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TMBSpectreShield

Spectre from Twisted Metal: Black using the shield.

First called Advanced Attacks in Twisted Metal 2, these are pushbutton commands entered during gameplay, that require varying ammounts of energy from a regenerating meter.

Twisted Metal 2[]

Introduced in Twisted Metal 2, some of these are modified pick-ups from Twisted Metal (1995); The Freeze Missile, Drop Mines, Rear Fire, and Jump (Catapult). New attacks are Napalm, Invisibility, Shield and Fire Minion's Special Weapon (3 Homing Missiles + Freeze).

Rear Freeze Missile/Napalm only works when your weapon inventory is empty, otherwise you'd fire the selected weapon backwards. Twisted Metal 4's button inputs fixes this.

Effect              Code
------------------------
Freeze Burst        ← → ↑
Napalm              → ← ↑
High Jump           ↑ ↑ ←
Energy Shield       ↑ ↑ →
Rear Attack         ← → ↓
Drop Mine           → ← ↓
Invisibility Cloak  ↑ ↓ ← →
Minion's Special    ↑ ↓ ↑ ↑ R2 (You can hold R2 while pressing Up, Down, Up, Up, also; takes Full Energy Meter)
Rear Freeze         ← → ↑ ← → ↓ (Weapon inventory must be empty, or you'll just fire the selected weapon backwards)
Rear Napalm         → ← ↑ ← → ↓ (Weapon inventory must be empty, or you'll just fire the selected weapon backwards)

Twisted Metal III[]

Twisted Metal III removed all but the Freeze, Jump, Rear Fire, and Invisibility.

Effect          Code
--------------------
Freeze Missile  ← → ↑
High Jump       ↑ ↑ ←
Rear Fire       ← → ↓
Invisibility    ↑ ↓ ← →

Twisted Metal 4[]

Twisted Metal 4 introduced a handy Teleport command, and Massive Attack/Rear Massive Attack, which fire a barrage of missiles.

Effect               Code
-------------------------
Freeze               ← → ↑ ↑
Hyperspace           ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓
Invisibility         ↓ ↓ ↑ ↑
Jump                 ↑ ↑ ←
Massive attack       ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑
Rear attack          → ← ↓ ↓
Rear freeze          ← → ↓ ↓
Rear massive attack  ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓
Shield               ↑ ↑ →

Twisted Metal: Black[]

In Twisted Metal: Black onwards, the Jump energy attack is simply pushing L1+R1 simultaneously.

Effect             Code
-----------------------
Freeze Missile     ↑ ↓ ↑
Land mine          → ← ↓
Charged land mine  → ← (Hold ↓)
Invisibility       ← ← ↓ ↓
Shield             → → ↓ ↓
Rear Fire          ← → ↓ + L2
Jump               L1 + R1

Twisted Metal: Small Brawl[]

In Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, most of the Energy Attacks are the same as Black's, except that there's no Invisibility and there's one for the Special attack.

Effect          Code
--------------------
Freeze Missile  ↑ ↓ ↑
Shield          → → ↓ ↓
Rear Fire       ← → ↓ + L2
Drop Mine       → ← ↓
Special         ↑ ↓ →
Jump            L1 + R1

Twisted Metal: Head-On[]

In Twisted Metal: Head-On, there's a new energy attack that sends that a shockwave which destroys incoming missiles called a Radial Blast or Flak, and the Napalm makes a return.

Effect             Code
-----------------------
Freeze Missile     ↑ ↓ ↑
Shield             → → ↓ ↓
Drop Mine          → ← ↓
Invisibility       ← ← ↓ ↓
Radial Blast/Flak  ↑ ↓ ← → 
Rear Fire          ↑ ↓ ↓
Napalm             → ← ↑ ↑ + Fire button
Jump               L1 + R1

Twisted Metal (2012)[]

In Twisted Metal (2012), the command inputs have been simplified even further. The D-Pad controls the energy attacks now. The freeze missiles are called "EMP Blasts".

Effect           Code
---------------------
Drop Mine        ←
EMP Blast        ↑
Shield           →
Rear Fire        ↓
Upgraded Mine    ← + Δ
Rear EMP Blast   ↑ + Δ
Upgraded Shield  → + Δ
Jump             L1 + R1
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