Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 Play Online 🪙 PlayStation

Summary

Metal Slug: Super Vehicle‑001 feels like a love letter to the original arcade blast, but the PlayStation and Saturn ports add a few quirks that only Japanese releases got to keep. Between April and August 1997 the two consoles each shipped with the classic "Combat School" mode from the Neo Geo CD, yet the PlayStation version—crafted by Ukiyotei—sprouted a brand‑new "Another Story" section packed with plot‑driven minigames and a tidy art gallery of concept sketches. The Saturn edition, on the other hand, went the extra mile to preserve every animation frame by using newer compression tricks, inter‑level loading and a 1 MB RAM expansion cartridge. Those technical gymnastics let the game look almost identical to the arcade, while still feeling fresh enough to make me reach for the controller again.

Storyline

Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 (often just called Metal Slug) is set in the year 2028. Players control members of the Peregrine Falcon Strike Force—Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving—who are tasked with toppling a sudden coup. The coup is orchestrated by the Rebel Army, a rogue faction led by the ambitious Donald Morden. Rossi and Roving battle through enemy lines, using the iconic Super Vehicle-001 tank to push back Morden’s forces. Their mission is to restore order and stop the Rebel Army’s takeover.

Edited by Maya Carter