TGS 2006: Metal Slug Anthology Preview

September 24th, 2006, 12:33 Posted By: wraggster

Heres an excerpt:

Just prior to TGS, SNK announced that it was modifying the upcoming compilation of its great 2D shooter series Metal Slug to include Metal Slug 6, thus making this a complete compilation of every arcade entry in the shooter series. The company displayed a demo of Metal Slug Anthology with this new game (actually the seventh in the series, with Metal Slug X in the middle) in a very early version that will be cleaned up before the release in November for North America and Europe (with Japan getting the game later in December.)

The demo shown of Metal Slug 6 was really just to show it being done, as the demo version was extremely early in this specific entry -- the other games represented ran nicely, so it should be just a matter of polishing on the engine. The demo version had some bouts of slowdown, which we're hoping will be ironed out in the final (the sampler also had big problem with background synching in the demo code, so when half of the screen is black instead of gorgeous parallax Metal Slug BG, you know a game is super-early.) All versions of the game will have the viewing option to see the game in arcade-accurate resolution, a slightly expanded 4:3 resolution to match the PSP's taller screen, and a stretched 480x272 resolution for the full screen's use. Loadtimes in the version here were about 10-15 seconds for each main game load, with a short 2-3 seconds of black between each stage. Wireless multiplayer will naturally be a part of the game in a standard ad-hoc connection.

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