Play Metal Slug X online

On UsuArcade, Metal Slug X plays as online two-player co-op: you on your phone or PC, your friend on theirs, in the same game and in real time. Anyone who played Metal Slug 2 at the arcade remembers two things: how gorgeous it looked and how badly it chugged when the screen filled up. Metal Slug X showed up a year later to fix that and shake up almost everything else along the way. For a lot of fans, it's the definitive way to play that adventure.

See for yourself on UsuArcade. Open the arcade in your browser, sit down at the Metal Slug X machine, grab a buddy and hit INSERT COIN. Free, nothing to install.

History

SNK released Metal Slug X in 1999 for the Neo Geo as a reworked version of Metal Slug 2. It's no simple patch: enemies are rearranged, bosses swapped, items moved around and new weapons added. The missions are the same at heart, but the run feels fresh.

The most celebrated upgrade was smoothness. The slowdown that dragged Metal Slug 2 down was cut way back, so the most chaotic moments, with explosions and dozens of soldiers on screen, finally played the way they should.

How to play

Pick Marco, Tarma, Eri or Fio and blast your way to the right. One button shoots, one jumps and one throws grenades. Freeing the bearded POWs gets you weapons and bonuses, and Metal Slug X shuffles the arsenal: there are new guns like the Iron Lizard, which fires charges that skitter along the ground, and the Drop Shot, with bouncing shots.

Vehicles are still the heart of the series: tanks, cannon-toting camels and planes you can ride until they've taken too much damage. Watch out for the desert mummies, which can turn you into one, and go easy on the food, because too much leaves you fat and slow.

Fun facts

• It's a remix of Metal Slug 2 with enemies, bosses and weapons reshuffled.
• The slowdown from Metal Slug 2 was dramatically reduced.
• Like Metal Slug 2, you can get turned into a mummy or pig out until you're fat.

In the arcade

Just like the arcade, only from your own couch: sit down at the Metal Slug X cabinet, invite your friend once they're in the lobby and push forward together and split the firepower. Nothing to install: it runs in your browser on phone or PC, gamepad supported, and every game starts with INSERT COIN, free.

Anyone else in the lobby can drop in as a spectator and watch live while chatting, and your scores go up on the arcade's high score board.

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