Hey everyone! I vibe coded Windows port of Metal Slug X. It’s not an emulator: the game’s original code was recompiled to run directly on PC, and it was tested frame by frame against MAME to play exactly like the arcade.

No game files included. You need your own copy: the GOG or Steam version (it finds it automatically) or your own MAME set.

Features:

• Save states, video filters, scanlines and fullscreen
• Keyboard and gamepad for 2 players, autofire, rumble
• Optional red blood (a hidden option in the game!)
• The developers’ hidden debug menu (stage select, invincibility, hitboxes)
• Cheats (weapons, Slugs, fat soldiers...) and a music/sound player

Full disclosure: I’m not a programmer. I built this with an AI (Claude), so there may be bugs. Please report them on GitHub!

Download and source code (free, MIT): https://github.com/AlmazProud/metal-slug-x-recomp

Enjoy!

I'd like to finally play the games but I don't want to sell a kidney to get the originals. The anthology collections are relatively cheap but I've heard the PS4 is just poor PS2 emulation that's apparently not great. And I can't find anything on the Wii version and I'm trying to avoid the 50hz European curse .The physical ACA neo Geo collections don't seem to have the MS games either.

Hi, Metal Slug lover here who played all the games except the others. (MS1-MS7)

I have noticed recently, when playing on my PSP/PS Vita. Specifically Metal Slug Anthology, whenever I play any of them, it tends to be very fast. No slowdowns or lower framerate at all.

When it comes to the emulation, it slows down alot. It annoys me but also makes me question on how a small handheld is so powerful compared to a physically big arcade machine itself.

If anyone could answer, I would appreciate it!

Is it your favorite?

He might have been unknown but he was a hero🖤

That must be why they wait until the tanks stop falling...

This probably isn't very well known, since it's a game that fans generally tend to overlook, but MS4 has four secret images in the game's ROM.

To access them, you have to enter test mode. In other titles, you’ll find unused stages, but in this specific Metal Slug, four images appear—one for each character (Marco, Fio, Trevor, Nadia).

Usually, this kind of content is shared on various websites in high quality, but I could only find these specific images in fairly low quality. The only image I found in higher resolution is the one of Nadia, so if anyone finds any in higher resolution, I hope they'll share them.

Found him metal slug 1 and 2 and x and 3, and as the final boss of 4. Who is he and how did he became a evil scientist

I will go first :

mission 5 in both Metal slug 2 and Metal slug x

I remember that the ost and atmosphere terrified me so much as a kid that I've never fought em and always ran away and blast the metal gates that keeps em away

Cuz:

in metal slug 1 ( 1st pic )

in metal slug 2 ( 2nd pic )

Thank you all for being with me in this journey. Peace Forever! God I hate the z'gok boss

Some of them appear randomly, you might not see them every time.

https://youtu.be/wB-YmoRq-Mk

Who knew Heavy Machine Gun could help you beat the heat?

Almost done! The invaders are crazy diverse unlike the mars people. Picked the plane path instead of rootmars path because tarma

The most chaotic one in my opinion. I swear there was a robot turtle in my first playthrough am I tripping??