Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 is a run and gun action shooting game. Between April and August 1997, Sega Saturn and PlayStation versions developed by SNK and Ukiyotei respectively were released only in Japan…
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 is an arcade developed by Nazca Corporation, released 4 April 1997 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
What Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 is
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 is an arcade game developed by Nazca Corporation and released in 1997. It was published by SNK. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 is a run and gun action shooting game. Between April and August 1997, Sega Saturn and PlayStation versions developed by SNK and Ukiyotei respectively were released only in Japan. Both ports feature "Combat School" mode from the Neo Geo CD release while the PlayStation version features a new mode, "Another Story", consisting of plot-based minigames, and an art gallery featuring concept art (characters, vehicles, weapons, levels). To retain all animations frames of the arcade original, the Saturn version used newer compression techniques, inter-level loading and the 1 MB RAM expansion cartridge.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metal Slug series
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 is the fifth of 48 entries we hold in the Metal Slug series. It arrived 11 months after Metal Slug. The next entry was Metal Slug 2 in 1998.
What it launched against
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 launched on 4 April 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64 and Need for Speed II.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64, Need for Speed II.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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