Bio metal

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:11 am

yeah i just played this, expecting the average shmuporama the SNES usually produces with these not-so-heard-of games.

its a fucking manic!

ive never before been so annihilated in a SNES shmup before, its not half bad either - this is one hard puppy!
kinda cool trance soundtrack that made me think of Zed blade, actually the game is kinda similar to ZB on the whole.
it has a shield/weapon gimmick that didnt seem quite spot on but hey atleast its something, graphics arent anything spectacular but they work fine, played thru to stage 3 and didnt notice any noteworthy slowdown, enemies range from popcorn ones to pretty big sprites (for a SNES) and they all look ok and are kinda varied.

pick it up, (especialy if you like ZB) difinetly woth a few $s i say!

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:33 am

Were you playing the USA or Japanese version?

I remember Rob saying the US ver was shite, but that the Japanese one was his favorite SNES/SFC shmup.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:02 am

IIRC the only major difference between the regions was the music...of course, the US version's music is some of the worst music ever, but hey.

In any event, the game was indeed, imo, a good deal ahead of its time, in terms of how manic it was; I still wouldn't call it a personal favorite, but since you can get it pretty cheap it's not a bad purchase.

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:51 am

I like the music in the intro, the title, and the first level.

Great game, too.

JP version all the way.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:57 am

LoneSage wrote:Were you playing the USA or Japanese version?

I remember Rob saying the US ver was shite, but that the Japanese one was his favorite SNES/SFC shmup.

PAL version

dont know the differences in music but like i said this was an all-out-trance track very much like zed blade, havent played US or JAP verson so i cant say whichone it takes after..

ED: im not inte trance music per se, i wouldnt stick this OST in my stereo, but it really did the job well in setting the mood of the game.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:11 pm

the western versions' music was produced by crap-on-a-stick euro cheese merchants "2unlimited"

the japanese version had pretty interesting electronic stuff that in places is very reminiscent of late 80's new order..

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:35 pm

pixelcorps wrote:the western versions' music was produced by crap-on-a-stick euro cheese merchants "2unlimited"

Aaah, 2 Unlimited. Responsible for all time music highs with tracks like:
"Ready for this", "The workaholic" and the unforgivable* "No Limit".
They should have quit after the first mentioned track.
Only thing worse than listening to the other crap from 2 Unlimited is having to listen to it during a somewhat good game. This is the music that can destroy
any good game.

***runs off screaming at the thought of Border Down and Salamander featuring 2 Unlimited soundtracks***

*TM & (R) H.Schatten

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:30 am

Super Laydock wrote:...and the unforgivable "No Limit".

There. Corrected it for you.

The excellent finnish band Waltari did a great cover version of it, though. They did a double-cover and combined "No Limits" with Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction" to fuse them into one exceptionally weird song, which, surprisingly, works very well.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:00 pm

Herr Schatten wrote:
Super Laydock wrote:...and the unforgivable "No Limit".
There. Corrected it for you.

! I offer my sincere apologies for my unacceptable choice of words!

Better edit my post before someone quotes me on that.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 4:41 pm

Whoah, I've got to pick up the Japanese version!
I liked the game, but not the music. I also really liked the shield thingy.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:15 am

the music on the jp version is pretty darn good in places, worth a peep, if only on a rom - i've been considering doing some remixes for a long time...

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:20 pm

great game indeed. i've never known so many people to actually speak up about its greatness. i remember kidding around with rob that we were perhaps the only "fans" on the board and i don't remember anybody disagreeing.

PooshhMao · Post by **PooshhMao** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:20 pm

the music on the jp version is pretty darn good in places, worth a peep, if only on a rom - i've been considering doing some remixes for a long time...

Been working on a remix of the 1st level's track for a couple days now, coincidence?

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:33 pm

Strangely enough, I've had the same idea for awhile.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:51 am

This game was so awesome. I remember renting it from a local place years ago and being hooked, though hating the music. Now that I'm older and thanks to the magic of software emulation I can play the game with the original soundtrack.

The stages do feel a little TOO long at times though, but God is it fast. Probably the fastest playing shmup on the SNES. I mean Scrambled Valkyrie and Space Mega Force have faster moving stages but the enemy movement in this one is great.

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:26 am

it was great at the time, haven't played it for years though. it was known to be one of the toughest console shmups of that generation.
it's featured on saturn dezaemon 2.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:13 pm

actually the saturn version is a "sequel" of sorts. this has been discussed in the past.