List of Metal Slug video games

Logo of the Metal Slug series

Metal Slug is a series of run and gun video games first released on Neo-Geo arcade machines and game consoles created by SNK. It was also ported to other consoles, such as the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation, the Neo-Geo Pocket Color and more recently, the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, iPhone, iPod Touch, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. There is also an anthology of the first 7 games in the main series (including Metal Slug X) available for the Wii, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2. In 2009, the three first games were officially ported by Games Load to Windows.

Games

Main series

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • NA April 18, 1996
  • JP April 19, 1996
Release years by system:
1996 – Neo Geo
1996 – Neo Geo CD
1997 – Sega Saturn
1997 – PlayStation
2008 – Virtual Console
2010 – PlayStation Network
2012 – iOS/Android

Original release date(s):
  • JP February 23, 1998
  • NA April 2, 1998
  • EU November 28, 2008
Release years by system:
1998 – Neo Geo
1998 – Neo Geo CD
2008 – Virtual Console
2011 – PlayStation Network
2013 – iOS/Android

Original release date(s):
  • JP March 23, 2000
  • NA September 17, 2001
  • EU November 12, 2004
Release years by system:
2000 – Neo Geo
2003 – PlayStation 2
2004 – Xbox
2008 – Xbox Live Arcade
2012 – Virtual Console
2012 – iOS/Android
2014 – Microsoft Windows (Steam)

Original release date(s):
  • JP March 27, 2002
Release years by system:
2002 – Neo Geo
2004 – PlayStation 2
2005 – Xbox
2012 – Virtual Console

Original release date(s):
  • JP November 14, 2003
Release years by system:
2003 – Neo Geo
2005 – PlayStation 2
2005 – Xbox

Original release date(s):
  • JP February 22, 2006
Release years by system:
2006 – Atomiswave
2006 – PlayStation 2

Original release date(s):
  • JP July 17, 2008
  • NA November 28, 2008
  • EU February 27, 2009
  • AUS October 29, 2009
Release years by system:
2008 – Nintendo DS


Remakes

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • NA March 18, 1999
  • JP March 19, 1999
  • EU August 1, 2003
Release years by system:
1999 – Neo Geo
2001 – PlayStation
2012 – Virtual Console
2013 – iOS/Android
2014 – Microsoft Windows (Steam)
Notes:
  • A revised version of Metal Slug 2

Original release date(s):
  • JP December 23, 2009
  • NA February 23, 2010
  • EU June 25, 2010
Release years by system:
2009 – PlayStation Portable
2010 – Xbox Live Arcade
Notes:
  • A revised version of Metal Slug 7


Spin-offs

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • JP May 27, 1999
Release years by system:
1999 – Neo Geo Pocket Color

Original release date(s):
  • JP March 9, 2000
  • NA May 22, 2000
Release years by system:
2000 – Neo Geo Pocket Color

Original release date(s):
  • EU November 12, 2004
  • JP November 18, 2004
  • NA December 2, 2004
Release years by system:
2004 – Game Boy Advance

Original release date(s):
  • JP June 29, 2006
Release years by system:
2006 – PlayStation 2
Notes:
Metal Slug Touch

Original release date(s):
  • JP December 16, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 – iOS
Notes:
  • Removed from the App Store on May 31, 2012
Metal Slug Defense

Original release date(s):
  • JP May 1, 2014
Release years by system:
2014 – iOS/Android
2015 – Microsoft Windows (Steam)
Notes:


Compilations

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • NA December 14, 2006
  • EU February 9, 2007
  • JP February 22, 2007
Release years by system:
2007 – PlayStation Portable
2007 – PlayStation 2
2007 – Wii
Notes:
  • Includes Metal Slug, 2, X, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Metal Slug Collection PC

Original release date(s):
  • EU November 27, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 – Microsoft Windows
Notes:
  • Includes Metal Slug, 2, X, 3, 4, 5 and 6