Namco's Japan-only 1988 multi-directional shooter arcade game, Metal Hawk is comprised of eight areas: The First Point, Canal Zone, The Taskforce, Fortress in the Sky, Tank Buster, Attack the Airbase, Cross Fire, and The Last Target; the above image is of the game's overworld map, which appears between each area to show you which one you will visit next. You must score a certain amount of points in each area within a preset time limit in order to move on to the next one, and the amount of time you will have to clear each area in depends on what the arcade operator has set the "Timer Table" option in the options menu to - A: 130 seconds (2:10), B: 120 seconds (2:00), C: 110 seconds (1:50), D: 100 seconds (1:40), so if you're using MAME for playing this game (which you almost certainly shall be, unless you are a native inhabitant of the "Land of the Rising Sun"), you may wish to set the "Timer Table" option to A to increase your chances of clearing each area before time runs out. As soon as you insert a coin into the cabinet, the game will begin automatically (much like both Pole Position and Thunder Ceptor games) as Metal Hawk itself appears on the screen with either the English, Kanji and Hiragana text "MISSION: Teki no ryōiki ni shin'nyū shi mokuhyō wo hakai seyo!" (MISSION: 敵の領域に侵入し目標を破壊せよ!) above it for "Revision F", or the fully-English one "RAID ENEMY'S TERRITORY AND DESTROY MILITARY TARGETS!" above it for "Revision 2C", then ascends into the air and flies off the top of the screen as the background fades out; the overworld map shall then fade in as Metal Hawk proceeds to Area H-3.