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32-408: The gameplay consists of run and gun elements as well as, in later releases, shoot 'em-up mechanics. The run and gun elements pit a player against many enemies with the aid of extremely powerful weapon pick-ups. In most run and gun games, contact with an enemy leads to damage. In this series, however, contact results in the opportunity to perform a melee attack and the opportunity for the enemy to perform

64-406: A Vulcan cannon and a cannon variant suited to the role of the vehicle, and propelled suitably for that vehicle's environment. Some vehicles will only provide Vulcan cannons (which are more powerful than the handgun's bullets and are also unlimited), but neither special bombs (grenades must be used) nor armored protection to the player. In Metal Slug 6 (and the home version of Metal Slug X onwards),

96-475: A fully automatic handgun in place of the stock semi-auto first used in every game including a spin-off); as the game progresses, the player may pick up new weapons. The player can only use one weapon at a time. When a new weapon is found, it replaces the previous one. Similarly, when ammunition runs out, the player reverts to using the handgun, which has unlimited ammunition. A new system was implemented with Metal Slug 6 allowing players to carry and switch between

128-558: A knife, and grenades. Despite the fact that Allen is clearly killed at the conclusion of every encounter, the game makers have humorously brought him back in each new iteration of the series. Allen's son, Allen Jr., appears in Metal Slug Advance as the recruits' drill sergeant but later reveals himself as a double agent for the Rebel Army. He can be fought in the final mission as an optional boss. The Mars People are aliens that are in

160-478: A melee attack of his own, if he has one. The player's melee attack is also much stronger than most shots. This leads to the player's ability to run in and use melee attacks to take down a number of enemies at once, as well as the ability to quickly defeat enemies that can take plenty of damage, such as the mummies in Metal Slug 2 . The player starts with only a simple semi-automatic handgun ( Metal Slug 6 and 7 used

192-610: A nest. With help from the Rebels, they rescue the captured Martians and succeed in destroying the Invader King. Metal Slug 6 returns to the Rebel-Martian alliance featured in Metal Slug 2 , X , and 3 , but on a much broader scale. Rather than repeating the previous games' events of the Martians breaking the alliance and the Rebels assisting the player in turn, the player now teams up with

224-646: A new weapon, the Zantetsu Sword, which allows the player's melee weapon to emit lethal energy waves that can neutralize enemy firepower. Each character now has unique abilities: Marco's basic gun does more damage, Eri can throw bombs in multiple directions, Ralf can perform the Vulcan Punch and take two hits himself before dying, and so on. Some characters also have special attack techniques that are activated through certain button combinations. Characters can now throw away one gun power-up's worth of ammunition, to give to

256-469: A plot to take over Earth in the Metal Slug universe. They resemble squids, using their tentacles as a form of movement, and a strange fighting style that involves gas and a laser pistol. In Metal Slug 2 , they appeared as enemies near the climax of the game, with their mother ship appearing as the final boss. They appear again in Metal Slug 3 , abducting Morden and one of the members of the Regular Army in

288-436: Is armed with one cannon which shoots powerful bombs in limited numbers, and twin vulcan cannons which shoot unlimited tracer bullets. The vehicle can jump and crouch. Crouching opens a hatch on the top of the tank through which grenades already in the player's possession can be thrown. The grenades remain independent of the cannon's ammunition system. The vehicle's bombs can also be replenished with ammunition boxes found along

320-429: Is available as an extra downloadable character for Metal Slug XX , a revised edition of Metal Slug 7 . General Donald Morden is the main antagonist of the Metal Slug franchise. He is depicted as a rambling madman wearing a beret, eyepatch, and wearing his army's uniform. In some games, he bears a passing resemblance to Saddam Hussein . He appears in every game except Metal Slug 5 . He apparently mends his ways by

352-490: Is one rank above captain in armies and air forces, and one rank below lieutenant colonel . It is considered the most junior of the senior officer ranks. Etymologically, the word stems from the Latin word major meaning "greater". The rank can be traced back to the rank of sergeant major general , which was shortened to sergeant major , and subsequently shortened to major . When used in hyphenated or combined fashion,

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384-604: The Nazca Corporation , which was acquired by SNK in 1996. The first 3 titles were developed by the Nazca team before SNK declared bankruptcy in October 2001, leading to the disbandment of the original team. Anticipating the collapse of SNK, the company Playmore was launched in August 2001, which became known as SNK Playmore in 2003, the year after Metal Slug 4 was released. Development on

416-572: The BIOS of the Neo-Geo hardware both on the arcade and home ports respectively. The first game's story involved the Peregrine Falcon (PF) Squad, a small but skilled team of soldiers serving under the Regular Army's special operations division, who fight against the army of General Donald Morden in order to prevent a massive coup d'état and the creation of a New World Order. Later games featured characters from

448-565: The Korean-based Mega Enterprise and due to Playmore retaining intellectual rights to all SNK titles. Eri and Tarma returned in the fifth game. The Game Boy Advance edition of the game features two new characters specific to that title: PF squad trainees Cadets Walter Ryan and Tyra Elson. The King of Fighters / Ikari Warriors characters Colonel Ralf Jones and Second Lieutenant Clark Still have appeared since Metal Slug 6 , and their King of Fighters teammate Leona Heidern

480-447: The Neo-Geo previously created several games for Irem which have very similar graphics and gameplays, such as GunForce (1991), In the Hunt (1993) and Gunforce 2 (1994). Some of the stock sound effects and sprites from Irem and The King of Fighters titles were used in the Metal Slug games. The music was composed by Takushi Hiyamuta (who is credited as Hiya! ), a key member of

512-456: The Peregrine Falcon unit reunites with Eri Kasamoto and Fio Germi of SPARROWS as the quartet is ordered to investigate Morden's latest plan, being joined by two new allies named Ralf Jones and Clark Still of the Ikari Warriors . Together, they proceed into the mountains where Morden's Rebel Army has established an outpost. After destroying their latest war machine in a long hillside battle,

544-462: The Rebels and Martians to combat an even greater threat. There are now two modes of play the player can choose from right at the beginning: Easy and Hard. Easy mode lowers the difficulty of the game and changes the player's default weapon to the Heavy Machine Gun, but the game ends just before the final mission. As with previous installments, Metal Slug 6 adds a number of new Slugs as well as

576-567: The Sparrows Unit, which is under the control of the Regular Army's intelligence division. Beginning with Metal Slug 2 , the PF Squad also battles an alien threat to Earth (the Mars People), as well as several other supernatural threats including yetis , zombies , ambulatory Venus flytraps, giant crabs, and mummies . These outlandish elements were removed from the fifth game to return to the feel of

608-628: The end of Metal Slug 6 , as he (or Rootmars depending on the player(s)' chosen route) rescues the player(s) after they are knocked off a wall by an explosion caused by the alien end boss. His army is the main force of opposition in the Metal Slug games, with the exception of Metal Slug 5 and 6 . He commands the Rebel Army, and in Metal Slug 4 he was thought to be behind the Amadeus Terror Syndicate. He once again returns to his roots of attempted world domination in Metal Slug 7 , this time with

640-542: The final level (whichever one the player uses will be abducted), only for the Regular Army and Morden's army to take the fight to their mother ship and defeat them, and their leader Rootmars. In Metal Slug 6 , the Mars People, Morden, as well as his rebel army, and the Ikari Warriors, join forces with the Regular Army to fight a new alien invader who feeds on the Mars People. In Metal Slug X they appear as enemies early in

672-588: The game. Mars People also are the first characters from the Metal Slug series who appear in a fighting game: first in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos as a hidden (but playable) character, and later in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum as an unlockable playable character. The aspect of the Metal Slug series was to create a simple, but exciting side-scrolling shoot-em-up game with an easy control scheme (one joystick and three buttons). The same team that created Metal Slug for

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704-464: The handgun and two other weapons. The player is also equipped with grenades which can be thrown at enemies to cause more damage, however, the number of grenades is limited and must be replenished periodically with ammunition found along the way. The SV-001 (SV being an abbreviation for "Super Vehicle") or 'Metal Slug' is the main vehicle of the Metal Slug franchise. It is a small, cartoonish silver-gray tank propelled by caterpillar treads . The tank

736-416: The help of the Rebel Army from the future, also being the final boss for the first time since the original Metal Slug . Like the main characters, General Morden appears in various SNK games as a cameo, especially in the SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash series. Allen O'Neil, a sub-boss, appears in all of the games except Metal Slug 5 and 6 . He returns in Metal Slug 7 . He uses an M60 machine gun ,

768-541: The only playable characters in the first game, and each was reserved solely to the first and second player, respectively. From the second installment, characters can be chosen independently, and Sergeant 2nd Class members Eri Kasamoto and Master Sergeant Fiolina "Fio" Germi were added to the cast. These four are typically considered to be the quintessential Metal Slug team. In the fourth game, Nadia Cassel and Trevor Spacey made their debut, replacing Eri and Tarma. They have not returned in later games, as they were created by

800-849: The original title. The fifth moved to the motif of modern guerrilla warfare, leaving only traces of the series' signature quirky humor and paranormal enemies, with the exception of the final boss. Metal Slug 6 returned to the plot of the first three installments, bringing back Morden's Rebel Army and the Mars People. Metal Slug 7 has less outlandish elements with the Mars People replaced by an alternative universe of Morden's Army with futuristic equipment and weapons. Major Marco Rossi (voiced by Takenosuke Nishikawa in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum and by Kenta Miyake in Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting ) and Captain Tarma Roving were

832-407: The other player or simply discard altogether. A secondary melee attack is also available. Conversely, the sliding technique from Metal Slug 5 has been removed, and players except Fio and Ralf only receive half as much ammo for special guns. Metal Slug 6 introduces a new play mechanic dubbed the 'Weapon Stock System'. Two gun power-ups can now be carried at the same time. Players can switch between

864-527: The playable character Tarma can lock the Vulcan cannons into one position and fire continuously. Metal Slug games typically have 6 levels. The exceptions are Metal Slug 3 , Metal Slug 5 and Metal Slug 6 , which have 5, and Metal Slug 7 , which has 7. In the Western arcade and console versions, the game had the blood censored, showing sweat in its place. However, there is a code to disable this censor within

896-544: The series has since continued without the original staff, with Noise Factory handling 4, 5, 6, and 7. Metal Slug 6 Metal Slug 6 is a run and gun video game for the Sammy Atomiswave arcade platform in the Metal Slug series . It was released in 2006. One month after the events of Metal Slug 3 , the threatening presence of General Morden looms over the world once again. Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving of

928-465: The six soldiers confront Morden and discover that he has rebuilt his alliance with the Martians. However, it is soon revealed that the Martians themselves are being invaded and eaten by a new dangerous race of aliens called Invaders and they have turned to Morden for help. As the Invaders invade Earth's cities, the soldiers fight them off and chase them into the desert, where the Invader King has established

960-511: The two weapons, or simply put them both away in favor of the default weapon. When obtaining a new weapon power-up, it will automatically occupy the inactive slot, or, if both are holstered, replace the less recent weapon of the two. The score is multiplied by powers of 2. The faster the speed at which enemies are killed, the higher the power, as a meter at the bottom of the screen shows. When it says "Max" enemies and destructible objects will drop coins for an extra high score. A PlayStation 2 port

992-467: The way. The vehicle can run over infantry and perform a suicide attack, with the driver jumping clear and the tank ramming into and exploding upon the target. The vehicle can take three direct hits before it is destroyed, at which point a warning will be given to eject before the vehicle explodes. The enemy chaser variant has a shield that must be destroyed before the vehicle can be destroyed. Over time, these specifications changed into any vehicle armed with

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1024-701: Was released on September 14, 2006. A downloadable version was made available on the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 3 on May 20, 2015. It is also featured in Metal Slug Anthology for the Wii , PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable . In 2020, a homebrew conversion was released for the Dreamcast . Major (rank) Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators, major

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