games: Metal Slug 3
Today I’m checking out this blast from past, which has just popped up on Xbox Live Arcade. It’s a great high-resolution port of the Neo Geo classic and well worth a blast through. Watch the show for the action!
-Katharine
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January 11th, 2008 - 9:28pm
Yeah! I love those jump’n runs / run’n guns… my favorite of all time probably is the Turrican series, especially the Amiga version, thx to Hülsbeck’s fantastic music.
Wasn’t one of the Metal Slugs notorious for its brutality back when it was released or am I confused?
January 11th, 2008 - 11:25pm
Interesting… Very nice review. I’ve never sat through an entire Metal Slug game. This convinces me to do otherwise, at least once, ha. Well done.
January 15th, 2008 - 12:23am
very good review again i didnt get the xbox >.> i bought the ps3 psp and wii the more i hear about xbox live and the functionalty provided it is very tempting.
January 15th, 2008 - 5:25am
Cheers guys. Matches, I thought I heard something about a Turrican remake not too long ago. A little googling reveals a freeware remake from last summer called Hurrican, and that last year Factor 5 revealed they were doing concepts for a next gen version - check Gamasutra. I didn’t ever play that one, but now i have WINUAE up and running, I’ll check it out!
February 16th, 2008 - 9:42am
I’m not sure if it came out over in the UK, but here in the US we saw Metal Slug Anthology, with Metal Slug 1-6 and X on one disc, for the PSP, PS2 and Wii. Not really sure if this game by itself is a value compared to that…
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Once again another excellent review for a classic, mind you I’m really wanting to see your emulator episode (Pong & UFO Enemy Unknown for the Amiga
) Keep up the good work.
Oh and Happy New Year