Black Metal
A graphically stunning and gameplay wise smooth playing shoot em up, designed for mobile phone gameplay it will blow your mind! In the year 2304 an outer space mercenary takes on contracts to destroy alien…
Black Metal is an indie developed by Orangepixel, released 31 December 2004 on Legacy Mobile Device.
What Black Metal is
Black Metal is an indie game developed by Orangepixel and released in 2004. It is available on Legacy Mobile Device only. It runs on J2ME.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A graphically stunning and gameplay wise smooth playing shoot em up, designed for mobile phone gameplay it will blow your mind! In the year 2304 an outer space mercenary takes on contracts to destroy alien threats. You take on the role of the mercenary and head into the outer corners of space destroying the alien attackers and find the alien masterminds behind them. Black Metal is a side scrolling shoot em up with all the classic features: carnage, mayhem and big ass end of world bosses. The game contains jaw dropping graphics, smooth gameplay and a classic game feeling it should be jumping out of your phone soon.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Black Metal launched on 31 December 2004, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4 and Cave Story.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4, Cave Story.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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