All the characters have special abilities now and it has Ralf and Clark(and Leona in 7xx). Mission 1 and Mission 6 take place in different times of day. The Ostrich Slug is added in this version. Change in items, Slugs, and enemy placement. Old enemies reappear again such as the Mars People and the Hunters. It has 2 new characters replacing classic ones and the graphics are a bit different from the rest of the series(feel more cartoonish? ) and it has lots of bugsĥ is my least favorite, as I understand it was supposed to be bigger and better but SNKP had budget issues and they cut from it a lot of stuff, even the final boss had multiple stages but they don't appear in the final gameĦ and 7 are OK, SNK went on the safer path with them. Clear (Classic Neo Geo aspect ratio) Rebel Troops reuse their sound effects from Metal Slug 6 (except for Xbox 360/One). Personally i prefer 1 but 3 is considered the best by many.Ĥ is a weird case, it wasn't developed by SNK and it took out a lot of things introduced in 3. It ads different paths, longer stages and maybe the best final stage in the whole series. One of the best in the series and still pretty 'easy'.ģ is where the difficulty and 'cheapness' really start IMHO. X is the remake of 2, some stages change, there are new weapons, no major slowdowns etc. Still a great game that you can learn and try to go for hi scores.Ģ has a lot of technical problems, while it's not the same as X when it comes to stage layouts, enemies and weapons placement its worth playing just for loyalty or curiosity. If the player dies before the end of the level, the tally of freed prisoners is deleted.1 is an arcade classic, feels like a war with no supernatural stuff just machines. The player receives a score bonus for freeing prisoners at the end of the level at this point the game shows the name and rank of each POW freed. If these are freed, the player can receive bonuses in the form of random items or weapons.

On the way through the level, the player finds weapons upgrades and 'Metal Slug' tanks that can be used not only as weapons but also as added defense.ĭuring the course of a level, the player encounters POWs. At the end of each level, the player must confront a boss who is often considerably larger than regular enemies and takes many shots to defeat. The player has to constantly shoot at a continual stream of enemies in order to reach the end of a level. It is the first title in the Metal Slug series. The game is widely known for its sense of humor, fluid hand-drawn animation, and fast paced two-player action.

It was originally released in 1996 for the MVS arcade platform. Metal Slug ( メタルスラッグ, Metaru Suraggu ?) is a run and gun video game for the Neo-Geo console/arcade platform developed by Nazca and published by SNK.

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