TWISTED METAL - BLACK
OFFICIAL TITLE  Twisted Metal - Black
COMMON TITLE  Twisted Metal - Black
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SCES-50360
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Driving / Racing / Action.

DEVELOPER  Incog Inc. Entertainment.
PUBLISHER  Sony.
DATE RELEASED  7 December 2001
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SCES-50360
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SCES-50360
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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English

French

German

Italian

Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish); voices in English.

Twisted Metal: Black is a return to the roots of the Twisted Metal series, as members of the original development team behind the first two games has been brought back to craft this first entry on the PlayStation 2. The game is considerably darker than the previous four Twisted Metal games, earning it an "M" rating from the ESRB.

Calypso is back again holding his Twisted Metal tournament of car combat. As before, the winner of the tournament gets a wish of their choice to be granted by Calypso. There are a total of 15 playable characters, each varying in vehicle type, driver, speed, armor, special weapon, and control. There are new characters as well as returning ones, including Junkyard Dog, Brimstone, Outlaw, Mr. Grimm, Roadkill, Crazy 8, Spectre, Dollface, Shadow, and Sweet Tooth.

Players engage in vehicular combat in a variety of arenas, including downtown areas, rooftop skyscraper battles, suburban neighborhoods, prison boats, snow covered roads, highways, freeways, and drive-in movie theaters. There are also hidden arenas and characters that are unlocked by exploring and discovering hidden areas of many of the battlegrounds.

Drivers compete in a last-man standing game that pits you against eight other opponents. The last person surviving wins the level and progresses onto the next stage (each character has eight levels). Weapons include character-specific special weapons, missiles, homing missiles, exploding gas cans, and environmental attacks triggered by the player. Progressing through levels not only gets you closer to the end of the game, but also unlocks CGI Movies that explain characters' pasts in greater detail. The standard camera view is placed behind the car, but can be altered by pressing the select button.

Twisted Metal: Black also includes four-player simultaneous play via a split-screen, as well as cooperative modes and a last-man standing mode.

Features
Choose one of 15 characters, including fan favorites Sweet Tooth, Spectre, and Mr. Grimm
Battle across eight single-player and ten deathmatch arenas filled with interactive objects
Acquire an assortment of power-ups and weapons to eliminate rivals, from homing missiles to land mines

ONLINE:
Twisted Metal: Black Online is essentially the same game as Twisted Metal: Black, except this version is for online play ONLY. There is NO storyline or single-player game.

The game features 15 vehicles from Twisted Metal: Black, such as Sweet Tooth, Axel, Shadow, and Mr. Grimm. It also features 20 levels from the original game.

The are 4 modes of online play: Deathmatch, Last Man Standing, Collector and Manhunt. In Deathmatch the best player wins. Last Man Standing is similar to Deathmatch but players do not respawn immediately, you have to wait until someone wins. In Collector, players have to collect items called 'artifacts'. The player at the end of the time limit with the most artifacts wins. Also, if you collect all the artifacts before time is up, you win. In Manhunt, one of the players becomes the prey and the others, the hunters.



  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

From the creators of Twisted Metal 1 and 2.

Virtually every battleground element is interactive.

Articulated weapons deliver dramatic effects and creative kills.

They say the mind bends and twists in order to deal with the horrors of life...

...sometimes the mind bends so much it snaps in two.



  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • SCIFI & Futuristic themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 or 2 Players
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  90 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = No / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = Yes
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes ( 1 to 4 Players )
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  Yes
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0 (Videos & Menus in Software) (Unsupported movies)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = No
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.1.1 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

Triangle Button rear view
Circle Button brake
X Button tight turn
Square Button gas
Square Button (twice) turbo
D-Pad Up forward
D-Pad Down reverse
D-Pad Left or Right steer
L1 Button cycle weapons left
R1 Button cycle weapons right
L2 Button fire weapon
R2 Button fire machine gun
Left Analog Stick steer
Right Analog Stick gas, brake
R3 Button tirbo
L3 Button tight turn
Start Button pause
Select Button change view or weapon display



 

MISC CODES:

Exchange Weapons for Health While playing the game hold all the shoulder buttons and press TRIANGLE, X, SQUARE, O.
God Mode Set the control option to ''Classic''. Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and quickly press Up, X, Left, Circle during game play.
Infinite Health and Turbo During gameplay, hold down all four shoulder buttons, and tap Right, Left, Down, Up.
Infinite Weapons At anytime during gameplay, hold all of the shoulder buttons and then quickly press UP, X, LEFT, CIRCLE.
Invulnerability Hold L1+R1+L2+R2 and then press Up, Down, Left, Right, Right, Left, Down, Up.
Mega Machine Guns While playing the game hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press X X Triangle.
New View For Weapons Mske sure you have Classic controls on. Press Right, and Select, and you'll find more views.
One Hit Kills At anytime during gameplay hold all of the shoulder buttons and quickly press X, X, UP.




RAW CODES:

Inf Health - Scrap & Salvage
2C1CCE35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Suburbs
2C22C835 F8FC3B22

nf Health - Highway Loop
2C20AC35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Downtown
2C21E735 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Highway Loop 2
2C226E35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Minion Boss
2C1CCE35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Prison Passage
2C1CCE35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Snowy Roads
2C1CCE35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Drive-In Movie
2C1CCE35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Abandoned Skyscrapers
2C1CCE35 F8FC3B22

Inf Health - Warhawks Rooftop
2C1CCE35 F8FCFEF5



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 NTSC-U:
  • Twisted Metal - Black [SCUS-97101]   
     
  • Twisted Metal - Black [Greatest Hits] [SCUS-97179]   
     
  • Twisted Metal - Black Online [SCUS-97196]   
     
 PAL:
  • Twisted Metal - Black Online [SCES-51480]   
     

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