Metal Slug is a series of run and gun video games first released on Neo-Geo arcade machines and game consoles created by SNK. It was also ported to other consoles, such as the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation, the Neo-Geo Pocket Color and more recently, the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, iPhone, iPod Touch, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. There is also an anthology of the first 7 games in the main series (including Metal Slug X) available for the Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 and Windows. In 2009, the first three games were officially ported by Games Load to Windows.
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| Release years by system: 1996 – Neo Geo 1996 – Neo Geo CD 1997 – Sega Saturn 1997 – PlayStation 2008 – Virtual Console 2010 – PlayStation Network 2012 – iOS/Android 2015 – Windows (Steam) 2017 – Nintendo Switch |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 1998 – Neo Geo 1998 – Neo Geo CD 2008 – Virtual Console 2011 – PlayStation Network 2013 – iOS/Android 2016 – Windows (Steam) 2017 – Nintendo Switch |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2000 – Neo Geo 2003 – PlayStation 2 2004 – Xbox 2008 – Xbox Live Arcade 2012 – Virtual Console 2012 – iOS/Android 2014 – Windows (Steam) 2014 – Linux, macOS 2015 – PlayStation Network 2017 – Nintendo Switch |
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| Release years by system: 2002 – Neo Geo 2004 – PlayStation 2 2005 – Xbox 2012 – Virtual Console 2018 – Nintendo Switch |
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| Release years by system: 2003 – Neo Geo 2005 – PlayStation 2 2005 – Xbox 2018 – Nintendo Switch |
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| Release years by system: 2006 – Atomiswave 2006 – PlayStation 2 |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2008 – Nintendo DS |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation Portable 2010 – Xbox Live Arcade 2018 – PlayStation 4 2019 – Microsoft Windows (Steam) |
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| Release years by system: 1999 – Neo Geo Pocket Color |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2004 – Game Boy Advance |
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| Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation 2 |
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Metal Slug Touch Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2009 – iOS |
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Metal Slug Defense Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2014 – iOS/Android 2015 – Microsoft Windows (Steam) |
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Metal Slug Attack Original release date(s): February 14, 2016 | Release years by system: 2016 - iOS/Android 2024 – Microsoft Windows (Steam), Nintendo Switch |
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Metal Slug: Commander Original release date(s): August 19, 2021 | Release years by system: 2021 - iOS/Android |
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Metal Slug: Awakening Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2021 - iOS/Android (China) 2022 - iOS/Android (worldwide) |
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Original release date(s): 2024 | Release years by system: 2024 - Microsoft Windows (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Metal Slug: Collector's Edition Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2002 – Microsoft Windows |
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Metal Slug 4 & 5 Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation 2 2005 – Xbox |
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| Release years by system: 2006 – Wii 2007 – PlayStation Portable 2007 – PlayStation 2 2009 – Microsoft Windows |
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Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission: Double Pack Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2021 – Nintendo Switch |
Metal Slug Zero Online | |
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Developer(s) | Dragonfly |
Publisher(s) | SNK Playmore |
Series | Metal Slug |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Genre(s) | Run and gun |
Metal Slug Zero Online is an unreleased massively multiplayer online game, part of the Metal Slug series. It was being developed by Dragonfly and WizHands for SNK Playmore and was intended for the South Korean market. [3] There was no word on a Japanese or North American release. The game was on course for a 2009 release, but in the summer of that year, developer Dragonfly suspended development of the game due to their belief that the game could not conform to the trend of current gaming industry. [4]
SNK Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform, and electronics. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation was founded in 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki. In 1981, the name was informally shortened to SNK Corporation, which became the company's official name in 1986.
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Metal Slug 4 is a run and gun video game for the Neo-Geo console/arcade platform created by Mega Enterprise along with Noise Factory and Playmore. It was released in 2002 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform, and is the fourth game in the Metal Slug series. Two years later, Playmore published Metal Slug 4 for consoles.
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Arcade Archives is a series of emulated arcade games from the late 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch, published by Hamster Corporation. A sub-series called ACA Neo Geo is focused on re-releasing Neo Geo titles in their original arcade format, unlike many services with attempts to emulate the console versions.
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