Metal Slug X is an adventure developed by SNK, released 10 March 1999 on Wii, Neo Geo AES, Android and Arcade. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Metal Slug X is
Metal Slug X is an adventure game developed by SNK and released in 1999. It was published by D4 Enterprise. It is available on Wii, Neo Geo AES, Android, Arcade, iOS, Linux, Mac, Neo Geo MVS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Cocos2d.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metal Slug 2 is a run and gun arcade game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 1998 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to the 1996 game Metal Slug. The original version of the game had extensive slowdown and performance issues, eventually leading SNK to release a modified version in 1999, titled Metal Slug X: Super Vehicle-001 (メタルスラッグX). It has been ported to the Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, Virtual Console, iOS and Android, and to the Wii, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. The game added several new features to the gameplay of the original Metal Slug, such as new weapons, vehicles and the ability to transform the character. It received generally positive…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Metal Slug series
Metal Slug X is the seventh of 48 entries we hold in the Metal Slug series. It arrived a year after Metal Slug 2. The next entry was Metal Slug 1st Mission in 1999. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Metal Slug Advance at 89.
How it was received
Metal Slug X holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 141 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 1 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Metal Slug X launched on 10 March 1999, within three weeks of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Silent Hill, RollerCoaster Tycoon and Syphon Filter. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Silent Hill, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Syphon Filter.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metal Slug X yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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