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Start with the original arcade run-and-gun game.

Continue the arcade series with Metal Slug 2.

Compare SNK’s revised version of Metal Slug 2.

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The original Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, and Metal Slug X are separate entries. Choose a release before opening its player, especially when returning to a save.

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Metal Slug Advance and the Neo Geo Pocket missions are handheld games. Their controls and presentation differ from the arcade entries.

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Series history

Metal Slug began as an arcade action-shooting series in 1996. Metal Slug X reworked Metal Slug 2, while handheld releases followed their own formats. Metal Slug X is an official release, and the handheld games are separate entries rather than interchangeable arcade versions.

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Is Metal Slug X a fan modification of Metal Slug 2?

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