METAL SLUG - No Death Clear

Metal Slug! Everyone knows SNK's legendary arcade action-platform franchise, right? Well, I've got no death clears of Metal Slug X, 3, 4, and 5 on my channel. I'm in the mood to play these again, so I figured I'd start filling in the gaps. There's still plenty to do, so what better place to start than at the beginning?
The original Metal Slug is pretty easy by arcade standards. Of course, there are a few dangerous spots that you'll need to practice a bit, but otherwise most people won't need to spend too much time learning to clear this one. It's short, fun, and still looks incredible, so it's a great game to revisit every now and then.
Metal Slug has been ported to countless platforms and included in a bunch of collections of the last couple decades. It can be tricky figuring out which version is best. From what I can tell, the Arcade Archives version of each game is your best bet. I heard that the only issue with them is that the built-in autofire rate is too slow, but after trying it in this game (and setting it to 'fastest'), it seems fine? I'll see how it holds up in the later Slugs, but for now I can't complain about it. The only issue to me is the same thing that applies to almost every single Arcade Archives release - poor practice options (Gradius III being one exception).
PS. I'm playing the PC version of the Arcade Archives release, by the way. I feel like most people won't even know these exist, since they're only available on the Xbox/Microsoft store and everyone will just look at what's on Steam. This also has an extra feature in the options menu to "display visuals near the edge of the screen that were cut from the original version." Enabling this widens the image on each side by a little bit. I have that turned on too. Why not?
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Mission 1
2:20 Mission 2
6:07 Mission 3
10:10 Mission 4
13:38 Mission 5
17:22 Final Mission
25:05 Ending & Credits
Metal Slug series playlist: • METAL SLUG
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Beat 'em Ups (e.g. Final Fight): • Beat 'em Ups
2D Action (e.g. Metal Slug): • 2D Action
STG/Shmups (e.g. Dodonpachi): • STG Replays

[@lancecurry7538]

The beginning of an iconic franchise... and a little bit before the much more fantastical elements of this franchise came in, it seems.
Even to this day, Metal Slug is timeless.

[@cococabana3970]

Metal Slug 💪🏻

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

HEAVY MACHINE GUN!!!
FLAME SHOT!!!
ROCKET LAUNCHER!!!
SHOTGUN!!!!!
RELOAD!!!!!!!

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

27:30
- Next Time -
Metal Slug 2/X: Invaders From Outer Space

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

You're great!!!!! 😁👍

[@Nero-ii5oe]

Welcome back 😎👍❤❤

[@wizzy_tekken]

SNK FEVER!!!! SNK PLAY MORE!!!!💯💙💯🔥

[@michaelcrandle1068]

Great 😃 👍🏽 clearing on Metal Slug 🎮😎.

[@ship05u]

Very nice No Death run there icono

[@kbxthegamemaster06]

uH aCtUaLLy the extra visuals at the edge is something you're not supposed to see because it would be covered by the sides of a crt monitor. an example is in blazing star where on the left side you can see the clouds disappearing piece by piece.

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

6:44 Dancing. 😂

[@MAYOFORCE]

I like this one a lot because of it's more grounded tone compared to it's sequels. 2 and 3 have it's moments but they don't quite feel like 1. My PB in this is like around 10 credits, nice work.

[@aizatyusof9748]

For me, X(the reworked 2) is the best compared to all the series .

[@baf__]

cool route for the final boss

[@hairyballs089]

Wow! I can't even get close to a 1 credit clear!

[@bertojr8987]

Where do I get that Arcade Arquives? GOG?

[@iconoclast575]

It's on the Windows store. www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/aca-neogeo-metal-slug-for-windows/9pm9gc921bjm

[@makarsk]

Mame

[@muhammadghalib2814]

Please all metal slug play no death @iconoClast👍💯