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Demanding, Contra-Esque, but it keeps the flavor

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Alright, first thing's first. This is not quite the same game you get in the Arcade.

Yes, it feels kind of like a Contra dressed in a cartoon. But there are subtle tweaks. You don't keep your vehicles, nor can you exit them at will. You have 1; count 'em, 1 life. You can have a whole mess of continues, but those start you at the begining, and like we all know, that's the hard part. You can backtrack. There's almost something of a story. You have a life bar.

So, what's the same? Well... it still feels like Contra. You're a disposable hero sent against the numerous hordes of the enemy, armed only with your knife, pistol of unlimited ammo, and your grenades (which you have to tap option to use). Free hostages and POWs for power ups, shoot the enemy soldiers, tanks and whatever the *bleep* that thing is for more power ups, and work your way through a surprising amount of stages to take down the evil Final Boss.

Now, this one improves on Metal Slug in a few ways. Lets say you run out of life via bullet wounds. You wake up in a POW camp and have to fight your way out. Tough, but do-able. Or you're flying along and your plane gets shot down. Get ready to free-fall and parachute while dodging enemy missles. Neat little touches like these make a lot of difference in the game. They also make it a LOT harder.

This one falls short on Metal Slug in a few ways too. While the graphics are nice, it is a hand held system, and we're going from Neo Geo's famous work to... well, pinched cartoon characters. There's little blood, and the massive, monsterous bosses from the earlier games are just kinda... normal looking.

If you can look past the graphics, this is a powerful little game. If knowing what is (via X-box, PS etc) has corrupted your sight... well, this one probably won't be for you. Find some Screen Shots and decide for yourself.

an arcade classic in the palm of your hands

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Just like its older brother, action games on the NeoGeo Pocket are few and far between. Metal Slug seems to fill the void nicely. The graphics are nice and the music is translated flawlessly from the arcade counter-part. This version also sports a ton of new levels and gameplay challenging enough to keep the most rabid of fans on their toes. However, the game is not perfect. Some parts of the game are so difficult to complete that I found myself pulling my hair in utter frustration. Metal Slug can also become a bit repetitive as the game progresses, with the same shoot, jump, shoot, duck tactics played throughout the game. Though hardly perfect, Metal Slug on the Neo Geo Pocket is an excellent diversion from all the fighting games and fans especially will appreciate this portable title.

Action Packed Freaky Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing! To start, Metal Slug is a great game. I wouldn't have thought that if it went to handheld system that it would have been good. But it is! Its GREAT!

You'r a lone soldier that fights through masses of enemies, sometimes acompanied by Metal Slug (a tank that the game is named after), a jet, and some other vehicles. The control is very responsive due to the great Neogeo Pocket Color's joy-stick. The graphics are amazing and really DO push the limits of the NGPC (just like any other SNK produced game).

Looking for a fun game? Look no further. This game holds true to its arcade roots. You do experience some slow down at times, but its understandable when alot of stuff is blowing up. This game is a MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO OWNS A NEOGEO POCKET COLOR.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

With most of the Neo Geo Pocket Color's lineup firmly routed in the fighting, sports or puzzle genres, SNK's Metal Slug 1st Mission stands out as the system's first true shooting game. Luckily, being first isn't Metal Slug's only claim to fame -- the Contra-style sidescroller is so well put together that it easily beats out the greater part of the Game Boy Color's action library SNK's portable version of the popular arcade (and later Sega Saturn) hit casts players in the role of a Rambo-esque member of the Elite Special Forces Squad, the Pregrine Falcons. As the young recruit, you have to fight yourself through more than 16 combat missions, infiltrate a hostile materials storage facility, destroy it and capture guerilla leader Colonel Bildegaarn. Gameplay is very similar to Konami's Contra series. During most of the missions, players run their armed soldier from the left to the right, shooting both human and mechanical enemies, dodge bullets and jump over obstacles. At key moments, you will also be able to hop into the "Metal Slug", a multi-function tank with a machine gun and missile launcher and even the ability to jump and crouch. A VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) called the "Slug Flyer" is the transport of choice for the game's occiasional air battles, during which gameplay switches to Scramble-style shooting and bombing runs. Don't let the title fool you -- Metal Slug is everything but sluggish. The game moves along at a brisk pace and players are firing their weapons almost non-stop, even while jumping platforms or hitching a ride on ropeways. The competition consists of tanks, flak cannons and numerous well-animated soldiers who try to take you out with guns or even jump at you with knives or machetes. Taking out a target will often yield a power-up, such as energy items, score items, ammo, invincibility, 1-ups, rank medals or new weapons. Unlike in similar action outings, like Turok 2 on Game Boy Color, Metal Slug's arsenal delivers a satisfying punch. The machine gun sprinkles the screen with dozens of spinning bullets, rockets home in on their targets and grenades are indispensable for taking out larger targets, such as the game's occasional mechanical bosses. There are eight different weapons all in all (not including the standard issue knife), seven of which can be picked up from eliminated enemies throughout the game:Pistol (unlimited ammo) Machine Gun, Shot Gun,Rocket Launcher, Grenade, Special Shot Cannon (for Metal Slug)Missile (for Slug Flyer). Control is responsive and the game moves along at a fast pace, but most importantly, Metal Slug is a lot of fun to play. The missions are varied enough to keep the game interesting throughout all the levels. For example, just when you're about to get sick of looking at a military base, your hero jumps into his jet and takes to the air. Depending on how good you are at evading missiles and enemy planes, you will either get to the end of the stage, or your soldier will have to cut out early and use his parachute to safely get to the ground. If he makes it down in one piece, he will have to finish the level on foot. There are lots of different environments, ranging from jungles to underground sewers and city scapes. Graphically, Metal Slug pleases with varied and well-drawn backgrounds and plenty of moving objects on screen. But it looks like most of the storage space on this 16-megabit cart was used to accommodate the many detailed animations of the enemy soldiers. Some soldiers walk around on guard towers and point at you when they see it, others sit around reading newspapers or sneak around camouflaged as bushes. Monty Python, anyone... On the downside, Metal Slug suffers from slowdown when there's lots going on (just like its arcade predecessor) and most of the sprites are dual color only. The latter is a typical symptom of handheld games that were designed with both the color and monochrome units in mid. It's time SNK realized that not supporting the old NeoGeo Pocket is a small prize to pay when its programmers could create even more stunning color-only titles.
The game's audio includes lots of simple gun shot and missile sounds as well as plenty of militaristic sounding music tracks. It would have been nice if SNK could have squeezed in a few screams or voice samples to let players know when they hit a target. Although most of the music pieces are pretty forgettable, some seem to be inspired by action movies like Mission: Impossible and fit the action well. Metal Slug is well-designed action shooter that impresses on nearly every level. The action is fast and varied, the control is dead-on and there are enough levels to keep even veteran gamers busy for a long time. As far as handheld action titles go, Metal Slug is definitely at the top of my list. How about a two-player mode for the sequel, SNK?

metal slug

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

metal slug is a real classic and is looking very good on the neo geo pocket. The graphics are nice and so is the gameplay. The replay value can use improvement by making the story more in depth. You do get to choose new characters depending on how you pass it. The game is also a little short as you can pass it in one sitting. But it is enjoyable for the time you are playing it but after you unlock the new characters there's not much left to this game. This game would also benefit from link cable compatiblity as most metal slug games are two player games. The animations and different varieties of guns and vechiles are fun but I recomend to try before you buy.

Metal Slug 1

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I loved Metal Slug. It was highly addictive but did not capture the feel of Metal Slug in the Arcades. It was still fun though.

Great Arcade Classic On The Neo Geo Pocket

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Often when an arcade game is put onto another system the results aren't pleasing, but in this case Metal Slug has been adapted perfectly for the Neo Geo Pocket. If you like the arcade version, the Neo Geo Pocket version is for you. The graphics are spectacular, especially for a portable system, and the gameplay is excellant, with few, if any, flaws. THe only flaw in this game is that it is too short, and that I beat it in about 3 days. Even with that flaw, you can change the difficulty level and try to beat it all over again. This game is one of the best for the Neo Geo Pocket.

A Good Hard Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I really like the arcade Game Metal Slug (1-2). But this is a little bit harder. Which is what makes a great game great. If you like war games you'll really like this one.

Jump! Fire! Evade! The Only Choice in Real Game Action Is Here!

Metal Slug: better than ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: February 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Metal SLug is a great game with action, thrill, and thinking. i thought it was so good, i gave it five stars. I would recomend it for anyone over six years old.

Superb pocket version of an amazing game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: January 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was unsure about this title being put onto a handheld because of the crazy amount of action that goes on in the arcade versions. I was more than pleased when I started playing though as I found although it hasn't got the amazing visuals of the arcades you can bet all the fun is there. It won't take long for the above average gamer to complete this game but if ur a fan u can bet it will have you hooked trying to achieve the highest rank. If you ever loved a shoot 'em up, u'll love this.

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