Metal Slug (Neo Geo CD) James & Mike Mondays
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This week, Mike and James take a look at the first NEO-GEO CD game they've played in the "James and Mike Plays" series. This week, it is Metal Slug!
An arcade favorite for many gamers, it is a very simple concept, but simple doesn't necessarily mean boring! You take the control of Cpt. Marco Rossi and Lt. Tarma Roving of the Peregrine Falcon Strike Force. You are there to stop the infamous General Morden, who has initiated a coup d'etat taking place against all the world's governments. His most recent attack has given him access to a new, powerful all-terrain combat tank dubbed the "Metal Slug."
The game was released in 1996 and developed by Nazca Corporation, and published by SNK. The game, having been originally released on the "Neo Geo MVS arcade platform", made its home debut on the NEO-GEO, and soon after on the NEO-GEO CD.
With the use of the arcade stick on the NEO-GEO systems, it translated very well into the home video-game market. Having an authentic feeling really DOES make the game feel a lot better. In fact, it was so popular, it got ported to many different consoles, including the Sega Saturn, Playstation, and many other online services, such as the Virtual Console and Playstation Network.
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Cinemassacre the tower's name is Elizabeth Tower named after Queen Elizabeth
Did mike sing a GG Allin song? I suppose, “bite it, you scum,” maybe a common enough phrase, but it’s like his most famously known track
I wish that there should be an AVGN episode covering the entire Metal Slug Series.
Big Bens the Bell ya Bellends!😂
Ya wanna play Contra?
The Metal Slug series has one of most beautiful pixel art in history
Not only Metal Slug, everything SNK made is beautiful piece of pixel art. Last Blade, KoF, Samurai showdown. Imagine if they make RPG game
bunnyfreakz
...Samurai Spirits RPG?
It's easy to develop a beautiful pixel art when it's on a console that is literally a home arcade device.
One pixel art
Yess
Metal Slug: one of those series that doesn't get enough credit, yet has had like 8 or 9 games. I loved this series when I used to frequent arcades more often. Even got it for the PSP. A true classic.
I used to go to the arcade just for Metal Slug. It never gets old, definitely a retro masterpiece.
Metal slug will always be a master piece no matter how old it is.
I love the whole series, yet the second one is more interesting.
It's one of those magic games that will never age badly, well, only when it gets paralyzed for too much action on screen.
@@juanrodriguez9971 Well, it’s an old game. Converted into human age, it would probably be, like, 80 years old, or something; so, no wonder it can’t handle too much action. 🙃
That tapping sound is so satisfying.
Ryan N
and stops when the console fucks up...
dat arcade stick!
+Ryan N
sounds like rain hitting the roof.
i could listen to that tap tap sound for consecutive weeks without getting bored
What switch are Neo geo AES stick using? Seimitsu?
On a Neo-Geo CD console, if you press a+b+c+d+start simultaneously the system soft resets.
This reset can also occur when the plugs on the controller is worn & some of the solder joints are broken. Grounding out pin 5 or pin 6 (I don't remember exactly, I know its the one that carries the +5 volt signal) will make it reset as well. Perhaps have someone take a look at the plugs on your Neo sticks.
Or maybe if Spazz Mike stop hammering all of the buttons for like a half second. He was pounding all his buttons on the damn loading screen and soft rebooted the console.
I'm really surprised Mike hadn't ever played Metal Slug before. I was born in '95 so I missed out on being old enough for and being able to remember the best years of arcades in the 90's and even then I remember that Metal Slug cabinets were some of the most common (and best) arcade games I could find anywhere up until like 2005.
Here in Bolivia we still have arcades they are generally on the villages and poor sides of the city there is one close my house and the most popular games are metal slug, tekken tag, some kind of weird game of soccer with super powers and turtles in time, all the kids go there after school.
KeviNOlighT Jaja si, los internets siempre estan llenos de chicos jugando warcraft.
johnny montana T_T
johnny montana Treasure what you have. That arcade is stuck in time in a better era! u_u
johnny montana In Colombia, more specifically in Bogotá, exist some arcade machines on drug stores and grocery stores that have The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown or Metal Slug; and once on a while you can encounter a specialized Store that haves a variety of Arcade Machines.
johnny montana I live in the US and we still have arcades inside some shopping malls. A lot of bowling alleys have arcades in them too. I think Ive seen metal slug in a few of them recently.
Its 2016 and I thinks the graphics still look amazing.
Not really...
This is some of the gighest quality speite work in existence. Of course it looks good.
laCumbre the sequels look even better
It's 2020 and I still think it has the best pixel art for a videogame I have ever seen.
It's 2021 and I think the graphics still look amazing.
RAWKET LAWNCHAIR
lol made me giggle
LOVE THAT!!
HAVY MASHEEN GUN!
SHATGAN!
FLAN THROWAR
Mike got the code wrong and I'm utterly surprised that James 'doesn't remember the infamous code.
It was "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start" and was famous for being "the" code for pretty much all Konami games.
Actually, wasn't start not part of the actual code, and was just what started the game after the code?
I haven't played Contra in like, FOREVER. And I still know the code even to this day, I haven't used it tho, sometimes I would just welcome the challenge and go Leeroy Jenkins that shit.
Forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't there a select in there ? B A Select start
koss41 Select was for 2 player.
pressing up,up,dn,dn,left,right,left,right sets the code, pressing ANY button other than start (1p) or select (2p) at this point resets the code, you also can input the code slowly but you must press start in the main screen or else the demo will play, even if you do it slowly and the demo has begun playing just press start to go back and start the game, as long as you dont press any other button the code is kept
4 buttons on the controller and you never used the grenade o_0
If only they know about grenades..
SmoothTura You still die a shitton in that game.
They've used it, but kinda sloppilly.
And about main gun in a tank
I was waiting to see this comment before I started to vent😆
England here. I was going to mention about Big Ben being the bell and not the tower, but you guys covered it.
I'll show myself out.
Does the tower have a name?
They said so in the video
neeeeeeeeeh
The word "Cool" has been used for over a hundred years at the same consistency and has maintained its meaning.
I remember playing Metal Slug 3 with my friend way back in the day. We had to master it. It was a team effort on an epic scale, especially considering the final level was the size of the all the previous levels combined. 3 was by far the toughest one. A true test of skill.
The clock tower with Big Ben in was called "Clock Tower" but got renamed to Elizabeth Tower for the Queen's Jubilee recently
The Big Ben clock tower is just the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. Everyone just calls is Big Ben anyway. Other aspects of that level look to have some interesting London-related elements too. Like all the shops as part of the bridge. During Medieval times, London Bridge was completely covered in shops and houses, just like a normal street. So they weren't underneath it like in this game, they were on top.
Who elese Loves Metal Slug I have the Ps2 Anotholgy version Its soo Good!
I dare not count the amount of coins I "wasted" on the arcades playing this game :D
Jared Pena I wish I could find Anthology! I don't really like ordering online so I rely on finding games locally and I've never come across it
Dam i feel you bro hope u find it (:
The graphics in Metal Slug are so awesome. So much detail and so much personality.
It's charm makes me think of Borderlands actually
CarlTheBanan It reminds me of the art style in the original Dragon Ball manga. Everything has this sort of compact rounded look. Very cool but also kind of cute at the same time.
They actually used sprites for backgrounds. so thats why they can did so much details. But really i like that feeling of a game and mindless shooting :D
That joystick pad clicking sound is oddly soothing.
ASMR
got to love it when somebody's old man drops the F-bomb being a kid. always funny as a kid.
Actually it's funny that he mentions spending quarters in the arcade, I was once at a laundry mat many years ago that had the Neo Geo arcade machine, and I guess this kids mom or dad worked there because hence it being a laundry mat the kid had an endless supply of quarters to keep him entertained and trust me this game ate up quarters like pac-man eating pac-dots.
this amazing artwork with the crazy boss designs makes for impeccable presentation for a neo-geo game
Actually Mike, Big Ben is the bell inside the clock tower. From someone from London, born and raised
We robots adore you, James and Mike. However, we think that this game has a very misleading title. We were expecting a game about metallic gastropods that kill millions of French people when eaten.
I love these episodes with James and Mike! Keep these videos coming!
Nice. Metal Slug still has one of the best animated 2D graphics. Im pissed, why today developers dont take that awesome HD resolution and make a kick-ass 2D side scroller. Something like The King of Fighters XIII graphics. I mean true 2D, no stupid 3D characters in 2D scroller.
Well, Hard Corps Uprising was really good and had great graphics. I can't think of other good 2D shooters in HD, but yeah Metal Slug HD would be pretty damn awesome.
Intrusion 2.
IamCombustible
Looks pretty good! Too bad it's PC only. My PC can't run shit.
IamCombustible Yeah...Intrusion is great. I agree.
Zatracenec
Because currently, people who like 2d sidescrollers/shoot-em-up are just the minority. The only sidescroller games that I know that are recently released by a giant company are Mario and Rayman, others are indie titles.
If you played the AES (Cartridge system), the games give you 4 credits. Fun fact: The Neo CD, is notorious for slow loading times. SNK then released the CDZ, which was faster, but had a tendency to heat up quickly. All consoles required a memory card, if you wanted to save data.
...and I have a friend who owns all Neo-Geo home systems, as well as an MVS arcade system.
fun fact, fighting games are rough to play on it.. some are worse than others with the loading.... but space shooters and metal slug type games are alright since there aren't many load screens.. magician lord doesn't load almost at all except at the start for example.. but you play samurai showdown.... I think in one match you got 3 loading screens that are like 40 seconds long each. the cdz isn't much faster, it's only a bit better.. a game might be 30 seconds instead of 45 or something negligible like that. Also the neo geo cd doesn't require a memory card.. there is no slot for one at all.. the mvs and aes has that though.
MrDebauch
Shit, you're right about the memory card. Touche, my friend.
also it's worth mentioning that owning a neo geo cd is great even if you already have an aes or mvs... because there are a couple of exclusives.. and let's not mention the burning.
MrDebauch
The Arranged soundtracks are what really hooked me to the Neo-CD. The added feature of being compatible with other Neo-geo controllers was an added bonus.
In late 90's I bought a Sega Saturn just so I could buy Metal Slug and Marvel vs. Street Fighter on import. Some of the best 2 player 2D gaming ever! Love this stuff!
3:30 hearing nerds make fun of how nerds talk by other nerds is priceless.
I really wish James and Mike consider play the Metal Slug III on steam. I think the game reached it's peak at that, the gameplay is perfect.
i remember playing this at the arcade. but i got it on my wii vitual console and love it so much
Awesome video and am I the only one that loves the sound of those buttons? lol.
Nope, me too!
Cool. :D
Fantastic back then, fantastic now.
The graphics hold up absurdly well.
3:30 mark, Mike does some fudging hilarious impersonations, ahaha!!! I remember him doing that in the past, he should keep at it, more impersonations in videos!!!
It's actually an impression of Conan O'brien doing an impression of his nerdy fans. I know Mike is a fan of Conan so that's pretty cool.
videogameobsession I shall create a video where I impersonate Mike impersonating Conan impersonating his nerdy fans. I will be crowned king and ruler of cyberspace.
Hehe. Go for it man. :) but what if someone impersonates you, then what?!
Then I shall impersonate the person who impersonated him impersonating Mike impersonating Conan impersonating his fans!!
TheLeatherRebel
Hehe. Go for it man. :) but what if someone impersonates you, then what?!
I never even knew there was a Neo Geo CD. I wonder how expensive those games were.
casual
Actually the Neo Geo CD sold so incredibly poorly that the console and it's game are incredibly cheap. It's a nice alternative to collecting for the original AES, especially considering how ridiculous the prices for the games are. The unfortunate trade off is extremely long loading times
donpfeff The Retail price of the system was $250, and the CD-ROMs sold from $50 to $70.
Much cheaper than the Neo Geo carts, but a little slower and with arranged soundtracks for the games.
***** But enough for these games, you know, 100mega power+. They even decided, if neo geo cd will be cd or 1gig cartridges.
i love that button sounds
Oh man.. I've ALWAYS wanted a Neo Geo AES or the cd version since a teen..
Its funny to see how north america in general is not familiar with SNK games. Here in Brazil, SNK had their own office/localization team (just like Capcom), and we were spammed by a LOT of arcade machines featuring all King of Fighters, Metal Slugs, Art of Fighting, Double Dragon games at the same time they were released in Japan.
So, its kinda strange to see you guys comparing the game with Contra so much, since in most parts of the world (pretty much south america and asia in general), we were more exposed to SNK games than Nintendo 8bits ones.
That explains why I always seem to mostly find KoF videos of BR players.
***** I dont know how is the "scene" today. Nowadays you only see arcades on malls and on a few hidden places. Also, most people who used to play in the 90's and early '00 stopped playing on KOF 2002. Some still uses Winkawaks emulator, since it uses the GGPO netcode for multiplayer.
Its a shame that SNK became a small company today, I'd like to see a big KOF game made like SF4, but its comprehensive that this probably not gonna happen.
***** I was excited when KOF13 went to Steam. But sadly, the netcode is still bad and not a lot of people play it.
You guys sure did pwn those bad guys. Awesomely rad.
Big ben is the bell, Elizabeth Tower is the tower. Yay wiki!!! lol
And the building is called the Westminster Palace. And the tower didn't have a separate name until 2012. I had to check the wiki too because I had never heard the tower being named -- figures that it was so recent.
Do a Top 10 Most Delayed Ducking Animations in video games, or a Top 10 Worst Hit Detection in Video Games.
Or the Top 10 Pointless Videos to Waste Time On Instead of Completing the AVGN Movie
But, but... Dr. Jeckyl and Hyde wins every category!
xMartyZz exactly
Mikerulez101
Oh where is your motion picture that you're producing/directing/filming/writing/budgeting/editing and making worth while to watch? It's so easy and fast to do it why don't I see so many awesome movies on your channel?.....lol Keep covering Goo Goo Dolls and don't worry about what other people are completing.
xAngoryx No need to get Angory at me
Here in Italy Metal Slug is probably the most famous arcade, every kids back in the '90 played at least one time to one chapter of the franchise
This game is in the SNK Greatest Hits for the PS2. SNK always made some great games, but most of their games were overlooked by either a Capcom or Street Fighter game. Another great 2-op games that they (SNK) made was Ikari Warriors. That was the game to play before Contra made it into the arcades. Metal Slugs reminds me alot of Gunstar Heroes for the Sega Genesis--another underrated run -and-gun game from back-in-the-day.
the reason why a bunch of SNK games were overlooked is because SNK made consoles but they were very pricey because they were basically home arcades, and on top of the console price people had to buy the games. Nintendo, Sega, Atari were already big names so people didn't really buy NeoGeo and just bought the bigger named consoles.
Some Arcades actually had the Neo Geo Machines, that features about 10 games that were available for the console at the time. The reason why the games were so expensive are because the cartridges were basically the same components that were in the actual machine. Great Games, but yes too expensive for the average gamer to buy for their own. About 20 years after the Neo Geo, I was lucky to come across the same games for the PS2 for $10.00. LOL!!
Did you just say that Metal Slug and Ikari Warriors were overlooked? What?
Metal Slug 3 coming to Steam in February! HOLY SHIT
And then you have to wait for Metal Slug 4, 5 ,6, X, 7 and so on i guess?
metal slug anthology is the one u need
***** Let's just be glad we're getting something, yeah?
***** That's the one i got! =D
HELL YEAH! METAL SLUG! The nostalgia's coming back at me.
How did a company like SNK not dominate the home gaming market ? This game still looks amazing...I would have thought that their engineers and programmers would have taken the company to the top of the world with no competition.
The console would have probably been successful but it was extremely expensive.
The games are amazing even in today's video games, like great app games, but back then no one in the USA really knew about them, they were too retarded to even know which games were good from bad.
+Fernando Salazar Yeah you would have needed to be an expert in video games back then to know what you are paying for to fully appreciate it, console 800$, games 300$ a piece.
+trippplefive Agreed, this does look amazing, the graphics and I love the backgrounds, it looks so cool
+trippplefive Somehow they didn't do that well with american audiences, maybe it was just bad marketing strategy or that their games felt too japanese feel to westerns.
I think if they had come out in these days were the western audiences are much more open to the more japanese feel of their games the would've done a lot better. And they should've focused more on third party game development rather than only developing games for their consoles(they did, but on a much more limited basis). Also working a little more on other genres, most of their games were fighting games.
Metal slug is hands down probably one of the best games ever made that is also super underrated. I'm surprised how many people don't know about this game because the Neo Geo didn't get as much fame as Nintendo or any other stuff around at the same time. In my honest opinion, Metal Slug 1, 2, X, and 3 were probably the "good" ones. They were just started going some weird direction after the 4th one...(x is a remake of 2 by the way) I remember as a kid I would go to arcade with 2 x 100 Won(equivalent of american quarter, but each are 100) so I have 2 continue credits. I always made to the 4th level at least on Metal Slug 2. I believe it's the level where you start to get fat... oh the good ol' memory :)
O-OH! BIG!
7:20 Mike fails at the Contra code. You're no gamer.
i thought that sounded wrong....
Metal slug is a childhood memory of mine I remember playing it on the arcade at a Pizza Hut every weekend.ahhh the memories and now I have all of them on my laptop
Metal Slug X (updated version of MS2) is still one of my favorite Neo Geo games, it is awesome.
I really want to see you guys try out Contra: Hard Corps.
Back when this was new, the graphics were *insane*... but then again so was the price.
Awesome video guys. MS has epic music btw!
agreed ^_^
Being able to play Metal Slug on my Wii U via Wii Mode is the best gift Nintendo could have ever given me.
is it just me or does anybody else find the sound of the buttons so satisfying? reminds me of all the coins i spent at the arcade back in the day. 😅
wait... so you never played metal slug? I THOUGHT YOU WERE REAL GAMERS!!!
metal slug is seriuos epic shit!!!
had the opportunity to buy the metal slug collection for ps2 i found in the extra cheap section where all the games no one wants all bundled together
i wish i bought it..... unfortunately it was bnack to school sale day and had to "worry" more about school
Wow I'm impressed. Even most English people get that BigBen fact wrong, I've never known of an american getting it right. The tower was just called clock tower until 2012, now it's called Elizabeth tower after our useless dinosaur of a queen.
My favorite side scrolling shoot em up franchise, whenever I'm bored playing anything, I always go back to any metal slug games, never let me down
i love metal slug
Yeah, it's badass. I have the Metal Slug Collection on PS2, 5 or 6 classic Metal Slug games on one disc. Can probably get it cheap nowadays.
yea i remember i had all of them but i lost them and i used to spend so much money on the arcade machine
An I seriously the only one who's annoyed by the Slow- down?
I love Metal Slug!
I love how they keep on pushing the buttons for a few seconds after the screen goes black lol
It's a shame they don't seem to be too familiar with Metal Slug. Even though Contra was the first shmup game I've played along with Gradius, Metal Slug is the reason why I've become a gamer. It's the perfect blend of gameplay and fun. Cool weapons with ammo count and grenades, detailed environments and enemies, rocking music and fun boss fights (I personally think the bosses in MS are superior than Contra artistic-wise). It's THE arcade game of my childhood. I kinda hope they give it more chance.
I still play the Metal Slug collection on PS2 from time to time. I wish they also port it on PS3.
You two should have a let's play channel! That would be incredible!! :D
MIKE! WAS THAT A GG ALLIN REFERENCE!?
I used to play this shit a lot on MAME ! Great games !
i still do from time to time, never get bored of this series
I've played this game on arcades and then on PlayStation.
What this videos audio consists of: 10% game, 20% commentary, 70% KLICKLACKKLICKLACK
Wooow. I used to play this in arcade when I was a lil kid, after I stopped going there I totally forgot till now. Wow nostalgia hit me, Im gona download it and play it again!
Neo geo crashed when James stole tank, i find this suspecius, i think Mike had something with that...
"Nobody says 'pwned' anymore dude"
:(
you don't actually have unlimited continues… your credits (shown at bottom of screen) are how many continues you have left...
3:33 LOL MIke's voice is priceless
"Phat Lewtz" is a term that's still alive and well in any RPG involving a loot table. MMORPG's, Hack n' Slash, etc ..
One of the best sidescrooling shooters of all time
clack clack tap click clack tap tap tap tap click
I hate how loud neo geo controls always are, you can't play it around other people or at night.
This game was just so much more popular than contra as I grew up... and it's still one of my all time favorites, Metal Slug has so much detail, memorable characters and such cool gameplay designs, such as turning into zombies... Love it.
The tower that houses Big Ben was originally just called "The Clock Tower" in at Parliament. It was just recently renamed Elizabeth Tower in honor of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd's 60th anniversary of becoming Queen of England.
This really makes me want to buy the NEOGEO X Gold.
Any review on TH-cam will make you not want to
fang3207 SNK is actually very famous in Asia. KOF they made is my favorite fighting game.
+fang3207 if you want an obscure console I really recommend the NEC PC Engine
+fang3207 Buy a GPD console is much better.
It's the Elizabeth Tower, by the way. I am happy that you guys picked up on that though!
Thank you for making these, no longer is Monday the worst day of the week
I love me some Metal Slug!
"Bite it, You Scum!" LOL!
I'm so glad you guys played this game! When I was a kid I bought as many gaming magazines as I could and I remember being so facinated with the Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD, and Metal Slug was the main game that caught my eye. I thought it looked amazing and gave me that giddy feeling that only a child can get from seeing a game he wants to play but knows isn't likely to be able to. I remember looking in the back of one of the magazines where it showed several consoles with their prices listed next to them and the Neo Geo I think went for $700 or so.
I love these episodes guys, can't wait to see you play Contra with no code. I do believe you will succeed, though.
They didn't use a single grenade.
They used 2 for nothing. :)
at 2:24 they did
Yeahh...A must for bosses. They must of been thinking they're playing Contra the whole time. Only 2 buttons.
One of my favorite games on the Neo Geo. Last year, I ventured high in the mountains in my country, at an isolated hick dive bar, and I bought an original NEO GEO cabinet with this Metal Slug cartridge. I bought it for like 80 Dollars from a rapey eyed drunk. He was kind enough to throw in some extra joysticks and microswitches and an original Jamma standalone game that I have not tried yet :) It was a great adventure and it was worth it :)
If possible I'd like these to be somewhere between 20-30 minutes of hardly edited video.
Ya know as stale as I feel the AVGN has become I have to say that I absolutely enjoy watching James and Mike Mondays as it's fun watching them play these games and expressing what they feel about them, etc.
aww man memories. I used to love the ways the announcer says the weapons. "SHOUTGUN!" "ROWCKET LAWNCHAR!"
Can't wait for next week!!!
Awesome video this one!
The clock tower is named Elizabeth Tower.
Showing my appreciation for Neo Geo's Double Dragon. Thumb Up.
In Mexico Metal Slug was the bomb in my childhood days. Going to the little store that had that arcade. Popping all your savings inside the machine from the week and going nuts.
beat this entire game on hard with one quarter
"Something's Stay and Something's Don't" Mike 2014.
I never had a Neo Geo home console, but was always impressed with the arcade games, so when they released the anthologies on PS2, I bought them as quick as I could! Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug are my favorite series.
The sound of their buttons and arcade sticks makes me feel all warm inside...
I wish arcades were as popular now as they were back then. :[
Can't wait for next week. The Super C video was my favorite James & Mike Mondays.
I didn't realise James was friends with Michael Cera :S
***** sorry mate i dont smoke
It's Mike Matei, not Michael Cera. They don't even look alike... -____-
Reikanuchan he's probably talking about the way he speaks
He sounds kind of like micheal cera