  - SS  
41. zinger              - 262,740 -  4  - ??  - SS  
42. copy-paster         - 254,910 -  4  - No  - MAME Plus! Plus v0.119
43. Braiking            - 193,480 -  3  - ??  - MAME
44. Ghegs               - 184,930 -  3  - ??  - PS2  (?)
45. Despatche           - 181,660 -  3  - ??  - MAME
46. Ed Oscuro           - 181,390 -  2  - ??  - MAME
47. MOSQUITO FIGHTER    - 175,180 -  3  - ??  - PS2  (?)
48. Verticen            - 170,070 -  3  - Yes - PS2  (?)
49. Tomtom              - 168,050 -  3  - ??  - MAME
50. ktg                 - 107,060 -  2  - ??  - PS2 
51. Overdrive           - 102,140 -  2  - ??  - MAME

[Despatche]

Well, there goes another one...

Kinda rushed this, so if I missed anything, please yell at me.

[Aleksei]

Aleksei - 483,500 -ALL

[Aleksei]

Its amazing how much you can milk bosses, especially that last one.



Aleksei - 524,080 - ALL

[BIL]

Well done!

[Aleksei]

Well done!

Thanks to your guide

[Aleksei]

I'm coming for ya BIL!

Aleksei - 547,780 - 6 - Shmupmame

[T4N3]

Long time lurker, first time poster.
Just thought I'd contribute my score on Metal Black here, because I'm really happy with it (i'm really not a good player by any means)
I might post some scores on some other games, but they're definitely not as great.

T4N3 - 580.400 - All - Shmupmame

Run done live on Twitch, replay here.

My goal is to get over 600k, once it's done I'll probably move on to Border Down

[BIL]

I'm coming for ya BIL!

AWW HELL NAWWW

Plz drop by the ST or GD threads sometime once you've got the Western record. ;3

Long time lurker, first time poster.
Just thought I'd contribute my score on Metal Black here, because I'm really happy with it (i'm really not a good player by any means)
I might post some scores on some other games, but they're definitely not as great.

T4N3 - 580.400 - All - Shmupmame

Run done live on Twitch, replay here.

My goal is to get over 600k, once it's done I'll probably move on to Border Down

Holy cow, nice first post! Congrats, you're the new Western record holder. Unless Aleksei strikes back!

[T4N3]

Since WR uses autofire, there's no reason to hold myself back.

T4N3 - 652.820 - ALL - Shmupmame (Autofire ON)

Less than 100k between this and WR, could have reached the 670k extend if I had a better Bonus-B and did better milk on Omega Zone.
(didn't clock it and killed it a bit too fast)

Run done live on Twitch, replay here

[Icarus]

Good stuff T4N3, I just finished watching the archive. I knew you'd be able to do it. :>
Onward and upward? :3

[Aleksei]

Wow, just when I thought I had the western record, a new challenger appears

I thought I would stop after this score but the surprise I felt when I saw T4N3's score and replay has encouraged me to make this the only game I play.

In fact, since the year began, other commitments haven't given me a change to play shmups at all actually and I was thinking about dropping the genre/forum all together. However, Metal Black's atmosphere still has me hooked.

Here is a breakdown of my score:
( I hit pause at the end of each of the following to write these down)

End 1: 52,590
Bonus time left: 14 sec
Beginning 2: 81,590
End 2: 169,080
End 3: 254,440
Bonus time left: 29 seconds
Beginning 4: 313,410
Beginning 5: 423,620
Beginning 6: 493,160
Final score: 613,100

Aleksei - 613,100 - All - Shmupmame

I'm looking at YOU, T4N3.

[Limbrooke]

Since WR uses autofire, there's no reason to hold myself back.

T4N3 - 652.820 - ALL - Shmupmame (Autofire ON)

Less than 100k between this and WR, could have reached the 670k extend if I had a better Bonus-B and did better milk on Omega Zone.
(didn't clock it and killed it a bit too fast)

Run done live on Twitch, replay here

Well done, first member to crack the 600k barrier. Tried watching a bit here and it looks good. Nice score heading into the final stage.
Kudos to Aleksei as well.

[Aleksei]

Thank you Limbrooke, I improved this Saturnday morning.

End 1: 53,260
Bonus time left: 17 sec
Beginning 2: 85,260
End 2: 172,890
End 3: 256,750
Bonus time left: 23 seconds
Beginning 4: 309,750
Beginning 5: 425,830
Beginning 6: 492,150
Final score: 625,190

Aleksei - 625,190 - All - Shmupmame

I'm really at my limits now, but I'll continue to do better. =)

[T4N3]

Finally hit the 700k milestone!

T4N3 - 709.440 - All - Shmupmame

Can be improved slightly with better bonus, last boss, and milk Ghost until timeout, but I'm not sure if I want to go for that, hehe.

YT | Twitch

Thanks to BIL and Limbrooke, and also Icarus, Aleksei and Aquas for the motivation.

[CloudyMusic]

Congrats T4N3!

[BIL]

Damn fine

[Icarus]

Finally hit the 700k milestone!
T4N3 - 709.440 - All - Shmupmame

Congrats! Knew you'd do it eventually. :3

[Aleksei]

Love it

[Cee]

clp - 490.170 - All - Shmupmame

[copy-paster]

copy-paster - 179,790 - 3 - MAMEPlusPlus 0.119

Always failed when beam-dueling with Daio , though I can get a better score if I didn't skip the Over Ride stage.

[BIL]

The trick with Daio/Gishiin is to proactively, and repeatedly, hit the trash balls with an L3 beam. You'll bust straight through them before they can fire theirs, doing a chunk of damage to the beetle in the process. Recharge to lvl3 while the beetle gathers a new ball, and repeat the L3 beamings until done. It's a groove thing. ^_~

[copy-paster]

copy-paster - 254,910 - 4 - MAME32 PlusPlus 0.119

Touched this game now, and this. Unfortunately I mash Z button for fire instead for A during Blackout stage when the enemy counter was 5.

[BIL]

Speaking of mashing, I didn't use autofire - pls correct ;3

Or speaking of not mashing, rather! For fellow non-autofirers, remember: pump don't pound!

[Blinge]

Blinge - 455,510 - ALL - ?? - ShmupMAME

Does this count as autofire: I had my 3rd button on my arcade stick with turbo on for just holding in downtimes.
But the 1st main shot button was normal, and gives a higher rate of fire anyway by default, with the on/off tapping rhythm.

[Despatche]

Guess I'll call that no autofire.

The game might not be able to handle the autofire rate you set. A proper setting is significantly faster than rhythmic tapping. I assume you're using ShmupMAME v4.2? Try setting the rate to 1 or 5.

[Blinge]

Ah I see, thanks patchey but I won't be playing the game much anymore, just wanted muh clear.

[BIL]

Playing Metal Black sans autofire? Always remember, kids:

[Blinge]

Hahaha. fucking amazing!!

i thought it was push don't pump!

[BIL]

No that's something subtly different ;3 I definitely find a nice steady pumping rhythm gets ace results and a steady stream! In Metal Black!