[TAS] Arcade Metal Slug 3 "2 players" by zk547 in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/3344M
TAS originally published on 2017-03-02
In this entry of the popular Metal Slug series, the evil would-be dictator General Morden launches another attempt to take over the world - or so it seems on the surface; this game proves that Morden is no Dr Wily by having the true villains turn out to be something else entirely.
Several of this game's stages branch; this run takes the shortest possible route through the game.
This run is faster than the predecessor movie (tasvideos.org/1819M) by 02:41.75 minutes. Improvements come from using new strategies, using new tricks/glitches, and optimizing everything better.

[@wyffio]

Seeing a Metal Slug gameplay without the character dying every 5 seconds is unbelievable

[@lainhikaru5657]

I can do X without dying but that's about it.

[@fruitsalad5802]

11:26 I remember thinking this boss in particular had a ludicrous amount of health and I feel super vindicated by the fact that even a perfect TAS bot controlling 2 players at once still takes like 30 solid seconds of sustained double gunfire to kill it.
I think the thing that really bugged me was that the guy with the bazooka never dies even though he's literally not protected by the helicopter AT ALL. what a chad!

[@thatrandomgamer8258]

Yeah, I’ve always found General Morden to be the most consistently annoying boss in the series to kill because he NEVER FUCKING DIES.

[@Gamesmarts194]

According to the TAS notes apparently some hits just don't do damage (even though every shot is clearly hitting him).
Although that could be on top of being stupidly spongey.

[@butteredsalmonella]

I love how the first four missions took 8 minutes then the last mission was more than double of it, taking atleast 20 minutes.

[@JT-hs6hc]

To be fair, that's def. partly because a lot of it you literally can't speed up. Eight of those minutes are pure autoscroller.

[@butteredsalmonella]

@@JT-hs6hc Yea, unlike all of the first four levels, there's like 2 to 5 paths and one of those paths are easily shortcuts, In mission 5, no shortcuts or variant paths, An extremely long path consisting of many bosses and sections.

[@MrCoconuts64_Lum69]

Still its the most well thought out final mission in the series, really just love the overall construction of it from your comrade being kidnapped and you working with your enemy once more to take down an even bigger enemy
Edit: still it would really take longer if they took the other paths

[@unltd777]

Soul calibur 2 link

[@bnshop4943]

Drocriot By Les Mabire

[@SpikeOriundo]

Metal Slug 3 is probally my favorite, 'cause they just went crazy and put a lot of monsters in the game, creating a bunch of different environments outside of just the war aspect.

[@lazyhusbando222]

I like it because it was the game that introduced me to the series.(So basically I have an unfair bias towards it)

[@MajinBacon]

GIANT ENEMY CRAB, nuff said

[@loading...7583]

i was poor thanks to this game..totally worth it.

[@tulhojunior8615]

Spik Oriundo@

[@M92FSINOX]

It's a jiburi movie in a game.

[@exe_]

Metal slug was always about the journey,more than the war aspect, from the first game you have, Aztec ruins, Europe, jungles, towns and cities; Metal slug 2 went a step further with very recognizable places like China, Arabia, travel through train, and Egyptian ruins ending with a military base and an alien invasion.
To me Metal Slug 3 was the very best because they took everything to the extreme, you have a tropical island, followed by a ridden zombie experimental facility with alien ruins, a submarine mission with a lot of branching paths ending with a factory boss, followed by an dogfight setting and after that they take the only place left to fight in, SPACE!, and you come back by falling while fighting a HUGE alien, c'mon, you just gave us the craziest journey of my life in a single trilogy, the next games were not as good or memorable, except for Metal Slug 7 (you're fighting the future itself)

[@Tropical-Aes]

My favorite part is that that insane fall from space down through orbit was without a parachute, the Peregrine Falcons are just so badass they can fall from orbit without a parachute, in a tank,and still have time to fight rootmars in midair

[@dyoromano7810]

11:26 Damn, Hi-Do was built so freaking tough!

[@wayanlengkong8544]

That framerate drop, such a memories :')

[@lazyhusbando222]

Seeing your former enemies fighting the aliens make me smile for some reason, well other than me finding it cute that they are trying to stop this powerful force.(I also get a bit sad watching someone other than me killing them)

[@JSaB_Cube]

like in metal slug X and metal slug 6

[@DarkRedPsycho92]

"You're mince... See you in Hell!" LOL! 😂

[@AndrewBlechinger]

The way that works is detailed in the notes, and is the whole reason they kept the trucks alive.

[@warfu_]

11:00

[@doubleoof7907]

23:01 did they seriously forget to grab their Smash Bros invitation?

[@Angrygreentea]

Mission comes first.

[@BugsyRanuel]

mission first, smash later

[@lesexypiglet___8599]

Smash you say?

[@Gamesmarts194]

Da fuck is a Smash?

[@CelestialReturner]

Nope. Only their music.

[@Terkzorr]

"FINAL MISSION"
2/3 of the game...

[@MichelAngel]

I remember spending nearly one hour in the last mission alone

[@SM64Omar]

And tons of credits

[@sergiogaleano4185]

Este juego es espectacular, la primera vez que llegas en hardcore hasta los ultimos levels se siente muy epico

[@warfu_]

8:10 Hella beautiful to see this pushing their hitbox to the max, missing the wolves by probably just pixels. Get r3kt!!!!

[@inujosha]

Awe man. The announcer says everything else so perfectly, except when he got to rocket launcher.

[@Juaco_AnimArts]

10:53 That Hairbuster quick kill was wicked

[@hypercell1016]

"YOU'RE MINCE--SEE YOU IN HELL"

[@kentdvaliant6926]

Is it a bug?

[@Minelandmine]

@@kentdvaliant6926 yeap but no. when the truck destroyed, whatever on the truck getting damage very hard, that can kill boss at once.

[@TheRealBDouble]

These games always had so much personality. I fed Metal Slug arcade cabinets many a quarter back in the day

[@k.o.maztertouch96]

Damn! They took full advantage of the resources in this TAS. MAGNIFICENT GAMEPLAY, THE BEST I HAVE SEEN SO FAR.

[@MechaGod]

"You're Mincemee you in hell!"

[@Builimacen]

I love this game so much! And the fact that the game is 2/3 final mission is even better! :D

[@mnemonic_design]

11:25 Awesome....

[@wrath5420]

Best Metal Slug EVER

[@kentdvaliant6926]

11:00 bug?
15:07 All bomb?
21:12 wtf Tarma?
Ahh yes.. The beauty of Tool Assisted Superplay..

[@mayborneflower]

11:00 was collision damage from O’Niel’s machine hitting the pickup truck on the way in

[@GRP65]

Metal slug truck =nuclear ☢

[@josecarlossarmientosanchez3832]

1:45
It was an amazing ending:D

[@waaaaaaah5135]

6:22 RAWKET LAWNCHAIR!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

"Hey Dad, what's a 'Rawket Lawnchair'?"
"It's a thing that happens when Japanese developers don't have enough money to pay for English voice actors"

[@jv_valentine6gx594]

I'm happy you guys are making those guys suffer good job

[@abc99589]

11:24 여자 딜링 미쳤어 탄막 제거까지 예술이다

[@jakebello7988]

This is some beautifully deadly ballet.

[@zak5575]

Me trying to protect my space ship so i wont get hit so easily in last mission
Tas: uses it as projectile to destroy asteroids and never dies after that

[@CoTeCiOtm]

I'm almost 100% sure that the sound effect used when the players throw up as zombies is the same that Zombiemen do in Doom when they see/hear you.

[@elkinnortlee3497]

CoTeCiOtm almost but not the same

[@eneh_]

I feel like I've seen a short movie.

[@EdoGiga]

Metal slug in TAS..
Wow.. it s beautiful!
11:39 Marco shoots pistol faster than AA M.G 😂

[@Gamesmarts194]

3:00 If you look closely you can swe Utan’s animation glitching out since he can’t keep up lol. Is there actually any reason to keep him around?

[@terroracle]

I didn't know there was a safe spot in the last battle

[@acardegamesneo-geo8453]

Great play

[@mathematicsbyshuja7769]

You guys are hell pro.

[@djmangaka_dark847]

Not is ''TAS + the creator.'' the hell.

[@Gamesmarts194]

At around 13:34, I noticed P1 (Tarma) had no grenades until he picked up the powerup. Unless it's a 1cc run, wouldn't it ultimately save time to death-abuse to give yourself 10 extra grenades?

[@MemoryTAS]

tasvideos enforces 1cc for arcade games since otherwise it's unlimited resources for no cost

[@AstralStriderZ]

Astro Slug's missile ammo depletes from player's grenade stock. It happens again at 16:20 when Fio is out of missiles and uses M.S.A to force-exit her Astro Slug.

[@AndrewBlechinger]

@@MemoryTAS Even if it's 1cc, you still can take 2 deaths right?

[@Gamesmarts194]

@@AstralStriderZ I'm pretty sure this is false? If it comes out their grenades then they shouldn't have any missiles going into the space section.

[@Gamesmarts194]

@@AstralStriderZI know for a fact that this isn’t true.
1. If the spaceship missiles share ammo count with your bomb stock, both players should have zero missiles going into that segment, yet clearly they still start with them.
2. Even if they don’t explicitly share ammo count and just deplete bomb stocks, no Slugs in the entire series (to my knowledge) work like that anyways. Either they have their own separate auxiliary ammo stock or the character simply just tosses their personal bombs. (Or switches between the two.) Case in point, at the beginning of Mission 5 both players get into planes and use their auxiliary weapons but still have 10 bombs when they both crash their planes.
3. If you want video evidence against your point, look up a VTuber by the name Oozora Subaru playing MS3. Everyting about her situation in this mission goes in direct contrast with what you’re claiming.

[@gishileh]

Does anyone shocked by the ending attack in 28:12?

[@quesleedanner7288]

3:25 nobody never told me the six sages from zelda would turn into aliens lol

[@edussalas1]

idgi

[@juniorbill6564]

É o meu favorito da saga com vários caminhos diferentes e marcante por ser um dos ultimos jogos feito pela snk classica antes da falência juntamente com kof 2000

[@delmarquisclark1590]

"Youre Min-See you in hell" bruh didnt even get to finish his first line bruh lol

[@omgman5745]

If metal slug characters actually acted like people who have taken on entire army's multiple times.

[@eliasmartinezmorgado]

Might anyone to do a tutorial to cross the final boss in the mission 2 in zombie mode? Thanks you! :)

[@kevinlopezobrien5366]

Rocket LA-ooncher never gets old

[@yousefslimani99]

OMG that glitch bro!! 19:49

[@HeliosExeunt]

19:48 - What.

[@MoisesRiosSanabria]

bug

[@maverickskywalker]

TAS = Cheating

[@Phanamic]

skip! map moving left right moving is units skip

[@Boss060987]

NO ES BUG YO LO EHHH HECHO!!!! REPITO NO ES BUG!!!!

[@unclenail4569]

@@maverickskywalker Harsh but true

[@JoLiKMC]

This game has the _absolute sloggiest_ final stage.
It _greatly_ pleases me to see it get utterly _trashed_ like it did.
(Even though the auto-scroll shoot-'em-up sections _still_ dragged on like nobody's business…)

[@wonderguardstalker]

Poor taste

[@Zeskofp]

what does sloggiest mean

[@warfu_]

Hell yeah it got fucking humiliated with this.

[@edussalas1]

@@Zeskofp Obsolete or slumbering

[@cristianosantana9039]

Impossível.

[@keizerpamintuan5173]

I Played Metal Slug 3 🎮

[@chinoseis19]

Marco y fio super diablo xDD

[@doranstewartstewart6521]

I love how everyone loves Fio (but remember she's my bitch) this game is truly a timeless masterpiece.

[@Razuberyl]

Fio's the best MS Waifu De Facto, but muh Beatch is Nadia... Gib some more Sadistic Red Heads!! (like Etna from Disgaea).

[@gamesmaster2373]

GOOD

[@jorgegomeztodoh1151]

10:55 😯

[@bracerkum69420]

It looks like they're having a seizure while watching this

[@fictionpurple8184]

??
10:52
15:02
19:48

[@Boss060987]

EN EL PRIMER CASO EL CARRO CASI A PUNTO DE EXPLOTAR LO DETONAL CUANDO PASA CERCA EL AVION YO LO EHH HECHO, EN EL SEGUNDO SEPA LA VRG Y EL TERCER CASO ES UN GLICH YO LO EHH HECHO TAMBIEN

[@komujimaru]

2:35 - monke kill

[@darklagoon7]

at 10:57 each H bullet scores 200pts: is it part of the glitch?

[@pan0cha]

Look at the truck, it blows right into it

[@HOYOUNGZOA]

Good

[@hichampiggy9795]

I love all metal slug series

[@m.k.a.n.w.]

12:51
It begins.

[@HeadshotguyKungLao]

A última missão é quase o jogo inteiro...

[@RADish-official]

*O K A Y*

[@GutoBeto]

7:35 NOOOOOOOOOO 😢

[@guillermobellante852]

Disculpen, alguien sabe como se llama el soundtrack del minuto 11:09?

[@arielvazquez8518]

th-cam.com/video/Az2UsZcDQR0/w-d-xo.html

[@annoyingdude7117]

Metal slug 3 Assault theme

[@CasualGamerDanny]

Lmao! The first 80% of the game is already done in 20% of the runtime (8 mins), while the last 20% of the game almost took them 80% of the runtime (20 mins). This explains how detailed and longest final mission of the MS3 is as compared to the whole series.

[@user-DaeHyeonKim]

11:26 OMG..

[@Boss060987]

PUTIZA NIVEL DIOS...

[@oppa263]

Level 8?

[@adamwebb8114]

Cyber Lip!

[@evertg2355]

Uff la misión final dura 20 minutos 😱 jugando solo como unos 40 obvio manqueando :v

[@user-ir8km1jd8n]

poor roots mars....

[@ergastolo4281]

11:26 Fucking Christ...

[@titocabaperez287]

5:29 no entiendo en esa parte, el fuego del tanque traspasa a marco y fio

[@something1889]

Son bugs del juego.

[@crimkingson6056]

There was ostrich vehicles?!?!

[@BBoyFast1000]

BEST GAME EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!

[@richardleandro4508]

2003 PlayStation 2

[@leobardogarcia5663]

Tienen inmunidad alas balas o que en el min 21 , así quién no lo pasa rapido

[@HOYOUNGZOA]

개쩐다....

[@trashpandautomatic]

21:43

[@blacK-lg3my]

Music is killing 5:00 ☠

[@elmijitrin]

how can shot in this speed with the pistol with marco in the 11:45?

[@elkinnortlee3497]

el mijin auto fire and TAS-assisted like in the title said, increase the firing speed to a new level

[@skepticbooper]

17:56
kakyoin be like:

[@wolfsatiro7641]

Don vergas ...

[@hiromichael_ctranddevgames1097]

wow!!
amazing !!

[@eliasmartinezmorgado]

What the fuck with bomba! 15:06 😤 I have not had your luck!

[@xxgoku7774]

I don't get it, how does people during the final boss just completely ignore the brain electroshock damage from the alien?

[@fruitsalad5802]

it's got kind of a wonky perspective to it, like your character can overlap with the sprite of the attack sometimes without getting actually hit by it since it's technically in the background.

[@AllenTheAnimator004]

The magic of TAS

[@lotsonumbers]

Mission One was NOT that easy to complete. I would’ve loved to have that much response during that much lag.

[@cristianosantana9039]

Level 4?

[@luanavaroncespedes5003]

Hola arminador de metal slug me gusto su juego como Hizo yo soy arminador de metal slug 3

[@bayumahendra1797]

Lots of secrets, have plenty of monster, stick to the cannon story army&alien thats why metal slug 3 is the best

[@carloparaguassu1740]

No blood?

[@Kalan.93]

@Honudes Gai lol really its just the red color ^^

[@renjigreycamacho4824]

YEYGFU

[@something1889]

Metal Slug Lore be Like:

[@helpme6380]

25:49 how is that thing flying?

[@ocelot6755]

lol it's a UFO that sucked in one of their tanks:)

[@GrimmTheEngineer]

ENEMY CHASER 🤣🤣🤣

[@oppaisenpai7830]

Any Pinoy here.! Arcade nah.! Ubusan ng Piso to matapos lng haha.! Nakakaiyak at nakakaMiss pagkabata ko dito eh.! Halos magarute ako ng Nanay ko dito.! Kupet ng 5 okie na.! Ubos agad Stage 1 pa lng.! Haha.! Miss ko to promise.!

[@neptune4200]

Sa computer mo pre or laptop download ka winkawakz na may metal slug games
Pwede mo rin ma cheat
Unlimited continues or invincible 😁

[@Boss060987]

TRUCAZO... 9:42

[@romang.l.2306]

11:30 que trucazo no??

[@Boss060987]

DERECHA E IZQUIERDA A NIVEL CHAQUETA HAHAHA

[@MoisesRiosSanabria]

No es tan dificil como parece,lo hago también para acuchillar.

[@nofrinataelClip]

Way What

[@yeahman9966]

11:00 what???

[@user-gv1de9sl3x]

駄菓子屋に置いてあったわ