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Metal Slug

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Metal Slug
Metal Slug cover
Developers
Nazca Corporation
Windows DotEmu
macOS (OS X) DotEmu
Linux DotEmu
Publishers
SNK Corporation
Engines
Wrapper Cocos2d
Release dates
Windows June 25, 2015
macOS (OS X) (emulator) December 8, 2015
Linux (emulator) December 8, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles Tank
Art styles Cartoon, Pixel art
Series Metal Slug
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Metal Slug Tactics TBA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for all SNK games
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
macOS and Linux versions are provided as unsupported bonus content.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
NeoGeo Classics Pack 1, 6 game bundle.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
NeoGeo Classics Collection, 23 game bundle.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\mslug1\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/366250/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\mslug1\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/366250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Selecting an aspect ratio of 16:9 under "Video options" will stretch the image from 4:3 to 16:9. Selecting 4:3 will pillarbox the game.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use Borderless Gaming; framerate will be greatly reduced.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Although 60 frames are rendered per second, the game only updates 30 of them.[1][2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Only Master volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
True in fullscreen mode, but false when the game is windowed.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input SDL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Controller is recommended.
The game doesn't support Windows XP, according to store page.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/366250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (366250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police, Post #522 - last accessed on January 2, 2016
  2. Metal Slug games run at ~30fps - last accessed on January 2, 2016