When I was a young child I had to have a surgical operation. Afterwards I couldn't speak for days. On the second day a kid in the bed next to me had a system and TV set up on a cart and was playing some war game. He was released the next day but not before telling the nurse that I could use his set up till I was better. The game he was playing was metal slug 2 and from that day on I was a gamer for life.
Metal Slug 3 is the pinnacle of oldschool bitmap pixelgraphics in my opinion. The amount of detail, the use of the limited colors and the smooth animations are just mind boggling.
Yeah except it runs at half the speed of most 2d platformers 30hz as opposed to 60hz and in Australia and europe on Pal screens it Runs at 25hz so its not perfect and they still havent made it a locked 60hz after all these years.
My 12-year-old son discovered Metal Slug 3 in a local ice cream shop that features and small arcade of classic games and pinball. And he was completely in love and fascinated with the pixel art. He declared it a masterpiece. We got the SNK port for the Playstation to explore all the alternative routes and got the soundtrack. 22 years later and this game is making fans of people not even born when it came out.
Metal slug 3 short? I thought it was the longest one, the moment i killed the general i thought i was done i was satisfied but SNK said NO aliens are back and now you gotta go to space fight in space Enter the mothership battle your way through the alien ship, fight clones, run away from zombie clones then SNK just throws you one more boss simple one but has shiton of HP.
Things really went downhill with 4 and 5. I hear the original team came back for 6, but I just never felt the passion in that last game. 1, 2, X, and 3 will always be the only Metal Slug canon for me.
the biggest porblem with 5 is that it never was finished completely. A shit ton of the game was cut including several bosses, one of them called "Stone Turtle". so basically to put it in perspective, the last boss you fight in the game was supposed to be the last phase, the rest was cut. The bosses are even referenced in the MGD/MGA games.
@@petkofuchalski9809 I always felt the game had weird pace. In level 4, for example, you're underwater and at the end of the level, without any warning, you end up in a desert fighting a boss lol.
While I do agree, the first four games are the best, I also think that the other games, while not as good as the first few, are still great games and in all are still Metal Slug experiences.
Metal slug 5 was the start of a new era if it was not rushed and not finished completely it could've not say it would but it could've been the best metal slug
This video heaps an incredible amount of praise and credit for Metal Slug's vision on Kazuma Kujo, who worked as CO-PLANNER on the first game in the series, before leaving the team. I attribute this to poor research during the writing of this script, because there have been many interviews with staff who worked on Metal Slug that directly contradict a lot of the misinformation shared here. In Slopes' defense: behind the scenes stories & supplemental material about Metal Slug have been notoriously hard to come by for most of the series' lifespan, as all the devs worked under aliases. For decades, any info about the creation of M.Slug was based on urban legend & rumours. In recent years, many interviews have been conducted & translated that set the record straight, and debunk/correct a large number of the kind of "did you know gaming" trivia bits that this video deals in.
First time I saw Metal Slug was in the pizzeria by my house when I was 6 back in 1996. I use to beg my mom to take us to that specific one just so I can see the teenagers play it and then beg her for some quarters to play. I never got past the first helicopter.
BaronOfAnarchy First time I saw the first Metal Slug was at a grocery store. First one I dropped a quarter into was MS3 at a laundry place years later.
Yea same here at a pizzaria but i was like 15 at the time hanging out at pizzarias after school to play snk mvs arcades. Pizza and metal slug was my type of thing and inner peace.
Went to Anime Expo recently and they had a arcade unit that had Metal Slug 3 in the Entertainment Hall. Despite me not playing it for a long time, I was able to finish the game with one quarter. It was interesting to see how people still crowded around, cheering me on on defeating the final boss. Brought back great memories that I had with the series. Here's hoping for Metal Slug 8!
Holy shit throwback to when Anime Expo was still open (it was postponed this year due to the pandemic) but hopefully next year Anime Expo and Socalretrogamingexpo would be open again because it's been so long since anyone has gone out 😭
Daniel Ibbertson defiantly a climatic ending. i'm fairly somewhat new to the game series but enjoy it with 50% tv scanlines start to finish, such an enjoyable game, gotton pretty good at saving the pow's need to die a lot less though :)
Hey Daniel, I just wanted to say the past month has been a nightmare. Aside from being diagnosed with stomach cancer, breaking up with the love of my life and losing a friend to suicide, its just general been a nightmare. But your videos are the one constant and humorous thing that I cam enjoy thats been getting me through this. Especially at the 10 O clock hour when I used to talk to my love. Its been a big help.
You caught the stomach cancer earlier than later and YOU WILL make a quick recovery!! The love of your life will either come back or if a higher power feels as such, YOU WILL discover someone that is even better for you. The only thing you cant take back is suicide. But , as long as you never quit, life always comes around again. I've experienced many defeats myself, but by the grace of God, time and wisdom have made me better even if at the time I felt like 'am I ever going to feel good again"? I know that feeling of a woman and not being able to think of nothing else. Believe me, life does heal all wounds . Good luck friend.
I am so grateful that video have helped you through the hard times buddy :) I hope everything starts sorting itself out for you mate | Much love from me :D
Utsukushi-Kun I say Jesus Christ. Just like 100s are currently healing all types of sicknesses all over youtube. Go watch Steve Cabrerra Jr, Tom Loud and those guys...they do it all the time.
Fio was one of my first video game crushes. I loved playing as her 'cause she was cool and cute and I still love her to this day...I figured I'd just talk about that because c'mon, DJ Slopes already did a fantastic job talking about how awesome Metal Slug is.
I've become quite enamored with these complete history videos. Well-researched and well-edited. I hope you get around to doing one for Panzer Dragoon. That series has some interesting lore and a conlang.
Metal Slug 5 was my favorite installment, while it was basically a remastered version of 1 and 2. Using different end bosses and characters, settings etc. I enjoyed the new faction. The Ptolemaic Army. While some of its units were repaints of the original modern army tanks. There were lots of new addons. Like Guerilla soldiers replacing the regular troops. Special ops soldiers. The standing up Metal Slug. The gunner units. (Giant robot mechs) And some additional enemies as well. (Enemy Slugs for once) flying hovercrafts. A new recreation of the rolling bomb tower. The wall drones. The guerilla air raiding squads. And the cultist. But most specifically. The unique units you fight in the game. It seems different and unique with the boss fights. Metal Rear from the first mission felt like the players living perspective of what the slugs were made to do. Black Hound from the secret route was the appitomy of a war machine. Its an appropriate way to recreate the slug. Make it deadlier, and then show it how bad that can turn out, the wall climber was a breath of fresh air. It was unique. And felt that attacking it was very fun. The sand crawler was a pain in the ass... And I enjoyed every second getting angry at the sheer amount of falling projectiles that seemed impossible to dodge. The mammoth towers utilised what others would call a general nuisance, and made it interesting. Evil spirit was a very intense battle, and the remix of it was the best version for the final battle. Others, like the unused Stone Turtle would've been interesting either way. And the giant bomber plane was an epic air battle to the last second. And its destructions was what you anticipated for. That's all I have to say about the fifth installment. Enjoy your day
After 1-2-3 and X Metal slug never felt the same. You can even tell by looking at them. The amount of background detail in the first 3 games is astonishing compared to later games. Metal Slug 3 is by far the best Metal slug of them all.
Note: please stay away from the Anthology Collection for PC. The publishers for SNK Playmore went long out of business and like all things digital there is no way to get around the DRM.
Sir... not only you got a like and a sub for this nostalgic and amazing video, oh no. You sir got into my list of favorite videos! The stamp of glory and effort. ( seriously I almost never consider putting any videos in there but yours did make it through ) Thank you for making this amazing video, cheers to SNK and let's hope Metal Slug 8 will be something unique!
it's the first videogame i have ever played in the arcade and kof 98. been a fan of snk since i was a kid i prefer them over capcom. i say you've done your homework. subbed and liked.
Note: please stay away from the Anthology Collection for PC. The publishers for SNK Playmore went long out of business and like all things digital there is no way to get around the DRM.
I have fond memories as a child, whenever my grandmother would take care of me, she’d occasionally take me with her to our nearest SackNSave (remember those?). And while she would do shopping or while she was checking out, she’d give me a few quarters to play the few arcade cabinets they had, but the one I always played was Metal Slug. Loved it, and there have been times on my life where I on and off again become obsessed with it. It’s always been one of my favorite series from any form of games. I love everything about it, and it remind me of my childhood. Even the main character has my fathers first name and a last name very similar to mine. But above all else, it reminds me of my grandmother whom I love dearly and is still around.
10:17 Metal Slug is the name of a tank, and the name of the series. Metal Gear (Solid) is the name of a bipedal tank, and the name of the series. Coincidence?
Back at the nineties, as a child who forcibly learned english due to his first contact with mall arcades, next, from local video games rental houses (a reality ended in the 2015) I learned to respect and reverentiate this iconic pixel art. Not only for nostalgia, but, mainly, for the effort. Now we're living in the era of much advanced graphics engines, with laughable results, cultuated by millennials who don't respect and don't recognize the videogames history.
I remember this video coming out and I had no idea what a 'Metal Slug' was, but at the beginning of this year, I got into a SNK phase and I'm glad, and I think this video is why I only have MS1 and 3 on my Switch, but damn I've enjoyed them, especially 3 (Fio best girl). I might suck at them, but mowing down soldiers and other things is super fun, and I'm still waiting for a Metal Slug team in KoF.
thank you so much slope. thanks for making these great videos and somehow getting them out frequently and some how you are one of the few big youtubers i know who reply to comments.
It sucks to see that they didn't go even further with this franchise! Now Metal Slug has become a _soulless pay-2-win tower defense app_ . You ought to be ashamed *SNK Corporation* .
I disagree, it's mainly a 1 player game, if you want to fight other people, upgrade your stuff by saving POWs and spending MSC you gained on battles and medals for new units, the campaigns are not bad.
My ALL TIME favorite game series. I remember as a kid I would just stare in awe at the NEO GEO AES system at the game store and drool. Metal slug is STILL the most fun yo can have. LOVE it! I see a new metal slug tactics game coming out but I'm dying for a new series entry! I even still have my DS XLi with a DS TWO flash cart with hundreds of games and it seems all I ever play is metal slug 7, If you haven't played 7 youre missing out! Worth getting a DS to play it on original HW too!!!
Great stuff as usual! I agree 100% with your opening statement how 16 bit games will never be surpassed and I love the Metal Slug games, some of my favourite games!
Man I have never seen anyone else with this much love and devotion for the game as I do. I love this game series and it's a shame lots don't know about it if not even played it. My personally favorite is Metal Slug X as that was the first game in the series I've played. Even though they are done with the arcade series, their mobile games are just as good, and I highly recommend playing Metal Slug Attack if you love the game series and love tower defense titles! All in all, great video, and I'm glad to see a fellow Metal Slug Enthusiast!
This was awesome The other documentaries were kickass as well This guy is underated beyond belief Except for that part when he said Shinobi X does not live up to the Genesis predecessors Wich doesn't make sense
I have to say brother... thank you so much for your channel!!! I mean it's brought not only myself back to the classic games of my younger years, but has also brought my own kids to these amazing classics you showcase! literally a whole new generation playing the crap out of Streets of Rage, Sonic, Metal Slug, earthworm Jim, and Ecco! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and collection... and especially your love for all of these artworks and masterpieces! You better believe I'm donating and supporting this!!! Keep it up! You literally have captivated a whole new generation of mini gamers and have brought me closer to my own kiddos!
I discovered In The Hunt by accident -- it had "Metal Slug: Submarine" on the cover (yeah, bootlegs). It confused me at first but the graphics were a sure sign that it was somehow related to Metal Slug... and, 20 years later, here I am getting my mind blown over the fact that it indeed was the precursor to the greatest series of all time. Thank you for this, am currently diving (*wink*) in nostalgia.
I don’t get why people shit on MS4 and 5, yeah they’re not as good as the first three but they’re still hella fun to play. Personally my favorite one is MS5 bc is the one I played the most as a child so it just hits different with the nostalgia, but I still love the first three to death. I haven’t played 6 and 7 but I’ve watched gameplays and they look really interesting too. For me, all 7 games are great no matter what because the history/lore is hella interesting and the games are just too fun to play
Metal Slug 2 suffers from a little bit of slowdown? The slowdown makes the game unplayable, which is why most people stick with the X version of the game.
It makes the slowdown in Gradius III and Super R-Type look like a joke in comparison. What's really insulting is that the Metal Slug games only run at 30fps to begin with. The speed then gets reduced to 15fps when it slows down, (it should be 20fps because 60/3, but there's a bug in the already terrible code that halts the game for an extra frame) which is about Super FX framerate. The similar Gun Force 2 (not "Geo Force 2") at least targets 60fps. It was on slightly more powerful hardware, but there is also much more action.
blog.system11.org/?p=1442 There's a fix for Metal Slug 2 that greatly improves the speed. I burned an Eeprom and put it in my actual cartridge- but it's probably just as easy to use that rom and use it in an emu I'd wager.
Hey man, love this channel. Some of your videos are basically my childhood. In fact, I remember getting Earthworm Jim and Comix Zone on Xmas one year. I also got Contra Hard Corps though. Best Xmas ever. Anyway, judging by your adoration of pixel art, If you haven't seen the Shakedown Hawaii trailers yet, check them out. It is the sequel to Retro City Rampage...minus all the references and with a Neo Geo art style. Looks incredible, and Brian Provinciano (the creator( supports his games with improvements for years after release.
This is the first video of yours I've seen, and I've already upped and subbed. You did a great job covering a game series I've loved since my first glance at it in arcades, and filled in much more of its history that I was not aware of. There's a genius to its graphics and art style that has always been pleasing and compelling to me. Taking everything into account, it's a perfect mixture of Super Deformed/chibi, true grit, explosions galore, dangerous warfare, wacky and imaginative but ultimately vicious enemies, strange mega-weapons, layers upon layers of backgrounds and environments overflowing with detail small and large, heroes you really come to care about, a mission you want to complete even though you hate to see it end...and the eponymous Metal Slug tank, definitely inspired by Dominion Tank Police; cute as a pug puppy, but as pugnacious and deadly as an enraged pitbull. If you don't care for the game itself, but have even an iota of liking for that tank itself, you're all right by me. It's a great game series, even when it wasn't necessarily building upon itself as it did in 1 through 3. Any criticisms are trivial quibbles compared to other game series. Even if another MS game never comes about, the series has a long-lasting legacy and replayability factor that'll keep you satiated with gaming fun and challenge, and your brain saturated with visual candy. Again, great job covering it all. Looking forward to watching Splatterhouse and Double Dragon next. Keep up the good work. :-)
+Sean Wilkinson hope you like splatterhouse n dd:) this videi took ages to make but im really proud of it. Huge thanks for such an awesome comment mate
Daniel Ibbertson: You are most welcome. Thank you for the effort you put into researching and creating the video, especially in getting a complete list of the game's many iterations! I had no idea how many Metal Slug titles there were. The same laud and kudos apply equally to the other two videos. Great work! I decided to watch this again today, and the beginning made me think about how we've all said "this particular arcade game/home game system/XX-bit generation/level of interactivity is the apex of video gaming; nothing will ever top it". That thought sparked a thread of a memory... Long before Computer Space and Pong were but gleams in their creators' eyes, Preston Blair, an MGM/Tex Avery and Disney animator, and author of some great how-to-draw books like "How To Animate Film Cartoons", had an equally grand and innovative idea as theirs, perhaps grander still for Blair's time. I've tried but have not yet found the paragraph I need to be correct about Blair's notion. It should be somewhere, in a PDF of one of his books. Until I do find it, I hope that memory serves me well. The paragraph is a footnote in one of his books from the late '50s or early '60s. Again, if I'm correct, Blair mentioned that he and others had thought of, or were planning on, using animation of human characters to make an interactive tennis game that would be played on television screens. Animators like him would create some kind of databank of moves, poses, gestures, etc. for two onscreen tennis players, and a computer/videotape hybrid of some kind would take the players' control inputs (whether by control pad or advanced technical wizardry to read players' bodily movements), figure out the result, and "play" or "draw" the proper animation segments for each side, simulating a tennis match. If such a game came to fruition, even if it took the space of one of those old indoor computer golf simulators, it would have made a small game like Pong look positively prehistoric in comparison, and gaming in general would have taken more of a full-motion video, quick-time sequence direction. Technology would still need plenty of time to catch up with Blair's cool concept, though. I just wanted to pass that along as an interesting aside to how we've seen video games evolve. Blair's tennis, or some other sport he saw fit to simulate, could have made a lightspeed jump ahead.
Because they never implemented any kind of dodge maneuver throughout the series, I argue against that Metal slug is the kind of game where "its your fault you got killed" since your characters have big hit box's, can only move one speed, and all the projectiles move faster then you, its still a fun series but its not a fair challenge, its a Quarter Muncher.
I played metal slug 2 on the arcade in 1999. And i have the Metal Slug Anthology for PS2 and PSP. Plus Metal Slug DoubleX for the PSP, Metal Slug 7 for the Nintendo DS ... and Metal Slug Advance.
Without a doubt my favorite arcade game ever made, now just to get around to playing the other six! The love and care put into the original still blows me away. The animations were so fluid it was like playing a truly interactive movie. The art style as well I really enjoyed, with it being both viscerally realistic and cartoonish at the same time. I've also yet to experience another arcade game that was as crazy loud as the original! If you're ever fortunate enough to play an original machine, it will be a truly memorable experience. Thanks for making this great video, Daniel!
If you own a PS2 or Wii, you owe it to yourself to get the anthology. (among plenty of other SNK compilations of the time.) Actually, it's also on PSN for the PS4 as well.
I did buy the Playstation versions of Metal Slug 3 at some point, but I've yet to play it. Maybe I'll grab XX too since that's the only other Metal Slug game available for the PSVITA.
Sorry, I didn't realize that. Well if you have a PS4 you can purchase the anthology there on PSN, at least here in the States. Metal Slug 3 is also across buy between the PS4, PS3 and Vita here in the States. Hopefully you have at least one of those options in Europe.
You've outlined every single thing I love about metal slug series and more that I wasn't aware about. Best consolation video of metal slug history ever
i like metalslug 3D because of the story, when some character died and some drama, and some plot twist. i really lie metal slug chara and really want some manga or story book things for them. the war is interesting and crazy, the closest one for the story maybe metal slug attack
Awesome! Love the Metal Slug series and didn't even know about the Submarine game. Great video as always mate. Really enjoyed it! :-) (Metal Slug 3 on the original Xbox was my first experience of this epic franchise. Fell in love straight away!)
Another super high quality Slope vid. I'm amazed that you are able to make these weekly. I hope you some day make it big and can turn this into a job! As for Metal Slug. I must admit I haven't played all titles of the main series, I think only 1-3, and since I own the anthology on Wii, I should be ashamed of myself. Lol... Man I wanna go back and play the rest now. Also, Metal Slug Tactics, huh? I LOVE Advance Wars and Fire Emblem as those are two of my favorite game series of all time... I wonder if the Metal Slug Tactics game is any good?
The limited firing angles were always one of my favorite elements of Metal Slug's design. It influenced my taste in games years ago, and ever since I realized how few run n' guns do this, I have been putting this element into my own projects as well. Very few games can hope to scratch the same itch as Metal Slug.
I was really enjoying the video, but after you talked so much about how much you love pixel art, and you don't even talk about Metal Slug's 6 awfully bland and generic backgrounds, with photos being mashed with bad 3d renderers. I really lost interest.
So glad you made this video. I've been in love with this series for many years now...decades, actually--man, time flies. Some of my fondest gaming memories are from playing Metal Slug 3 over Xbox Live. Also, Fio is best.
I don’t know why? I’m coming back and watch this vid from 2017 till now! So it is a really a good video that will never age!.......... until the new one that’s coming
In one part of the video theres a jump from In the Hunto to Metal Slug 1 -- but Metal slug was based on GUNFORCE, and GUNFORCE 2(made by Irem), not IN THE HUNT(kind of)...Then they formed Nazca(1994) when Irem closed. And worked in a game based on GUNFORCE 2(Metal slug SV 001) . if you ever played gunforce games you know how similar are the gunforce and metal slug. Otherwise i really enjoyed the video, juste needed something to forget about everything for a few minutes lol. Thx
*See the advertisement of the SV-001* *Immediately searching for places that had it to buy* In all great vid mate, it really shows up one of the most remembered and sadly one of the type of games most children these days don't get to see. Keep up the good work !!!
Excellent video. Great memories of grabbing a case of beer and time sinking several nights of Metal Slug with my mate Bobbers when Anthology came out on the Wii. Including Slug Hell night and played through them, all one after another.
I was in the Navy from 1993-1997, and stationed on the USS Detroit from 94-97. My ship had a few arcade games plugged in in a couple places. I remember there being Time Killers, some homerun derby game, and Blasteroids. One day I see them wheeling a new game onboard, Metal Slug 1, and a love affair was born. It was seldom during off hours while we were underway you'd find me any place else but planted squarely in front of that cabinet, pumping in quarter after quarter, seeing how far I could get without dying lol.
Holy synchronicity, Batman! I just watched the latest Game Sack episode, and thought to my self: "I wish there was a Complete History of Metal Slug" when they mentioned the franchise. And, a few hours later you actually publish this video.
I LOVE this review. Metal Slug is one of my all time favorite games from one of my game makers, Neo Geo. The beginning of this video makes me glad I am just a casual gamer, because I am rarely ever unhappy playing an older PS1 game or a game from any era. Seems like lots of modern games have spoiled some folk with how amazing they are, and those people cannot go back to the older stuff and find it enjoyable.
Top-notch editing, you made a subscriber out of me =) The Metal Slug series has a close place in my heart. I was drawn into Irem/Nazca's visuals ever since playing In the Hunt as a lad -- pretty sure my cousin had imported a Japanese Saturn copy, although such things were beyond me at the time. 1, 3, and 5 are my faves!
Man, u totally made my day. I didn't know there where any Metal Slug games after 5 or 6. Xx and 7 on PSP and DS, damn, I'm getting them right now. I need to get a modded Xbox 360 or an Xbox One now so I can play the port on there. I play these games almost every week. Thanks so much for a thorough review m8!!!!! :D
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When I was a young child I had to have a surgical operation. Afterwards I couldn't speak for days. On the second day a kid in the bed next to me had a system and TV set up on a cart and was playing some war game. He was released the next day but not before telling the nurse that I could use his set up till I was better. The game he was playing was metal slug 2 and from that day on I was a gamer for life.
Needless to say 2 is my favorite.
that clinic was awesome tho
What was more crippling, the surgical operation, or the slowdown in the game?
MrKaintar I Was Born A Gamer
MrKaintar Wow! You couldn't say a single word for days you had surgery? What happened?
Metal Slug 3's last level is freaking legendary.
+DavCube its so good isnt it lol
ÀAAAAAAHHHH FUCK I HATE IT!!! it NEVER ENDS!!! NEVER!!
It's half of the entire length of the game.
It's a nightmare in single player
it's funny, because it breaks the tradition of having 6 missions, but then ends up having 2 halves and effectively being mission 5 and 6 anyway
a weapon to surpasde Metal gear
THE METAL SLUG
i see what you did there nice one XD
SamS dz I did a spit take when I read this
ماهمتكش !! بصح درتلك جام
SamS dz Well done.
The METAL REAR (It's an actual boss, too!)
Metal Slug 3 is the pinnacle of oldschool bitmap pixelgraphics in my opinion. The amount of detail, the use of the limited colors and the smooth animations are just mind boggling.
Yeah except it runs at half the speed of most 2d platformers 30hz as opposed to 60hz and in Australia and europe on Pal screens it Runs at 25hz so its not perfect and they still havent made it a locked 60hz after all these years.
@@MrSammersELsoho Who cares?
@@MrSammersELsoho i preffer that over the Metal slug 2's slideshow.
My 12-year-old son discovered Metal Slug 3 in a local ice cream shop that features and small arcade of classic games and pinball. And he was completely in love and fascinated with the pixel art. He declared it a masterpiece. We got the SNK port for the Playstation to explore all the alternative routes and got the soundtrack. 22 years later and this game is making fans of people not even born when it came out.
This is definitely one of my favorite game franchises of all time
+KKsHaDoWx its a fantastic franchise
+KKsHaDoWx its a fantastic franchise
It’s not your favorite? You should be banished from this series
@@slopesgameroom time for an update metal slug operation j is on its way I look forward to your review
I don't want to sound obsessed, but I have a Metal Slug tank tattoo :p
I'm sorry but you failed at not sounding obsessed.
why not, the SV looked cool anyway
Wardner213 no shame in that
getting tattoos are dumb anyway so it's not like metal slug tank tatoo is the worst thing to get...
I have the H of the machinegun tattooed on my arm
Metal slug 3 short? I thought it was the longest one, the moment i killed the general i thought i was done i was satisfied but SNK said NO aliens are back and now you gotta go to space fight in space
Enter the mothership battle your way through the alien ship, fight clones, run away from zombie clones then SNK just throws you one more boss simple one but has shiton of HP.
Also, every level has three different paths, except the last one that is like three levels.
In fact, MS6 is the shortest one.
Metal Slug 3 honestly feels interminable to me. I’d argue it’s too long.
Things really went downhill with 4 and 5. I hear the original team came back for 6, but I just never felt the passion in that last game.
1, 2, X, and 3 will always be the only Metal Slug canon for me.
the biggest porblem with 5 is that it never was finished completely.
A shit ton of the game was cut including several bosses, one of them called "Stone Turtle".
so basically to put it in perspective, the last boss you fight in the game was supposed to be the last phase, the rest was cut.
The bosses are even referenced in the MGD/MGA games.
@@petkofuchalski9809 I always felt the game had weird pace. In level 4, for example, you're underwater and at the end of the level, without any warning, you end up in a desert fighting a boss lol.
While I do agree, the first four games are the best, I also think that the other games, while not as good as the first few, are still great games and in all are still Metal Slug experiences.
What? 7 was fucking awesome!
Metal slug 5 was the start of a new era if it was not rushed and not finished completely it could've not say it would but it could've been the best metal slug
This video heaps an incredible amount of praise and credit for Metal Slug's vision on Kazuma Kujo, who worked as CO-PLANNER on the first game in the series, before leaving the team. I attribute this to poor research during the writing of this script, because there have been many interviews with staff who worked on Metal Slug that directly contradict a lot of the misinformation shared here.
In Slopes' defense: behind the scenes stories & supplemental material about Metal Slug have been notoriously hard to come by for most of the series' lifespan, as all the devs worked under aliases. For decades, any info about the creation of M.Slug was based on urban legend & rumours. In recent years, many interviews have been conducted & translated that set the record straight, and debunk/correct a large number of the kind of "did you know gaming" trivia bits that this video deals in.
First time I saw Metal Slug was in the pizzeria by my house when I was 6 back in 1996. I use to beg my mom to take us to that specific one just so I can see the teenagers play it and then beg her for some quarters to play. I never got past the first helicopter.
BaronOfAnarchy First time I saw the first Metal Slug was at a grocery store. First one I dropped a quarter into was MS3 at a laundry place years later.
Yea same here at a pizzaria but i was like 15 at the time hanging out at pizzarias after school to play snk mvs arcades. Pizza and metal slug was my type of thing and inner peace.
Literally same. Pizzeria and all.
Went to Anime Expo recently and they had a arcade unit that had Metal Slug 3 in the Entertainment Hall. Despite me not playing it for a long time, I was able to finish the game with one quarter. It was interesting to see how people still crowded around, cheering me on on defeating the final boss. Brought back great memories that I had with the series. Here's hoping for Metal Slug 8!
Holy shit throwback to when Anime Expo was still open (it was postponed this year due to the pandemic) but hopefully next year Anime Expo and Socalretrogamingexpo would be open again because it's been so long since anyone has gone out 😭
that's actually really awesome :)
@@Abel-Alvarez how was it a throwback if it was obviously going to come back once the virus stopped being as prominent...?
I have Metal Slug 7 for the DS. It's a great game to play for some arcade action on the go.
going to have to get metal slug 7 at some point, i have the wii metal slug anthology :-)
You need to play the XX in PSP
Metal Slug 3 is the best of the series, especially love mission 2.
+Flint Dragoon coukdnt agree more. Plus the ending is great
Daniel Ibbertson
defiantly a climatic ending.
i'm fairly somewhat new to the game series but enjoy it with 50% tv scanlines start to finish, such an enjoyable game, gotton pretty good at saving the pow's need to die a lot less though :)
Mission 4 has 4 routes, the best
Hey Daniel, I just wanted to say the past month has been a nightmare. Aside from being diagnosed with stomach cancer, breaking up with the love of my life and losing a friend to suicide, its just general been a nightmare. But your videos are the one constant and humorous thing that I cam enjoy thats been getting me through this. Especially at the 10 O clock hour when I used to talk to my love. Its been a big help.
Hang in there, brother.
You caught the stomach cancer earlier than later and YOU WILL make a quick recovery!! The love of your life will either come back or if a higher power feels as such, YOU WILL discover someone that is even better for you. The only thing you cant take back is suicide. But , as long as you never quit, life always comes around again. I've experienced many defeats myself, but by the grace of God, time and wisdom have made me better even if at the time I felt like 'am I ever going to feel good again"? I know that feeling of a woman and not being able to think of nothing else. Believe me, life does heal all wounds . Good luck friend.
I am so grateful that video have helped you through the hard times buddy :) I hope everything starts sorting itself out for you mate | Much love from me :D
I...
Utsukushi-Kun I say Jesus Christ. Just like 100s are currently healing all types of sicknesses all over youtube.
Go watch Steve Cabrerra Jr, Tom Loud and those guys...they do it all the time.
Metal Slug, one of my favorite shoot em ups!
+Antonio's Video Games mine 2:D
I never played 6 and 7. Time to find a way to fix that.
COMEouttaTHEfuknCORNER! Emulators are perfectly legal. Downloading ROMs you don’t the physical version of is.
00000000 11111111 upvote for knowing your shit boss
Fio was one of my first video game crushes. I loved playing as her 'cause she was cool and cute and I still love her to this day...I figured I'd just talk about that because c'mon, DJ Slopes already did a fantastic job talking about how awesome Metal Slug is.
+Strain42 haha awesome dtuff thanks guyd
Same here. I still have a fan-boy crush on Fio.
I've become quite enamored with these complete history videos. Well-researched and well-edited.
I hope you get around to doing one for Panzer Dragoon. That series has some interesting lore and a conlang.
+Chestnut Bowl 100% panzer dragoons time will eventually come :D
Metal Slug 5 was my favorite installment, while it was basically a remastered version of 1 and 2. Using different end bosses and characters, settings etc. I enjoyed the new faction. The Ptolemaic Army. While some of its units were repaints of the original modern army tanks. There were lots of new addons. Like Guerilla soldiers replacing the regular troops. Special ops soldiers. The standing up Metal Slug. The gunner units. (Giant robot mechs) And some additional enemies as well. (Enemy Slugs for once) flying hovercrafts. A new recreation of the rolling bomb tower. The wall drones. The guerilla air raiding squads. And the cultist. But most specifically. The unique units you fight in the game. It seems different and unique with the boss fights. Metal Rear from the first mission felt like the players living perspective of what the slugs were made to do. Black Hound from the secret route was the appitomy of a war machine. Its an appropriate way to recreate the slug. Make it deadlier, and then show it how bad that can turn out, the wall climber was a breath of fresh air. It was unique. And felt that attacking it was very fun. The sand crawler was a pain in the ass... And I enjoyed every second getting angry at the sheer amount of falling projectiles that seemed impossible to dodge. The mammoth towers utilised what others would call a general nuisance, and made it interesting. Evil spirit was a very intense battle, and the remix of it was the best version for the final battle. Others, like the unused Stone Turtle would've been interesting either way. And the giant bomber plane was an epic air battle to the last second. And its destructions was what you anticipated for. That's all I have to say about the fifth installment. Enjoy your day
After 1-2-3 and X Metal slug never felt the same. You can even tell by looking at them. The amount of background detail in the first 3 games is astonishing compared to later games. Metal Slug 3 is by far the best Metal slug of them all.
MS Anthology was the initial reason I added a ps2 into the collection of systems.
Did you already have a Wii at that point, that versions better.
No. I went with the system that had more games I wanted. Plus better controller imo.
Note: please stay away from the Anthology Collection for PC. The publishers for SNK Playmore went long out of business and like all things digital there is no way to get around the DRM.
dont get ps4 version of anthology , it has input lag
Same for PS2 !
I'm a big fan of SNK. I love their fighting games, and Metal Slug is definitely one of my favorite SNK franchises as well.
You should do one on Shock Troopers. Might be a tad short, but those games are really fun to play. At least, the first one.
War Duke Ah, shock troopers.
I love Metal Slug 6, glad to see you gave it some props - severely underrated game!
+Blast Processing damn straight! Its a really good game
Thank you for this video. I would never have tried "In the hunt" and "GeoStrom" if not for this complete history. Cheers from Norway.
Sir... not only you got a like and a sub for this nostalgic and amazing video, oh no. You sir got into my list of favorite videos! The stamp of glory and effort. ( seriously I almost never consider putting any videos in there but yours did make it through )
Thank you for making this amazing video, cheers to SNK and let's hope Metal Slug 8 will be something unique!
+Alex theTroller really? Mate thats awesome.thanks so much :)
Daniel Ibbertson No thank You! :D
it's the first videogame i have ever played in the arcade and kof 98. been a fan of snk since i was a kid i prefer them over capcom.
i say you've done your homework. subbed and liked.
BTW, Metal Slug XX is also available on Xbox One via backwards-compatibility as is Metal Slug 3. Very well worth owning!
nah im just gonna emulate it
Sonic Ace 24 - TBF, all these console versions are running the game through emulation.
Guernicaman That was unexpected.
Note: please stay away from the Anthology Collection for PC. The publishers for SNK Playmore went long out of business and like all things digital there is no way to get around the DRM.
I have fond memories as a child, whenever my grandmother would take care of me, she’d occasionally take me with her to our nearest SackNSave (remember those?). And while she would do shopping or while she was checking out, she’d give me a few quarters to play the few arcade cabinets they had, but the one I always played was Metal Slug. Loved it, and there have been times on my life where I on and off again become obsessed with it. It’s always been one of my favorite series from any form of games. I love everything about it, and it remind me of my childhood. Even the main character has my fathers first name and a last name very similar to mine. But above all else, it reminds me of my grandmother whom I love dearly and is still around.
10:17 Metal Slug is the name of a tank, and the name of the series.
Metal Gear (Solid) is the name of a bipedal tank, and the name of the series.
Coincidence?
Wait' wasun't the "Metal Gear" a giant ass mech?
Both Marco and Snake are trying to retire but are denied of it.
Coincidence?
@@ahikampasion63 Damn. This is an ancient comment, so I'm just gonna put that out and leave.
If only the main game's genre aged well in the gaming industry, then metal slug 8 would have been here already
I come from the future...
There making a new Metal Slug...
*REJOICE!!!*
Back at the nineties, as a child who forcibly learned english due to his first contact with mall arcades, next, from local video games rental houses (a reality ended in the 2015) I learned to respect and reverentiate this iconic pixel art. Not only for nostalgia, but, mainly, for the effort. Now we're living in the era of much advanced graphics engines, with laughable results, cultuated by millennials who don't respect and don't recognize the videogames history.
I remember this video coming out and I had no idea what a 'Metal Slug' was, but at the beginning of this year, I got into a SNK phase and I'm glad, and I think this video is why
I only have MS1 and 3 on my Switch, but damn I've enjoyed them, especially 3 (Fio best girl). I might suck at them, but mowing down soldiers and other things is super fun, and I'm still waiting for a Metal Slug team in KoF.
thank you so much slope. thanks for making these great videos and somehow getting them out frequently and some how you are one of the few big youtubers i know who reply to comments.
And I thought they were stretching themselves pretty thin when they did MS6 on the anthology collection. Holy crap.
SNK were pretty much responsible for the best 2d back in the day.
The art style is AWESOME to this day, it will never age.
+daNch0o fully agree. Some of the best pixel art to ever come out for sure
It sucks to see that they didn't go even further with this franchise! Now Metal Slug has become a _soulless pay-2-win tower defense app_ . You ought to be ashamed *SNK Corporation* .
I disagree, it's mainly a 1 player game, if you want to fight other people,
upgrade your stuff by saving POWs and spending MSC you gained on battles
and medals for new units, the campaigns are not bad.
@@SirDavid290 For real, Metal Slug Defense is great, and it rewards you even when you're not paying for stuff.
Yeah, i don't get it with Metal Slug Attack.
My ALL TIME favorite game series. I remember as a kid I would just stare in awe at the NEO GEO AES system at the game store and drool. Metal slug is STILL the most fun yo can have. LOVE it! I see a new metal slug tactics game coming out but I'm dying for a new series entry! I even still have my DS XLi with a DS TWO flash cart with hundreds of games and it seems all I ever play is metal slug 7, If you haven't played 7 youre missing out! Worth getting a DS to play it on original HW too!!!
Great stuff as usual! I agree 100% with your opening statement how 16 bit games will never be surpassed and I love the Metal Slug games, some of my favourite games!
+Ash the Raccoon thanks ash :)
Man I have never seen anyone else with this much love and devotion for the game as I do. I love this game series and it's a shame lots don't know about it if not even played it. My personally favorite is Metal Slug X as that was the first game in the series I've played. Even though they are done with the arcade series, their mobile games are just as good, and I highly recommend playing Metal Slug Attack if you love the game series and love tower defense titles! All in all, great video, and I'm glad to see a fellow Metal Slug Enthusiast!
You do a great job with this content.
+Shawn Lov ahhhhhh thanks shawn
I may have been born in 2001, but I really wish and hope that we get more metal slug in the days to come in the ideal pixel art style.
This was awesome
The other documentaries were kickass as well
This guy is underated beyond belief
Except for that part when he said Shinobi X does not live up to the Genesis predecessors
Wich doesn't make sense
I have to say brother... thank you so much for your channel!!! I mean it's brought not only myself back to the classic games of my younger years, but has also brought my own kids to these amazing classics you showcase! literally a whole new generation playing the crap out of Streets of Rage, Sonic, Metal Slug, earthworm Jim, and Ecco! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and collection... and especially your love for all of these artworks and masterpieces! You better believe I'm donating and supporting this!!! Keep it up! You literally have captivated a whole new generation of mini gamers and have brought me closer to my own kiddos!
+Jesse Rangel ahhhhdude thats so kind, im so chuffdya kids enjoy the videos :) hope they like gunstar heroes too... ;) #WatchThisSpace
As a kid I preferred platform and adventure games, but now in my 40s instead of playing more relaxed games my favourite is bullet Hell games.
Relax and bullet hell don't sound right in the same sentence
I discovered In The Hunt by accident -- it had "Metal Slug: Submarine" on the cover (yeah, bootlegs). It confused me at first but the graphics were a sure sign that it was somehow related to Metal Slug... and, 20 years later, here I am getting my mind blown over the fact that it indeed was the precursor to the greatest series of all time. Thank you for this, am currently diving (*wink*) in nostalgia.
I don’t get why people shit on MS4 and 5, yeah they’re not as good as the first three but they’re still hella fun to play. Personally my favorite one is MS5 bc is the one I played the most as a child so it just hits different with the nostalgia, but I still love the first three to death. I haven’t played 6 and 7 but I’ve watched gameplays and they look really interesting too. For me, all 7 games are great no matter what because the history/lore is hella interesting and the games are just too fun to play
REALLY glad this channel exists. Thank you x1000
+Kevin Edwards REALLY glad this comment exists. Thank you x1000
Metal Slug 2 suffers from a little bit of slowdown? The slowdown makes the game unplayable, which is why most people stick with the X version of the game.
It makes the slowdown in Gradius III and Super R-Type look like a joke in comparison. What's really insulting is that the Metal Slug games only run at 30fps to begin with. The speed then gets reduced to 15fps when it slows down, (it should be 20fps because 60/3, but there's a bug in the already terrible code that halts the game for an extra frame) which is about Super FX framerate. The similar Gun Force 2 (not "Geo Force 2") at least targets 60fps. It was on slightly more powerful hardware, but there is also much more action.
blog.system11.org/?p=1442 There's a fix for Metal Slug 2 that greatly improves the speed. I burned an Eeprom and put it in my actual cartridge- but it's probably just as easy to use that rom and use it in an emu I'd wager.
RedHotHero how to do it with Roms!? I have the steam version plz help
the slowdown makes the game much easier even though the game is easy already
Metal Slug 5 is my favourite of the all series.
First
Second?
66! ;)
Cheater.
+Daniel lbbertson LMAO!!XD....clever!!.XD!!
Hey man, love this channel. Some of your videos are basically my childhood. In fact, I remember getting Earthworm Jim and Comix Zone on Xmas one year. I also got Contra Hard Corps though. Best Xmas ever.
Anyway, judging by your adoration of pixel art, If you haven't seen the Shakedown Hawaii trailers yet, check them out. It is the sequel to Retro City Rampage...minus all the references and with a Neo Geo art style. Looks incredible, and Brian Provinciano (the creator( supports his games with improvements for years after release.
Love this series! Another great video!
+Matt Watson thanks bud
Speaking of pixel art I still think those Ninja Gaiden cutscenes on the NES are amazing
+Shashank 235 they are fantastic 4 sure
This is the first video of yours I've seen, and I've already upped and subbed.
You did a great job covering a game series I've loved since my first glance at it in arcades, and filled in much more of its history that I was not aware of.
There's a genius to its graphics and art style that has always been pleasing and compelling to me.
Taking everything into account, it's a perfect mixture of Super Deformed/chibi, true grit, explosions galore, dangerous warfare, wacky and imaginative but ultimately vicious enemies, strange mega-weapons, layers upon layers of backgrounds and environments overflowing with detail small and large, heroes you really come to care about, a mission you want to complete even though you hate to see it end...and the eponymous Metal Slug tank, definitely inspired by Dominion Tank Police; cute as a pug puppy, but as pugnacious and deadly as an enraged pitbull. If you don't care for the game itself, but have even an iota of liking for that tank itself, you're all right by me.
It's a great game series, even when it wasn't necessarily building upon itself as it did in 1 through 3. Any criticisms are trivial quibbles compared to other game series.
Even if another MS game never comes about, the series has a long-lasting legacy and replayability factor that'll keep you satiated with gaming fun and challenge, and your brain saturated with visual candy.
Again, great job covering it all. Looking forward to watching Splatterhouse and Double Dragon next. Keep up the good work. :-)
+Sean Wilkinson hope you like splatterhouse n dd:) this videi took ages to make but im really proud of it. Huge thanks for such an awesome comment mate
Daniel Ibbertson: You are most welcome. Thank you for the effort you put into researching and creating the video, especially in getting a complete list of the game's many iterations! I had no idea how many Metal Slug titles there were. The same laud and kudos apply equally to the other two videos. Great work!
I decided to watch this again today, and the beginning made me think about how we've all said "this particular arcade game/home game system/XX-bit generation/level of interactivity is the apex of video gaming; nothing will ever top it". That thought sparked a thread of a memory...
Long before Computer Space and Pong were but gleams in their creators' eyes, Preston Blair, an MGM/Tex Avery and Disney animator, and author of some great how-to-draw books like "How To Animate Film Cartoons", had an equally grand and innovative idea as theirs, perhaps grander still for Blair's time.
I've tried but have not yet found the paragraph I need to be correct about Blair's notion. It should be somewhere, in a PDF of one of his books. Until I do find it, I hope that memory serves me well.
The paragraph is a footnote in one of his books from the late '50s or early '60s. Again, if I'm correct, Blair mentioned that he and others had thought of, or were planning on, using animation of human characters to make an interactive tennis game that would be played on television screens. Animators like him would create some kind of databank of moves, poses, gestures, etc. for two onscreen tennis players, and a computer/videotape hybrid of some kind would take the players' control inputs (whether by control pad or advanced technical wizardry to read players' bodily movements), figure out the result, and "play" or "draw" the proper animation segments for each side, simulating a tennis match.
If such a game came to fruition, even if it took the space of one of those old indoor computer golf simulators, it would have made a small game like Pong look positively prehistoric in comparison, and gaming in general would have taken more of a full-motion video, quick-time sequence direction. Technology would still need plenty of time to catch up with Blair's cool concept, though.
I just wanted to pass that along as an interesting aside to how we've seen video games evolve. Blair's tennis, or some other sport he saw fit to simulate, could have made a lightspeed jump ahead.
Because they never implemented any kind of dodge maneuver throughout the series, I argue against that Metal slug is the kind of game where "its your fault you got killed" since your characters have big hit box's, can only move one speed, and all the projectiles move faster then you, its still a fun series but its not a fair challenge, its a Quarter Muncher.
its bullet hell game, thats the point, try some bullet hell game, thats even crazier
I played metal slug 2 on the arcade in 1999.
And i have the Metal Slug Anthology for PS2 and PSP.
Plus Metal Slug DoubleX for the PSP, Metal Slug 7 for the Nintendo DS ... and Metal Slug Advance.
ROCKET LAWNCHER
I still play Metal Slug XX Every Single Day On My PSP It Became a Part Of My Life
Metal slug tactics
Without a doubt my favorite arcade game ever made, now just to get around to playing the other six! The love and care put into the original still blows me away. The animations were so fluid it was like playing a truly interactive movie. The art style as well I really enjoyed, with it being both viscerally realistic and cartoonish at the same time. I've also yet to experience another arcade game that was as crazy loud as the original! If you're ever fortunate enough to play an original machine, it will be a truly memorable experience. Thanks for making this great video, Daniel!
and ANOTHER game series I have yet to play...
If you own a PS2 or Wii, you owe it to yourself to get the anthology. (among plenty of other SNK compilations of the time.) Actually, it's also on PSN for the PS4 as well.
+Haohmaru HL he probably playing with gunstar heroes
Mame
I remember playing so much Metal Slug in my childhood. One of the games that really made me love videogames.
I did buy the Playstation versions of Metal Slug 3 at some point, but I've yet to play it. Maybe I'll grab XX too since that's the only other Metal Slug game available for the PSVITA.
The PSP Metal Slug anthology can be downloaded to your Vita from the PSN store and it works/looks great
Yeah, but it's only on the American store. For some reason.
Sorry, I didn't realize that. Well if you have a PS4 you can purchase the anthology there on PSN, at least here in the States. Metal Slug 3 is also across buy between the PS4, PS3 and Vita here in the States. Hopefully you have at least one of those options in Europe.
just emulate it
but my portability
You've outlined every single thing I love about metal slug series and more that I wasn't aware about.
Best consolation video of metal slug history ever
Thanks ever so much. That's exactly what I go for
i like metalslug 3D because of the story, when some character died and some drama, and some plot twist. i really lie metal slug chara and really want some manga or story book things for them. the war is interesting and crazy, the closest one for the story maybe metal slug attack
Awesome! Love the Metal Slug series and didn't even know about the Submarine game. Great video as always mate. Really enjoyed it! :-) (Metal Slug 3 on the original Xbox was my first experience of this epic franchise. Fell in love straight away!)
do anyone know the lore of metal slug?
Another super high quality Slope vid. I'm amazed that you are able to make these weekly. I hope you some day make it big and can turn this into a job!
As for Metal Slug. I must admit I haven't played all titles of the main series, I think only 1-3, and since I own the anthology on Wii, I should be ashamed of myself. Lol... Man I wanna go back and play the rest now. Also, Metal Slug Tactics, huh? I LOVE Advance Wars and Fire Emblem as those are two of my favorite game series of all time... I wonder if the Metal Slug Tactics game is any good?
if I had to rate this from 1 to 10. I'd say a infinity
+Donald Morden II i would do the same for this comment
Man this video is amazing, love Metal Slug and its so nice to learn more about the history of it!
this and neo turf masters.
The limited firing angles were always one of my favorite elements of Metal Slug's design. It influenced my taste in games years ago, and ever since I realized how few run n' guns do this, I have been putting this element into my own projects as well. Very few games can hope to scratch the same itch as Metal Slug.
I was really enjoying the video, but after you talked so much about how much you love pixel art, and you don't even talk about Metal Slug's 6 awfully bland and generic backgrounds, with photos being mashed with bad 3d renderers. I really lost interest.
I love metal slug 3...and then i played the rest of the metal slug's... And 3 and 6 is my favorite
So glad you're finally getting the views you deserve Slope, cheers.
That almost 5 minutes “intro” about graphics really makes this otherwise amazing video drag on
So glad you made this video. I've been in love with this series for many years now...decades, actually--man, time flies. Some of my fondest gaming memories are from playing Metal Slug 3 over Xbox Live. Also, Fio is best.
I don’t know why? I’m coming back and watch this vid from 2017 till now! So it is a really a good video that will never age!.......... until the new one that’s coming
Metal Slug 3 has been my go-to stress reliever game for over 10 years. Never gets old!
The wait is always worth it for these videos! Great work
+sinjeet1 ahhhhhh thanks buddy
In one part of the video theres a jump from In the Hunto to Metal Slug 1 -- but Metal slug was based on GUNFORCE, and GUNFORCE 2(made by Irem), not IN THE HUNT(kind of)...Then they formed Nazca(1994) when Irem closed. And worked in a game based on GUNFORCE 2(Metal slug SV 001) . if you ever played gunforce games you know how similar are the gunforce and metal slug. Otherwise i really enjoyed the video, juste needed something to forget about everything for a few minutes lol. Thx
*See the advertisement of the SV-001*
*Immediately searching for places that had it to buy*
In all great vid mate, it really shows up one of the most remembered and sadly one of the type of games most children these days don't get to see. Keep up the good work !!!
Excellent video. Great memories of grabbing a case of beer and time sinking several nights of Metal Slug with my mate Bobbers when Anthology came out on the Wii. Including Slug Hell night and played through them, all one after another.
Loved this vid, Dan. Not too many channels give MS the praise it deserves.
+DatRyanTho ahhhh thanks buddy, i always knew id have to do more lol
I love this series to death, thanks for covering it!
I tried Metal Slug X for PS1 for very first time some weeks ago and was blown away by it. Instant throwback to the 90's arcade halls, good memories.
I was in the Navy from 1993-1997, and stationed on the USS Detroit from 94-97. My ship had a few arcade games plugged in in a couple places. I remember there being Time Killers, some homerun derby game, and Blasteroids. One day I see them wheeling a new game onboard, Metal Slug 1, and a love affair was born. It was seldom during off hours while we were underway you'd find me any place else but planted squarely in front of that cabinet, pumping in quarter after quarter, seeing how far I could get without dying lol.
>Heyo Mayozuki
>Aileen's Battle Chronicle
Now you're just fucking with us, Slope.
Ok, I was a bit unaware there were that many Metal Slug games! Another great video dude!
Holy synchronicity, Batman! I just watched the latest Game Sack episode, and thought to my self: "I wish there was a Complete History of Metal Slug" when they mentioned the franchise. And, a few hours later you actually publish this video.
I'm with you on MS3. That one's my favorite all round.
This video is so good! It's nice knowing that you think Metal Slug 3 is the best in the series like me! Subscribed and liked the video.
I LOVE this review. Metal Slug is one of my all time favorite games from one of my game makers, Neo Geo. The beginning of this video makes me glad I am just a casual gamer, because I am rarely ever unhappy playing an older PS1 game or a game from any era. Seems like lots of modern games have spoiled some folk with how amazing they are, and those people cannot go back to the older stuff and find it enjoyable.
WoW great job! For me i think this is one of the most underrated series in the genre. The first ones are simply masterpieces!
It's 2024. I still play Metal Slug. Got it on my Nintendo Switch. It's as good today as it ever was.
Top-notch editing, you made a subscriber out of me =)
The Metal Slug series has a close place in my heart. I was drawn into Irem/Nazca's visuals ever since playing In the Hunt as a lad -- pretty sure my cousin had imported a Japanese Saturn copy, although such things were beyond me at the time.
1, 3, and 5 are my faves!
+Atma505 they are prob my favs too. Massivr thanks for the kins words buddy
Man, u totally made my day. I didn't know there where any Metal Slug games after 5 or 6. Xx and 7 on PSP and DS, damn, I'm getting them right now. I need to get a modded Xbox 360 or an Xbox One now so I can play the port on there. I play these games almost every week. Thanks so much for a thorough review m8!!!!! :D
good content mate. subbed!
+kald0rei huge thanks bud, very much appreciated
Someone needs to make Metal Slug Maker.
lol
Amazing Video as allways good Sir!
The Metal Slug Series is my favorit Run and Gun one and I think it will be till I die!!