Playstation 2 - Metal Slug 4/5 April 11, 2006
Metal Slug 4/5 for the Playstation 2 comes available on two disks but I am not sure why as there is very little content available. This frenetic shooter will have you running and gunning through jungles, deserts, oceans and cities. There is mind blowing firepower available providing you can stay alive long enough to use it! The graphics are circa 1995 and some of the levels are extremely weak. For instance, in one level you get attacked by zombies and when you get hit you turn into a zombie yourself…..which SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWSSSS down your character and ruins the fluidity of the game!!! There is often so much going on that you have little room to maneuver and you will often find yourself the victim of countless cheap deaths. The antidote is provided by the developers who realized it was impossible to complete this game without unlimited continues. Unlimited continues!
Programmer #1 : Hey dude, there is a lot going on in this game!
Programmer #2: Put more stuff on the screen!!!!!!!!!!!
Programmer #1: DUDE!!!!!!! This is like, WAY hard!!!!!!
Programmer #2: Put more stuff on the screen!!!!!!!!!!!
Programmer #1: DUDE!!!! I’m like….FREAKING OUT!!!!!!
<door bursts open and in comes the boss…brandishing his chewed up cigar>
Boss: Ok you losers! Remember, you can’t polish a turd so wrap it up and put in unlimited continues…and remember….even though we could squeeze these games on a 5 ¼ “ floppy disk make sure to put it on two disks!!!!! We are going to make BILLIONS!!!!!!!!
Programmers #1 and #2: YES DUDE!
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Time to complete each game using unlimited continues: 45 Minutes .…..
Boston
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