All six principal Neo Geo video games within the Metallic Slug collection are presently half worth, to mark the collection’ thirtieth anniversary.
The unique Metallic Slug was launched in Japanese arcades on April 19, 1996, and got here to the Neo Geo AES console the next month.
It was adopted by 4 sequels, in addition to Metallic Slug X, which was an upgraded model of Metallic Slug 2 with quite a few modifications and enhancements made.
To have fun the collection turning 30 years outdated, retro specialist Hamster Company is promoting its digital re-releases of all six video games at half worth for the subsequent two weeks.
Hamster is greatest identified for its long-running Arcade Archives collection, but it surely additionally has a spin-off collection referred to as ACA Neo Geo which specialises in video games launched on the Neo Geo AES console and MVS arcade board.
From now till Might 6, all six Metallic Slug video games within the ACA Neo Geo collection are available for purchase for 50% off on the Nintendo Swap, PS4 and Xbox One. All video games are in fact playable on Swap 2, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S too.
This implies the next video games presently value $3.99 every as an alternative of their regular worth of $7.99 every:
- ACA Neo Geo – Metallic Slug
- ACA Neo Geo – Metallic Slug 2
- ACA Neo Geo – Metallic Slug 3
- ACA Neo Geo – Metallic Slug 4
- ACA Neo Geo – Metallic Slug 5
- ACA Neo Geo – Metallic Slug X
Every ACA Neo Geo sport options Authentic Mode, Excessive Rating Mode (the place you retain enjoying till you die) and Caravan Mode (the place you must get the best rating inside a sure time), in addition to on-line leaderboards.
A complete of 110 video games have been launched within the ACA Neo Geo collection, alongside 406 video games within the Arcade Archives collection, 35 within the enhanced Arcade Archives 2 collection, and 11 video games within the newly launched Console Archives collection.
The unique Metallic Slug can be one of many first 10 video games set to be launched for the re-released Neo Geo AES console, which is coming in November and consists of quite a few new options reminiscent of HDMI output.
Every cartridge sport for the brand new Neo Geo will value $69.99, that means those that merely want to play the video games quite than proudly owning bodily copies could want to purchase the ACA Neo Geo variations as an alternative, particularly provided that the sale now means all six Metallic Slug video games may be bought for a complete of $23.94.
