Metal Slug First Mission - Need some help

I have this game cart only and I had trouble at this one part I got to. I crashed the plane and it went to a parachute scene where it said to push a button at 0'0.... but... I didn't understand how to do it right and couldn't get my guy to live. Am I missing something? The counter disappeared after 3' and never came back. I tried to maneuver through the land but wasn't able to.

<small>[ April 11, 2003, 12:35 AM: Message edited by: dmhawkmoon ]</small>

Oh man...I hated that part. I'm not sure how I did it, but push B a little bit before it hits 0. As you drift down, rockets might fly up and try to hit you. Dodge them. It's been ahwile since I've played it though...not too sure about that part.

It's been ages since I last played MS...

Yeah, the counter goes from the screen at a certain point (3 seconds apparently)

You just have to count down the last three seconds in your head - sort of "1-elephant-2-elephant-3-elephant-PUSH BUTTON NOW!" stylee...

Try it a few times, you'll figure it out

Of course, the best way to get through is to not get shot down wink

Cheers
Chris

Yeah, there's two ways of navigating that level. The first [easy] way is to count in your head and push your button at 0'00. Even if you push it like a little bit afterwards, you should be able to land safely if you know the layout on the map. So what I sometime do is pretend 9'00 is 10'00, and count it that way, so when I count to 1'00 and about to roll half way to 0'00, I open my parachute. The second [hard] way is to just open the parachute anytime, and navigate the rockets that shoot you. It can be done, I have successfully completed that part in this fashion many a times.

The idea is that the parachute will eventually open after you fall for a bit, it just requires avoiding the rockets and spikes. Personally the rocket pack levels in 2nd mission are much better.