This leads to the players ability to run in and use melee attacks to take down a number of enemies at once, as well as the ability to quickly defeat enemies that can take plenty of damage, such as the mummies in Metal Slug 2. The player's melee attack is also much stronger than most shots. In this series, however, contact results in the opportunity to perform a melee attack and the opportunity for the enemy to perform a melee attack of his own, if he has one. In most run and guns, contact with an enemy leads to damage. The run and gun pits a player against a large numbers of enemies with extremely powerful weapons pick-ups.

The gameplay consists of run and gun elements as well as in later releases shoot 'em up mechanics. The games focus on the Peregrine Falcon Squad, a small group of soldiers who fight against a rebel army, aliens, zombies, mummies and various other forces intent on world domination. Originally created for Neo-Geo arcade machines hardware (MVS) and the Neo-Geo home game consoles (AES) hardware, the original games have also been ported to other consoles and mobile platforms throughout the years, with several later games created for various other platforms. Spin-off games include a third-person shooter to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series and a tower defense game for the mobile platform. Metal Slug ( Japanese: メタルスラッグ, Hepburn: Metaru Suraggu) is a Japanese run and gun video game series originally created by Nazca Corporation before merging with SNK in 1996 after the completion of the first game in the series. For the PS2 game, see Metal Slug (2006 video game). For the first game in the series, see Metal Slug (1996 video game). This article is about the video game series.

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