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This Game Rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am a great fan of the Metal Slug series and I think they totally rock! But Metal Slug X surpasses all other titles, I mean can you find anything more fun than mowing down arabs with a machine gun clad camel! I think not! If you are wondering about buying this then wonder no more, buy it! buy it now! I'm sure you wont regret it!!

Metal Slug X

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is absolutley amazing even though it is in 2d it still has all of the things you could expect from any great playstation game. What really won me over on this game was the enemies. There are so many of them coming at you at once you cant help but play the game over and over until you have mastered it. The reason i have given this game 4 stars was because it only has 7 levels. But these levels are incredibly fun and addictive.

Metal Slug X

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In the land of me too 3D everything this game is very refreashing even for a PS2 owner. The game a very good conversion from the arcade version of the slug series. This is the type of game that you play just to enjoy the art work , as you blast your way through each level the games art and background just get better and better. Unlimited continues mean you will beat the game in one sitting but the skill and and challenge of trying to do this without the continue along with co-op 2 player will have you stomping through many times. Action , Comedy , 2D shump..

Don't know.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's hard to describe this game. When I first got it, I loved it. But after I beat it about five or six times, it got pretty boring. This is just one of those games with a good concept but it gets ruined by how short it is and how quickly it loses your interest. And, after you beat the first mission, you can except all of the others to be exactly the same. Shooting, shooting, and more shooting. Not that there's anything bad about that but it gets pretty pointless after a while. Rent Metal Slug X and beat it once. But make sure you don't beat it over and over because you will dislike it in no time.

Metal Slug X

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Metal Slug X has is a fine example that with some trick programing the psx can do 2D gaming. The game is rather short and with a never ending continue you can walk right through this game in one sitting. The fun comes from trying to walk through this game with one credit just as you would in the arcade. The graphics in Metal Slug X are very cartoon like and the animation has been done very well given the psx's small 2MB memory. If you are into old school 2D shooters this is the game to have and is bound to become a collectors item as it gets harder to find. I have allways wanted the NeoGeo cart system for this game which is better but the price tag of around $150+ allways scared me away. I can live less animation and color because the game play and fun factor are well worth it for $20.00.. =>

Pretty good game overall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Huh? What's wrong with this game? How come the characters are all so smooth -- where's the edges, the corners, the aliasing? Hey, where are the polygons? How do I control the camera? What, you mean I don't control the camera? I don't need to? Weird."
We can understand a certain degree of confusion on the part of the modern gamer, when exposed to Metal Slug X. It's a near-perfect evolution (graphically speaking, anyway) of a genre already extinct, side-scrolling shooters having fallen by the wayside years ago when some videogame Illuminatus declared that The Future Will Be Owned By Polygons. Heavy sigh. Well, Agetec seems unwilling to let the genre slip away quite yet. The PlayStation version of SNK's superior sequel is now available in the US, and it behooves all fans of classic action gameplay to pick up a copy as soon as possible. It's short, it's simple, and it's not quite the equal of the Neo Geo original, but it's still as sweet a shooter as dollars can buy nowadays. Even if you don't want to make it part of your collection, it's one of the best rental values around. That's because, despite its brilliance, Metal Slug X is a little bit on the shortish side. The five or six levels can be blazed through in a long evening. Every second is packed with action, though, and if you actually want to build your skills and beat the game on one credit, instead of abusing the continues like a weak wimpy girly-mon, you could be playing through the game dozens of times. And that is the appropriate spirit in which to play a classic 2D shooter, of which genre Slug X is one of the premier specimens. The Slug style is far more straightforward than something like the better Contras or Gunstar Heroes -- the emphasis is on hectic action and visual gosh-wow rather than complex patterns and original enemy designs -- but it makes up for what some might consider a dearth of invention with a seemingly unending parade of enemies, weapons, and special vehicles to destroy and destroy with. If you go more than, say, 20 seconds without blowing up something really big in this game, you must be doing something wrong. Even if you get a little tired of the weapons selection (heavy machineguns, shotguns, flamethrowers, lasers, rocket launchers, a strange remote-controlled toy, and more), there's always a Slug to hop into, be it the Slugnoid, Slug Flyer, Camel Slug, or original Metal Slug tank. The vehicles are all of them very cute, and they provide a pleasant change from just running back and forth. The vulcan cannons mow down the bad guys like nobody's business, and the sight of a hopping prehensile-treaded tank remains terribly amusing. The animation in Metal Slug X is better than the PlayStation has any right to produce. The system's RAM limitations necessarily mean a loss of animation frames in comparison to the ridiculous Neo Geo version of the game, but it's still an opulent work of 2D art, with motion and personality packed into every corner possible. Your little SD commando is agile and fluid, and the four different characters have all their own animations. Even the hordes of faceless minions have several different expressions -- they charge forward purposefully, flee in terror screaming, belly-laugh over fallen enemies and then jump with surprise when you pop in another credit and reappear. The backgrounds don't employ quite so much parallax scroll as some recent side-scrollers, but they're spiked with plenty of little bits of animation, and there's more than enough going on in the foreground to grab your attention. Even the smallest bosses fill half the screen, clanking and steaming as they spew fire at you. If this is not the best-looking hand-drawn game ever (which it probably isn't anyway, since there's a Metal Slug 3 on the Neo), it's very possibly the best one to hit the States, given how many of the Saturn's best 2D games remained in Japan. Metal Slug's not likely to wow you with its music tracks, but the riotous effects suite plays a perfect harmony with the graphics. The sound sampling is weaker than the PlayStation is capable of (these are likely the same sounds as the Neo ROM version -- SNK gave up on recompressing audio for its CD titles late in the system's life) but the imperfections are drowned out soon enough by the boom of shotguns, the chatter of heavy machineguns, the scream of knifed baddies, and the explosions echoing here, there, and everywhere.

For those who believe 2D gaming is dead

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I first played this game in the arcades a while back. I didn't find it much different from any other 2D action title. I've always been a huge fan of 2D platformers (i.e. Megaman, Super Mario, etc.) Hell, I still own my NES with all the classic titles after 16 years of great gaming. A while after I had briefly played MSX in the arcades, I was searching for a new 2D game that could satisfy my extreme desire for a classic SNES-looking shooter. I did some online research and came across the Metal Slug series. Then, I really wanted MSX when I found out that it was available for the PS1.

I'm getting really annoyed at the fact that 99% of all video games revolve around 3D gaming. Sure, I own and enjoy plenty of modern-day titles like the Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid series, but I've always been devoted to classic 2D and arcade style gaming. Therefore, MSX was exactly what I needed. I demand non-stop action in a 2D platformer, and MSX delivers en masse. It may be short (6 stages to be exact), but it's replay value is unusually high. On top of that, there are plenty of extras for you to unlock and enjoy once you've beaten the main game.

For those of you who think that 2D gaming is dead and want to relive the days when the SNES was the pinnacle of gaming, then go and pick up MSX right now. If you are ever lucky enough to come across this awesome game in a store, buy it without hesitation. Not only is it becoming increasingly rare, but it's also the 2nd best title in the series (MS3 being the best, although it's near impossible to find on PS2). And for the gamers who have remained loyal to their classic systems, you'll be blown away by MSX. Honestly, if you're a fan of 2D action titles, your life is a complete waste unless you buy this game.

Good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

People should buy this game cuz this game is very interesting and fun specially with 2 players....

2D Gaming at it's best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first played Metal Slug 1, I was blown away. 2 player action is even better, but Metal Slug was missing something. The weapons? No, we had that; shotguns, machineguns, grenades, all is accounted for on that area. Missions? 6 was plenty, with action filled streets, underground passages, and enemy bases for you to infiltrate. But it was the lack of enemies. In Metal Slug one, you had one certain enemy, which were all sorts of army infantry. In Metal Slug X, you have Arabs with swords, mummies, explosive humanoids, and even ALIENS! Yes, MSX is quite a change from the old MS, but its a good change. New vehicles have been added... a camel, to start, is a good way to get around Arab streets. A camel, with machine guns attached on its sides, is a good way to get around Arab streets; while at the same time blasting away anything in your path. You get to fly a plane, also, which I just got addicted to. Aside of the radical vehicles and the new enemies, is your status changes. If a mummy breathes its purple fumes on you, you are instantly turned into a woddling, slow mummy. Dont expect to have the speed to run away when your a mummy, it just wont happen! Another hilarious status change that can occur to you is overeating. Yes, overeating. If you pick up too many apples, fruits, hams, etc. etc. etc. you will turn into a huge, out of shape version of your current character. In this mode, your ammunition even changes. From skinny bullets to fat bullets. From skinny bombs to fat bombs. And you guessed it, your knife is replaced with a dining fork. Make sure to lay off the extra cholesterol. Perhaps the coolest feature of MS2 is the ending, if you reach it. I will not spoil the ending, its for you to find out. But I guarantee you that if you miss it, it may change the way you think about Metal Slug forever!

A screaming game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Most of the levels of this game are cool ispecialy the last mission becouse the guy that gets eaten by a whale looks funny.
The part where it was most action is the train mission were the tank and the jet. The veicles even look funny. So I think that this game was born to be on a playstation or a playstation 2 systems.

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