Celebrating Metal Slug’s 10th Anniversary, SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment are pleased to announce the European release of the eagerly awaited Metal Slug Anthology.

Having debuted in the arcades on the Neo Geo MVS arcade system in April 1996, the Metal Slug series has become one of the most-loved arcade and console gaming franchises.

The Anthology will contain: Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4, Metal Slug 5; with Metal Slug 1 and 2 making their first appearances on a home console, since the Neo Geo AES system.

Long regarded as the benchmark of side-scrolling purity, the Metal Slug series stands proud as one of the most important 2D platform-shooters on today’s current gaming platforms.

Bringing the franchise’s frantic arcade action as well as the stunning hand drawn and animated graphics to the PSP, this anthology delivers all of the firepower and game play you would expect from SNK Playmore.

‘The Metal Slug franchise has always been one of the most popular of the genre’ says Peter Rollinson, Product Manager, Ignition Entertainment ‘with the addition of Wireless support, these games are truly suited to the PSP and will be an enjoyable distraction for gamers on the go’

Key Features:

• Arcade-perfect conversions

• Two-player cooperative play via wireless multiplayer
• Full support for both widescreen and original screen format
• Unlockable items
• Bonus galleries containing classic poster and character art as well as other Metal Slug goodies.
• Exclusive content

This ultimate anthology will arrive on your PSP (PlayStation Portable) screen in Autumn ‘06.

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