- Price$2.99
- CategoryGames
- SubgenreArcade
- First releasedDecember 13, 2012
- Versions3 archived
- Installable3 of 3
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerSNK PLAYMORE
- Bundle IDcom.snkplaymore.MS1
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueMake your way through multiple battelfields and put an end to the Rebel Army Leader General Morden's evil plans!!
Features list: ■Not only a perfect port of the original NEOGEO game! In addition to its classic “ARCADE MODE”, this perfect conversion of “METAL SLUG” includes a “MISSION MODE”, allowing you to select in which stage you want to play! You can now train yourself in your favorite stages or those which give you a hard time!
■ Receive items from rescued POWs! You can received several items by rescuing fellow POWs during missions! These items provide upgrades for your powerful weapons! POWs can also be found in secret places....
■ Make good use of the multipurpose tank: the METAL SLUG! Aside from the Vulcan and Cannon attacks,you can also evade enemies' attacks by squatting and even jumping! As a last resort you can ram your slug into the enemy troops! Create a huge explosion by self-desctructing your slug using the "METAL SLUG ATTACK" unleashing extreme damage to your enemies.
■ A control scheme allowing for precise controls! The "Autofire" feature allows you to fire your weapons continuously by holding down the button, you can reposition the buttons outside of the game screen area in "Window mode". Enjoy every corner of METAL SLUG using your own custom controls!
■Intense cooperative gameplay via the Wi-Fi function! "METAL SLUG” can be doubly enjoyed by playing with another brother-in-arms simultaneously via the Wi-Fi function! Will you be able to clear the hardest stages with your friends?
■Compatible with “GAME CENTER”! Complete the maximum number of “ACHIEVEMENTS” in order to increase your "METAL SLUG" Player Rank! Beat the best scores and become World’s Number 1!!
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Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 11 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2013 | — | — | 199 | $3.99 |
| November 7, 2015 | 1.1.1 | ★ 4.0 | 426 | $2.99 |
| July 26, 2018 | 1.3 | ★ 4.0 | 702 | $2.99 |
| October 30, 2018 | 1.3 | ★ 4.0 | 708 | $2.99 |
| July 27, 2019 | 1.3 | ★ 4.0 | 721 | $2.99 |
| December 2, 2021 | 1.3 | ★ 3.2 | 535 | $2.99 |
| December 13, 2024 | 1.4.1 | ★ 3.2 | 569 | $2.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15Joystick toggles on/off, Gets stuck, and is unresponsive at times. Not worth the money. Wouldn’t even be worth playing if it was free.
Bought metal slug one and love it !This is the best game that I’ve paid for the game doesn’t lag on the iPod touch 7th and the iPad ! Love it and can’t wait to purchase the rest! I will say that the game play is the same as I remembered playing it at the laundromat in Pomona when I was 6 ! This game is really great I highly recommend it but there are a few things I would like to suggest which are that the controls could be improved by allowing the player to change the size of each control individually because for some people like me I like to have a big joystick and small buttons but unfortunately not able to do that. The joystick should also be bigger (and would like it to also look like a classic joystick 🕹️ 🙏)because if you play this game for a couple of hours your fingers will get sweaty and can interfere with the gameplay. Other than that this game is really good hope you enjoy the game!😁👍 Also to the creator: I’m waiting for metal slug 6 and metal slug 7 please make these games available for our mobile devices and for the iPod touch 7 gen
I’ve been running into a problem when I reset the virtual joysticks. I clicked reset and now the joysticks are way smaller than before and they’re stuck like that. This is the worsts glitch ever, click reset and now you can’t play because the size of the joystick won’t go back to normal.
xbox controller is not compadible propally. please i hope this could be fix.
Wth is the issue?! 4 years ago game was ok but one day whoever is in charge of the iOS port decides to mess up controls change the audio and give all of a couple hundred thousand folks who spent a whole $6+ on this steaming pile of nonsense, a big f to us. Before running off a quick buck. I hate iOS with a passion for charging for most apps, requiring a password for every little thing, and overall being a buggy mess but f this is unacceptable.
Garbage port of a great game controls make it unplayable i want my money back👎🏼
The controls ruin the gaming experience
Great game, loved it a year ago when the controls weren’t destroyed by the new software update. Perhaps it could use a resize?
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.
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