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{{GameInfobox
|bordercolor = black
|title = eXceed 3rd JADE PENETRATE Black Package
|background = #f8f8f8
|image = EXceed3rd-JPBP-Logo.png
|width = 324px;
|imagecaption = Logo
|imagescalepx = 180px
|developer = Tennen-Sozai
|program = Sueman
|producer = Kyoichi Teratsuki
|art = Zekuu Onsoku<br>Safi<br>Yukimizuki
|music = S.S.H
|releasedate = Doujin : December 30, 2009 at C77<br> Steam : 2012
}}

eXceed3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package is a shmup by Tenne-Sozai, which is the remake of the 3rd entry in the eXceed series. It was initially in 2009 for Windows then in 2012 for Steam with the other 2 eXceed entries as well.

The game, along with the other 2 eXceed games are removed from STEAM and haven`t been available again since it`s removal. So if anyone wants to play those games, visit the DoujinStyle page here: https://doujinstyle.com/?p=search&source=2&type=artist&result=Tennen%20Sozai
 
== Gameplay Overview ==
8-direction movement and four-button game.<br>
There are 5 stages, with requirements to access an EX stage and it´s TLB.<br>
You control your main character with up to 5 Mini-Tiamat acting as trace type options.<br>
There is no collision damage, you only get bumped away on enemy contact.<br>
Revenge bullets on regular enemy deaths above hard difficulty.<br>
Item based extends, every 2000 power orbs collected.<br>
You start the game with 3 life, life count 1 is your last life.<br>
3 bombs per life, reset to 3 upon death.<br>
3 continues limit.<br>

=== Controls ===
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* '''Shoot:''' Fires the main shot.
* '''Bomb:''' Fires a bomb.
* '''Burn Air Raid:''' Fires 8 homing lasers if the gauge is full.
* '''Focus:''' Slows movement down and switch firing mode.
* '''Pause:''' Pause the game.

Note : Pressing pause button on the practice menu starts practice at the boss fight.<br>

=== Unlockable Secrets ===
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To access the EX stage you must meet the following requirement on a run : <br>
- Have already 1cc'd the game on a previous run (Easy accepted).<br>
- Difficulty level normal rank or higher.<br>
- NMNB the stage 2 midboss.<br>
- NMNB the stage 3 second midboss.<br>
- If prior requirements are met, stage 4 midboss will appear.<br>
No miss no bomb on stage 4 midboss.<br>
- Have auto-bomb disabled.<br>
- Get a 1CC on all the 5 stages.<br>

To access Exceed difficulty you have to beat EX stage on Normal or higher.<br>

=== Weapons ===
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==== Shot ====

Your shot behaviour changes depending on whether you're focused or not.<br>

Unfocused mode : <br>
Main shot is a 6 bullet wide shot.<br>
Sub shots are fired vertically.<br>

Focused mode : <br>
Main shot is a 2 bullet frontal shot.<br>
Sub shots aim at the enemy closest to main character.<br>

The closer you are to an enemy, the more damage you deal.<br>
Shots that have partially exited the top of the screen do not deal any damage so don't hug the top completely.<br>
On higher difficulties your main shot damage is lower.<br>
Focused tiamat shot damage are constant, unfocused tiamat shot decays like main shot.<br>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header text !! Shot Count !! Fire Rate !! Damage Formula !! Damage Decay
|-
| Focused Main Shot || 2 || 20/s || 135 - (difficulty * 5) - (bossdef * 8) || 4 / frame
|-
| Focused Sub Shot || Tiamat Count || 20/s || 15 - bossdef || no decay
|-
| Unfocused Main Shot || 6 || 12/s || 65 - (difficulty * 5) - (bossdef * 4) || 2 / frame
|-
| Unfocused Sub Shot || Tiamat Count || 12/s || 15 - bossdef || 2 / frame
|}

Damage formula is for a single bullet.<br>
Minimum damage is 1 per bullet.<br>
"difficulty" is based on difficulty where easy = 1, normal = 2, hard = 3, exceed = 4.<br>
"bossdef" only applies to bosses and is pattern dependent.<br>


==== Bomb ====

You get 3 bombs per life, they clear the screen, turning bullets into mini power orbs, and allow you to move through enemies.<br>
Normal bombs are fired ahead of the player but not beyond the top of the screen, deathbomb and autobomb are centered on the player.<br>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Bomb Type !! Active Bomb !! Damage Window !! Screen Clear !! Note
|-
| Normal Bomb || 150 Frame on button press || 88 - 181 frame || 200 frame || Also turn bullets into mini power orb for 24 frames. 
|-
| Deathbomb || 80 frame on button press || 1 - 94 frame || 100 frame || 15 frame window to Deathbomb
|-
| Autobomb || 80 frame on activation  || 1 - 94 frame || 100 frame || activate 16 frame after being hit
|}

Active bomb is the period during which you cannot trigger another bomb, and cannot gain multiplier.<br>
Bomb particles lingering after that period can kill enemies without penalty.<br>
EX Boss has a bomber-proof shield.<br>

==== Burn Air Raid ====

You can fill up your Burn Air Raid gauge through shooting enemies, picking up power orbs, and grazing.<br>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Source !! Value
|-
| Grazing || 0.6% per bullet grazed
|-
| Power Orb || 0.4%
|-
| Mini Power Orb || 0.04%
|-
| Main/Sub shot || 0.08% per bullet damaging an enemy
|}

Once filled you can activate it to fire 8 homing lasers.<br>
Each laser deals damage 15 time according to the following formula : <br>
Damage = 80 - (bossdef * 8)<br>
<br>
Like shots, if the head of the laser is partially outside the top of the screen at the time of collision, it won't deal any damage.<br>
Stage 3 and 6 snakes, and every boss and midboss also have an additional damage reduction modifier against bombs and burn air raid.

=== Items ===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Item !! Value
|-
| 
[[File:Item-Dragon.png]]
|| Dragon Orb || Adds a mini tiamat follower option, up to a maximum of 5,<br>100000 points when already at maximum.
|-
| 
[[File:Item-Bomb.png]]
|| Bomb Item || Appears when killing the stage 3 2nd midboss and the Extra Stage power-up carriers.<br>Restores 1 bomb.<br>
|-
| 
[[File:Item-Power.png]]
|| Power Orb || Appears when killing enemy ships, and as a bonus for remaining time on boss.<br>Score value : 100 * multiplier.<br>Every 2000 Power Orb gives an extra life.<br>
|-
|
[[File:Item-Mini-Power.png]]
 || Mini Power Orb : || Appears when cancelling bullets through bombs, screen clearing enemy kills, or pattern transition.<br>Score value : 10 * multiplier, every 10 mini power orb count as 1 power orb toward an extend.
|}

== Scoring ==
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=== General Knowledge ===
- Kill enemies quickly to build up your multiplier quicker.<br>
- Your multiplier affects the value of power orb pickups and grazing.<br>
- Power Orb gained from killing enemies aside from bosses are constant.<br>
- The faster you kill a boss, the more power orb appear. With a double bonus for no miss no bomb on a pattern.<br>
NMNB : 2 power orb / seconds remaining.<br>
1 power orb / second otherwise.<br>
There is no visual feedback for NMNB bonus.<br>
- Pointblank for maximum damage and increased chance at duplicating multiplier value.<br>

About Bombs : <br>
Bombs prevent your multiplier from increasing while they are active, unless you're against a boss.<br>
Bombs deal damage longer than they're active, this allows quick killing enemies and growing multiplier from them with the end of a bomb.<br>
For normal bombs there are 31 bomb particles left with 1 disappearing every frame when the bomb stops being active.<br>

Grazing<br>
Graze value is 50 * Multiplier.<br>
You cannot graze while burn air raid is firing.<br>
You don't get any score from grazing if you're timing out a boss.<br>

=== Multiplier ===

The current multiplier is based off a hidden value ranging from 0 to 160000, we'll call it multiplier chain.<br>
You can increase it by a varying amount depending on how fast you kill enemies during a stage.<br>
You gain a flat bonus on each midboss/boss lifebar kill.<br>
You also gain a negligible amount using burn air raid, a total of 256 multiplier chain value if all lasers hit a target.<br>

The multiplier chain decay every frame at the rate of the currently applied multiplier, and an additional 200 points per frame if you're timing out a boss pattern.<br>
A death, or an autobomb, will lower your multiplier chain by 25%.<br>
There is no way to slow down the multiplier chain decay.<br>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Multiplier Chain !! Multiplier !! Decay
|-
| 0 - 20000 || 1x || 1/frame
|-
| 20000 - 40000 || 2x || 2/frame
|-
| 40000 - 60000 || 4x || 4/frame
|-
| 60000 - 80000 || 8x || 8/frame
|-
| 80000 - 100000 || 16x || 16/frame
|-
| 100000 - 120000 || 32x || 32/frame
|-
| 120000 - 160000 || 64x || 64/frame
|}

Note : Due to a bug, the multiplier doesn't get updated between a multiplier chain of 140000 and 159999, if your chain jumps straight in this range without reaching 160000, you'll have to wait for it to drop to benefit from 64x multiplier.<br>

==== Multiplier value gain from regular enemies ====

Every non-boss enemy is assigned a initial multiplier value equal to their HP.<br>
The higher the multiplier value assigned to an enemy the quicker it decays.<br>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Multiplier Value Range !! Decay/Frame
|-
| 0-99 || 1
|-
| 100-199 || 2
|-
| 200-499 || 4
|-
| 500-999 || 14
|-
| 1000-4999 || 39
|-
| >5000 || 89
|}

When you kill that enemy its multiplier value is added to your multiplier chain, unless a bomb is "Active".<br>
Speedkilling the bigger enemies is high priority as they decay much faster.<br>

==== Enemy Data ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! HP !! Note
|-
| [[File:Enemy-1.png]] || 12000 + (difficulty*500) || 60% damage reduction against bomb and lasers
|-
| [[File:Enemy-2.png]] || 800
|-
| [[File:Enemy-3.png]] || 120
|-
| [[File:Enemy-4.png]] || 120
|-
| [[File:Enemy-5.png]] || 120
|-
| [[File:Enemy-6.png]] || 200 + (difficulty*25)
|-
| [[File:Enemy-mid-1.png]] || 1500
|-
| [[File:Enemy-mid-2.png]] || 8000 || Dragon Orb Carrier<br>Bomb Carrier on extra stage
|-
| [[File:Enemy-mid-3.png]] || 2000
|-
| [[File:Enemy-mid-4.png]] || 6000
|-
| [[File:Enemy-mid-5.png]] || 5000
|-
| [[File:Enemy-large-1.png]] || 13000 || Screen Clear on death
|-
| [[File:Enemy-large-2.png]] || 16000 || Screen Clear on death
|-
| [[File:Enemy-large-3.png]] || 17000 || Screen Clear on death
|-
| [[File:Enemy-large-4.png]] || 25000 || Un-targetable before deploying,<br>Flat 2000 multiplier value,<br>Unaffected by multiplier duplication,<br>30% damage reduction against bomb and lasers<br>Screen Clear on death
|}

Ships appearing on different stages always have the same HP value but have different behavior.<br>

==== Multiplier value gain from bosses. ====
Bosses and midbosses with a life bar give out a flat multiplier value on every life bar.<br>
Your multiplier chain still decays so you want to speedkill midbosses.<br>
Find a balance between grazing and speedkilling to maintain your multiplier during bosses.<br>

==== Boss Data ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header !! Multiplier value !! Pattern timer !! Boss Defense !! Note
|-
| Stage 2 Midboss || 3000 || || 5 || 60% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 3 Midboss 1 || 3000 || || Appearance : 5<br>4 || 50% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 3 Midboss 2 || 3000 || || Appearance : 5<br>6 || 50% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 4 Midboss: Remedy || 3000 || 60 || Appearance : 2<br>Magic Lily : 9<br>Spiral Maze Garden : 8 || 70% laser / bomb damage reduction<br>Only boss where named pattern changes without depleting lifebar
|-
| Stage 1 Boss: Lugh Ciel || 9000 || 30 || Appearance : 2<br>Twin Seraphim : 1<br>Starmist Lancer : 2<br>Celestial float : 1<br>Cluster Comet : 2<br>Despell Counter Exterion : 1|| 20% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 2 Boss: Sriabelle Orphanknight || 10500 || 35 || Appearance : 2<br>Chaos Blaster : 3<br>Discharge : 4<br>Napalm Wreath : 3<br>Dimmuborgir : 4<br>Death Thrash Bound : 1 || 30% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 3 Boss: Giee || 12000 || 40 || Appearance : 2<br>Strumgewehr : 4<br>Luftwaffe : 5<br>Siegfried : 4<br>Stuka : 5<br>Ewigkeit : 5 || 40% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 4 Boss: Irias Reginleif || 13500 || 45 || Appearance : 2<br>Whirlwind Wave : 5<br>Dawn Hammer : 5<br>Ancient Cogwheel : 3<br>Gloster Meteor : 5<br>Slaughter Algorithm : 5 || 40% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| Stage 5 Boss: Celestia Lindwurm || 15000 || 50 || Appearance : 2<br>Demise Mare : 5<br>Burning Desperate : 5<br>Sacred Ex Terminator : 6<br>Doom devour : 5<br>Pantheon Swarm : 9<br><br>Dragoon Tempest : 5<br>Carnage Heaven : 8<br>Enhance Pain : 7<br>Magma Diving : 6<br>God Sacrilege 7|| 50% laser / bomb damage reduction
|-
| True Last Boss (EX): Remedy || 16500 || 55 || Appearance : 2<br>Cat of Ninetail : 4<br>Trickster : 5<br>Pink Grootendorst : 5<br>Hecatoncheir : 5<br>Undead Malice : 5<br>Quicksilver : 5<br>Rosa Giganta : 5<br>Dark Fantasy : 5||70% laser damage reduction / Has a bomber-proof shield
|}

Boss Defense data is updated when the name of the pattern is displayed. For midboss, boss defense is updated when you can damage them.

=== Multiplier Duplication ===

A bug exists where the multiplier value of regular enemy kills gets duplicated.<br>

When you kill an enemy ship, any remaining shot damaging that ship on that frame that hasn't processed yet will add to the multiplier chain.<br>
This accounts for main shot, sub shot, burn air raid laser, and bomb particles damaging the ship after death on the same frame.<br>

Let's assume you're point-blanking a ship about to die, with a focused shot, and properly stacked your options.<br>
That would be 2 main shot dealing 115 damage, and 5 sub shot dealing 15 damage on the same frame.<br>

Assuming the ship has 130hp left, you'll damage it with one main shot, then kill it with one main shot, and overkill with 5 sub shot.<br>
You would get 6x the enemy multiplier value.<br>

Assuming the ship has 280hp left, you'll damage it with 2 main shot, 3 sub shot, kill on the 4th sub shot and overkill with the 5th sub shot.<br>
You would get 2x the enemy multiplier value.<br>

In practice you want to maximize damage sources for high hp target with burn air raid, and the tail end of a bomb.<br>
However there is always the risk of damage sources not being synchronized on the same frame and ending with less duplication.<br>
In an actual run the various sources of damage will mostly be processed in a random order.<br>
Realistically you have very little control other than pointblanking to increase the odds of better duplication.<br>

To some extent it will happen naturally as you get more mini-tiamat,<br>
But you may want to deal the killing blow with unfocused shots in earlier levels to maximize duplication potential.<br>


== Version Differences ==
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1.02 Trial Version : <br>
Burn air raid was slower and worse aiming.<br>
Burn air raid created Power Orb upon impact.<br>
Pointblanking didn't increase damage.<br>
Focus by holding shot button, no focus button.<br>

Patch from 1.03 to 1.04 : <br>
Broke part of Starmist Lancer pattern when attempting to fix replay desync.<br>
1.04 and 1.05 doujin patch are identical.<br>

Steam 1.05 release : <br>
Adjusted player character hitbox position.<br>
Adjusted playfield, player can move 4 pixel more to the left, top and right, and 9 pixel more to the bottom.<br>
This effectively allow for example glitching death thrash bound on the wall. And trivialize patterns like belvedere that barely touch the bottom of the screen.<br>

== Known Bugs ==
- Starmist Lancer starts at an angle if you reached of practiced beyond stage 3 boss. Causing replay desync on Starmist Lancer.<br>
- The "Spellcard bonus" flag not being reset properly on game over / Exit to menu. Causing replay desync starting on Starmist Lancer due to RNG becoming inaccurate.<br>
- The Extra Stage Intro sequence doesn't pause properly, embers spawn randomly on screen without disappearing, crash after about 3 minutes if not un-paused. Causes replay desync due to RNG system becoming inaccurate.<br>
- First time 1CC runs satisfying all condition for reaching stage 4 midboss, stage 4 midboss will appear in replay even though she didn't appear in the run.<br>
- True ending doesn't play again if you already beaten Remedy in same session.<br>
- Stage 4 midboss can appear even with autobomb on, but you won't have access to stage 6.<br>
- Multiplier duplication glitch.<br>
- Multiplier doesn't get updated when multiplier chain is between 140000 and 159999.<br>
- Letting too many enemy on screen at once can corrupt starting state of bosses. Generally only an issue if not shooting at all.<br>
Corruption ranges from skipping boss intro to breaking first pattern, all the way to softlocking the boss fight.<br>
- Burn air raid gauge visual bug, only depletes 1/3 on activation before emptying.<br>
- Burn air raid sound cue doesn't play again if gauge was emptied any other way than firing burn air raid.<br>