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==Availability==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 9 April 2024

Metal Slug X
Metal Slug X cover
Developers
SNK Corporation
Windows DotEmu
Publishers
SNK Corporation
Engines
Wrapper Cocos2d
Release dates
Windows October 2, 2014
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 Flight, Robot, Tank
Art styles Cartoon, Pixel art
Themes Sci-fi, Supernatural
Series Metal Slug
Metal Slug X on HowLongToBeat
Metal Slug X on IGDB
Metal Slug X guide on StrategyWiki
Metal Slug X on MobyGames
Metal Slug X on Wikipedia
Metal Slug 5 2004
Metal Slug Collection PC 2009
Metal Slug 3 2014
Metal Slug X 2014
Metal Slug Defense 2015
Metal Slug 2015
Metal Slug 2 2016
Metal Slug XX 2019
Metal Slug 4 2019
Metal Slug 5 (2019) 2019
Metal Slug Tactics TBA

Metal Slug X is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view and scrolling arcade and shooter game in the Metal Slug series.

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 4, 5 games bundle.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
NeoGeo Classic Complete Collection, 23 games bundle.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\mslugx\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SNK/mslugx/OPTIONS
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312610/pfx/[Note 1]
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\mslugx\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SNK/mslugx/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312610/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
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
A scaling filter can be enabled to reduce jaggedness.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. Gameplay is capped at 30 FPS.[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
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

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


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

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 - YouTube - last accessed on January 2, 2016