Metal Slug 5
| Metal Slug 5 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Noise Factory SNK Playmore |
| Publisher(s) | SNK Playmore Mega Ignition Entertainment (PS2) HAMSTER Corporation (PS4/Switch/Xbox One) |
| Director(s) | Toru Hagihara |
| Artist(s) | Misao Yoshida Reiko Nagashima Sayuri Matsumoto |
| Composer(s) | Toshikazu Tanaka |
| Series | Metal Slug |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Microsoft Windows, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release | 13 November 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Neo Geo MVS |
Metal Slug 5 is a run and gun arcade game for the Neo-Geo, created by SNK Playmore. It was released in 2003 for the MVS arcade platform and is the fifth game in the Metal Slug series. The game was developed by Noise Factory/SNK Playmore, after Korean company Mega Enterprise had directed Metal Slug 4. It was the last Metal Slug released on the Neo Geo.
It was later ported to Microsoft Xbox and PlayStation 2 as a standalone game, and along with Metal Slug 4 as a compilation in North America and South Korea. It was ported to Microsoft Windows for a Korean release. A port was also released for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.