Franchise file / Nazca Corporation
Metal Slug
Hand-drawn carnage since 1996
Nazca's 1996 Neo Geo run and gun became SNK's explosive arcade line, famous for detailed sprite animation, absurd bosses and the tiny SV-001 tank that gives the series its name.
- 1996
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Nazca Corporation
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
Arcade glory. The first game launched on Neo Geo in 1996, and SNK absorbed Nazca's team. Metal Slug 2, its reworked X edition and Metal Slug 3 pushed the same formula to wilder extremes.
Start with Metal Slug 3Your next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
Small tank, big explosions.
The Peregrine Falcon Squad spends its career fighting General Morden's army, plus aliens, zombies and mummies when the plot gets bored. Nazca was founded by former Irem staff, and their lavish sprite work and dark humour still define the series, even in tactics and tower defence spin-offs.
- 1996 to 2000
- Arcade glory
- 2002 to 2009
- New hands
- 2024
- New battlefields
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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