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#1
What a dumb situation 
#2
I saw someone beat my Metal Slug score in the Xbox online rankings by a few thousand points, so I thought it would be a fun challenge to try and get over 2.5mil, which I did today:
2,536,610 - ALL - 77 prisoners - USA Ver
This was a pretty good run except I didn't get either of the RNG 50k bonuses at the start of ST2. I usually only get one, so that hurt my score by 45k (since I got the 5k bonus instead).
2,536,610 - ALL - 77 prisoners - USA Ver
This was a pretty good run except I didn't get either of the RNG 50k bonuses at the start of ST2. I usually only get one, so that hurt my score by 45k (since I got the 5k bonus instead).
#3
A few hours practicing Stage 6 helped me get the 1CC in Metal Slug 4.
4,428,710 - ALL - 60 Prisoners - JP Ver.
One death in the first part of Stage 6, then one death in the second phase of the last boss. I held on during the last phase with just my pea shooter and a few bombs until I got lucky with a Laser drop, which helped me pull out the clear. Quite a bummer that I died there as I would have gotten the 500k Metalish bonus (+ prisoner & Great! bonuses), and that would have put me over 5mil. Maybe next time!
4,428,710 - ALL - 60 Prisoners - JP Ver.
One death in the first part of Stage 6, then one death in the second phase of the last boss. I held on during the last phase with just my pea shooter and a few bombs until I got lucky with a Laser drop, which helped me pull out the clear. Quite a bummer that I died there as I would have gotten the 500k Metalish bonus (+ prisoner & Great! bonuses), and that would have put me over 5mil. Maybe next time!
#4
First Metal Slug 4 (ACA NEOGEO - Xbox Series X) score. Good enough for #4 on the online rankings:
4,111,630 - Stage 6 - USA Ver.
Got the 500k Metalish bonus in Stages 1, 2, 4, and 5 and the 100k "Great" hostage bonus in Stages 1, 4, and 5. Ended Stage 5 with about 4mil. I no-missed up until the final stage, where I lost one life in the first part, and another two soon after. I really need to practice that stage! After I get it down, I'll do some more runs and hopefully get the 1CC.
4,111,630 - Stage 6 - USA Ver.
Got the 500k Metalish bonus in Stages 1, 2, 4, and 5 and the 100k "Great" hostage bonus in Stages 1, 4, and 5. Ended Stage 5 with about 4mil. I no-missed up until the final stage, where I lost one life in the first part, and another two soon after. I really need to practice that stage! After I get it down, I'll do some more runs and hopefully get the 1CC.
#5
SNK announced Art of Fighting 3 Reignite. A newly balanced update of AOF3 with two new characters (King and Yuri) who have brand new sprites! Only announced for Steam right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-PIR5_wvE
Pretty crazy. Here's hoping for an AES+ release!
And what's with "Reignite" on all these Japanese releases? Seems like a new buzzword.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-PIR5_wvE
Pretty crazy. Here's hoping for an AES+ release!
And what's with "Reignite" on all these Japanese releases? Seems like a new buzzword.
#6
Best Metal Slug 4 replay I've found that is a no-miss, doesn't have excessive milking, and is still rather high scoring (5.8mil) is this one (on original MVS hardware), by the Japanese player KAZ:
https://youtu.be/0ESgPsZdhTY?si=C_ILAghSyfD3S5Vh
Lots of great Metal Slug 2 videos out there, but I found Reshio's live no-miss 1CC on the MVS version at Mikado arcade to be quite helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGiOFkAZfcg
I particularly like his bridge strat on ST6, which I used, and which makes this difficult part of the stage fairly trivial. I haven't seen this in other MS2 vids. If you time it just right you don't even need to toss any bombs (except the initial two bombs to get it started) as your gun will clip all the enemies from the right of the screen. Usually I need to throw a few bombs to take out a couple guys who make it through, but that's still pretty easy.
https://youtu.be/eGiOFkAZfcg?list=LL&t=2650
https://youtu.be/0ESgPsZdhTY?si=C_ILAghSyfD3S5Vh
Lots of great Metal Slug 2 videos out there, but I found Reshio's live no-miss 1CC on the MVS version at Mikado arcade to be quite helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGiOFkAZfcg
I particularly like his bridge strat on ST6, which I used, and which makes this difficult part of the stage fairly trivial. I haven't seen this in other MS2 vids. If you time it just right you don't even need to toss any bombs (except the initial two bombs to get it started) as your gun will clip all the enemies from the right of the screen. Usually I need to throw a few bombs to take out a couple guys who make it through, but that's still pretty easy.
https://youtu.be/eGiOFkAZfcg?list=LL&t=2650
#7
Metal Slug 2 (ACA NEOGEO - Xbox Series X)
4,287,040 - ALL (No Miss) - 91 Prisoners - JP Ver.
Met my goals of 4+mil and a no-miss 1CC, so I'm pretty happy! I got lucky on the RNG on the last boss, several Laser powerups dropped in the first phase, so I went into the last phase with over 600 Laser.
OK, now I'm moving on to Metal Slug 4, which I've started practicing! Current goal is just a 1CC, but I'd like to get over 5mil eventually.
4,287,040 - ALL (No Miss) - 91 Prisoners - JP Ver.
Met my goals of 4+mil and a no-miss 1CC, so I'm pretty happy! I got lucky on the RNG on the last boss, several Laser powerups dropped in the first phase, so I went into the last phase with over 600 Laser.
OK, now I'm moving on to Metal Slug 4, which I've started practicing! Current goal is just a 1CC, but I'd like to get over 5mil eventually.
#8
There is a list of these at http://mtlayk.web.fc2.com/Top/TopFr.htm, but it is not up to date, so I looked online, through Arcadia magazine scans on archive.org, and the archives of JHA, and found the most recent ones:
Metal Slug WR: 3,563,500 - Ben Shinobi (w/autofire) (Nov 2014) / Highest score in Japan is 3,443,650 - WSM-NOB (w/ autofire) (Arcadia 167, Jan 2015)
Metal Slug 2 WR: 9,485,050 ゴースト骨塚 (Arcadia 85, Jun 2007)
Metal Slug X WR: 7,739,450 いもっこ太郎@緑画失敗orz (Initials: IMO) (Arcadia 144, May 2012)
Metal Slug 3 WR: 11,155,240 CYS-SAK (JHA, July 2017)
Metal Slug 4 WR: 8,150,000 WSM-NOB (JHA, May 2017)
Metal Slug 5 WR: 13,843,510 WSM-NOB (Arcadia 69, Feb 2006)
Arcadia, at least, did not distinguish between scores with or without autofire, but it seems the MS2 score was done without it.
All of these except Ben Shinobi's score were done at an arcade in Japan (but still, Ben played on original hardware, so his score is valid). And all were at default MVS difficulty (LV4), of course.
You can watch a replay of Ben Shinobi's score here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1WC3i2VJIM
A great replay of MS4 can be found here (7,812,550pts, by JOB), which was the WR at the time it was posted: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28909738
There is a higher scoring MS2 replay on Youtube by Aozaki (10.7mil), but it was done on an emulator, and I'm not sure if it is a TAS or not.
Metal Slug WR: 3,563,500 - Ben Shinobi (w/autofire) (Nov 2014) / Highest score in Japan is 3,443,650 - WSM-NOB (w/ autofire) (Arcadia 167, Jan 2015)
Metal Slug 2 WR: 9,485,050 ゴースト骨塚 (Arcadia 85, Jun 2007)
Metal Slug X WR: 7,739,450 いもっこ太郎@緑画失敗orz (Initials: IMO) (Arcadia 144, May 2012)
Metal Slug 3 WR: 11,155,240 CYS-SAK (JHA, July 2017)
Metal Slug 4 WR: 8,150,000 WSM-NOB (JHA, May 2017)
Metal Slug 5 WR: 13,843,510 WSM-NOB (Arcadia 69, Feb 2006)
Arcadia, at least, did not distinguish between scores with or without autofire, but it seems the MS2 score was done without it.
All of these except Ben Shinobi's score were done at an arcade in Japan (but still, Ben played on original hardware, so his score is valid). And all were at default MVS difficulty (LV4), of course.
You can watch a replay of Ben Shinobi's score here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1WC3i2VJIM
A great replay of MS4 can be found here (7,812,550pts, by JOB), which was the WR at the time it was posted: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28909738
There is a higher scoring MS2 replay on Youtube by Aozaki (10.7mil), but it was done on an emulator, and I'm not sure if it is a TAS or not.
#9
Good news: This received an update on 16 June and it now works properly on Switch 2! Only took a year. 
#10
I got the 1CC in Metal Slug 2 (ACA NEOGEO, Xbox Series X).
3,790,170 - ALL - 69 Prisoners - JP Ver.
Took me a few days of practicing stages 5 and 6 to pull this off. One death in the middle of Stage 6, and one death on the final boss. Somehow I dodged a lot of lasers and survived to the end (the slowdown helped!). I'd like to get over 4mil, so I'll put that on my to-do list.
3,790,170 - ALL - 69 Prisoners - JP Ver.
Took me a few days of practicing stages 5 and 6 to pull this off. One death in the middle of Stage 6, and one death on the final boss. Somehow I dodged a lot of lasers and survived to the end (the slowdown helped!). I'd like to get over 4mil, so I'll put that on my to-do list.