Buy Metal Black: S-Tribute PC key

Metal Black: S-Tribute is a reproduction of the 1996 Ving home-console version of Metal Black, a 2D side-scrolling shooter originally released in arcades by Taito in 1991. You pilot a ship through its stages, collect NEWALONE power-ups to strengthen your beam and fight enemies, including each stage’s boss.

Power up your beam

NEWALONE are red, blue and yellow round molecules that float on screen. Collecting them raises your shot power through five levels, up to MAX. When your beam gauge is full, you can use beam energy attacks, which drain the gauge; you cannot use them once it is empty.

There are two beam energy attacks:

• Focused Beam: Hold the energy shot button to attack forward. At maximum gauge, it fires MAX lasers.
• Release Beam: At MAX gauge, press the energy shot button to unleash an attack that damages all enemies.

Stage bosses also use beam energy attacks. When your beam collides with a boss’s beam, the interference forms a large energy ball that moves toward the side with the lower gauge from the side with the higher gauge.

S-Tribute features

The S-Tribute version adds options and features, including:

• Rewind: Return to gameplay from a point a set amount of time earlier.
• Quick Save/Load: Save the game state at any point and load it again.
• Online Ranking: Enable online ranking in the settings to submit your score to the leaderboards and compare it with others.
• Unlimited Credits: Disable the limit on continues to allow infinite continues.
• Stage Select: Start the game from any stage.
• Scan Lines: Mimic the display of a CRT monitor.