<s>
is	O
a	O
1991	B-Application
scrolling	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
"	O
Project	O
Gun	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
2	O
"	O
,	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
was	O
made	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
staff	O
behind	O
Gun	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
and	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
Taito	O
F1	O
System	O
hardware	O
,	O
although	O
its	O
actual	O
connection	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
title	O
is	O
very	O
loose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
initial	O
internal	O
name	O
"	O
Darius	B-Application
Part	O
22	O
"	O
,	O
development	O
began	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Darius	B-Application
series	I-Application
before	O
being	O
reworked	O
into	O
an	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
atmosphere	O
was	O
deemed	O
to	O
be	O
very	O
dark	O
by	O
Taito	O
during	O
production	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
first	O
launched	O
in	O
arcades	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
re-released	O
through	O
compilations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
arcade	O
release	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
as	O
an	O
import	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
later	O
served	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
G.rev	O
'	O
s	O
Border	B-Application
Down	I-Application
,	O
including	O
its	O
"	O
beam	O
level	O
"	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
is	O
a	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
rogue	O
pilot	O
John	O
Ford	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
CF-345	O
Black	O
Fly	O
space	O
fighter	O
craft	O
across	O
six	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
rounds	O
to	O
combat	O
against	O
the	O
Nemesis	O
alien	O
race	O
and	O
save	O
humanity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
or	O
colliding	O
against	O
solid	O
stage	O
obstacles	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
live	O
and	O
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
the	O
players	O
insert	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
summary	O
of	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
is	O
explained	O
further	O
through	O
supplementary	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Newalone	O
in	O
their	O
hands	O
,	O
scientists	O
quickly	O
begin	O
Project	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
,	O
focused	O
on	O
developing	O
at	O
least	O
twenty-thousand	O
human	O
spacecraft	O
capable	O
of	O
wielding	O
the	O
same	O
beam	O
weaponry	O
as	O
the	O
aliens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
invasion	O
,	O
Earth	O
's	O
remaining	O
diplomats	O
pass	O
a	O
treaty	O
with	O
the	O
Nemesis	O
forces	O
outlining	O
a	O
peaceful	O
surrender	O
,	O
which	O
promises	O
to	O
keep	O
all	O
of	O
Earth	O
's	O
remaining	O
forces	O
from	O
attacking	O
:	O
This	O
applies	O
to	O
Project	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
,	O
preventing	O
the	O
Black	O
Fly	O
spacecraft	O
's	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
possible	O
endings	O
:	O
If	O
the	O
player	O
gets	O
a	O
Game	B-Application
Over	I-Application
on	O
the	O
final	O
stage	O
,	O
Ford	O
's	O
death	O
incites	O
a	O
military	O
coup	O
d'état	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
government	O
,	O
and	O
20,000	O
Black	O
Fly	O
craft	O
are	O
dispatched	O
to	O
Nemesis	O
's	O
apparent	O
origin	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
"	O
Project	O
Gun	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
2	O
"	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
staff	O
behind	O
Gun	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
,	O
including	O
its	O
designer	O
Takatsuna	O
Senba	O
and	O
producer	O
Takamasa	O
"	O
Tarabar	O
"	O
Hori	O
but	O
its	O
actual	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
faint	O
at	O
best	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Senba	O
,	O
development	O
began	O
as	O
Darius	B-Application
3	O
under	O
the	O
initial	O
internal	O
name	O
"	O
Darius	B-Application
Part	O
22	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
plan	O
was	O
to	O
announce	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
two-screen	O
cabinet	O
similar	O
to	O
Darius	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
November	O
1991	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
launch	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
showcased	O
in	O
a	O
playable	O
state	O
to	O
attendees	O
at	O
the	O
1991	B-Application
Amusement	O
Machine	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
named	O
after	O
Hori	O
titled	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
:	O
Tarabar	O
Edition	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
internal	O
use	O
at	O
Tatio	O
and	O
not	O
released	O
for	O
arcades	O
,	O
featuring	O
only	O
three	O
stages	O
and	O
different	O
music	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
extra	O
stage	O
"	O
and	O
more	O
difficult	O
enemy	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
by	O
Ving	O
and	O
published	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
1996	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Gears	O
"	O
budget	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
2	O
compilation	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
compilation	O
album	O
containing	O
its	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
music	O
from	O
Gun	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
and	O
Dino	B-Application
Rex	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
SuperSweep	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
on	O
their	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
1992	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
thirteenth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Famitsu	O
,	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
sold	O
over	O
7,839	O
copies	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Famitsu	O
gave	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
20	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
"	O
beam	O
duel	O
"	O
system	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
G-Darius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiroyuki	O
Maruyama	O
of	O
G.rev	O
stated	O
that	O
Metal	B-Application
Black	I-Application
was	O
a	O
heavy	O
inspiration	O
during	O
development	O
of	O
Border	B-Application
Down	I-Application
,	O
including	O
its	O
"	O
beam	O
level	O
"	O
system	O
and	O
also	O
features	O
references	O
to	O
the	O
former	O
in	O
other	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CF-345	O
Black	O
Fly	O
appears	O
as	O
a	O
downloadable	O
ship	O
in	O
Dariusburst	B-Application
:	I-Application
Chronicle	I-Application
Saviours	I-Application
for	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
