''Metal Slug'' is a series of run and gun

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s first released on Neo-Geo arcade machines and game consoles created by

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. It was also

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to other consoles, such as the

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, the

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, the Neo-Geo Pocket Color and more recently, the

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and

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. There is also an anthology of the first 7 games in the main series (including ''Metal Slug X'') available for the

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and Windows. In 2009, the first three games were officially ported by Games Load to Windows.

Games

Main series

Remakes

Spin-offs

Compilations

''Metal Slug Zero Online''

''Metal Slug Zero Online'' is an unreleased

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, part of the ''Metal Slug'' series. It was being developed by

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and WizHands for

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and was intended for the South Korean market. There was no word on a Japanese or North American release. The game was on course for a 2009 release, but in the summer of that year, developer Dragonfly suspended development of the game due to their belief that the game could not conform to the trend of current gaming industry.

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