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Metal Slug 3

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Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3 cover
Developers
SNK Corporation
Windows DotEmu
macOS (OS X) Edward Rudd
Linux Edward Rudd
Publishers
SNK Corporation
Engines
Wrapper Cocos2d[1]
Release dates
Windows February 14, 2014
macOS (OS X) (emulator) June 11, 2014
Linux (emulator) June 11, 2014
Reception
IGDB 82
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles Flight, Helicopter, Naval/watercraft, Robot, Tank
Art styles Cartoon, Pixel art
Themes Sci-fi, Supernatural, Zombies
Series Metal Slug
Metal Slug 3 on HowLongToBeat
Metal Slug 3 on IGDB
Metal Slug 3 guide on StrategyWiki
Metal Slug 3 on MobyGames
Metal Slug 3 on Wikipedia
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Metal Slug Tactics TBA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for all SNK games
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
macOS and Linux versions are provided as unsupported bonus content.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
NeoGeo Classics Pack 3, 6 games bundle.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
NeoGeo Classic Complete Collection, 23 games bundle.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Version differences

Linux and macOS versions are marked as unsupported.
The Windows version does not support save-states.
The Linux version features save-states, but no online multiplayer or leaderboards, and no difficulty selection.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\mslug3\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SNK/mslug3/OPTIONS
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/250180/pfx/[Note 1]
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\mslug3\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SNK/mslug3/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/250180/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
High resolutions are available, but game will always be upscale with black bars or stretching.
Menus are always 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. Gameplay is capped at 30 FPS.[2][3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Control settings.
Control settings.

Audio

General settings.
General settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master volume only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Only speech is announcer on start, finish and weapon pickup.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language settings.
Language settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op

Issues fixed

Game crashes at launch

Game may give error regarding libcocos2d.dll module.
Game was build with library which doesn't support Windows XP or earlier. Make sure you meet minimum system requirements including supported OS.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input SDL
Multiplayer GGPO, Steamworks, Galaxy [4]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/250180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (250180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Faalagorn on 2019-11-28
  2. Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police, Post #522 - last accessed on January 2, 2016
  3. Metal Slug games run at ~30fps - YouTube - last accessed on January 2, 2016
  4. Dotemu [@Dotemu] (28 January 2014). "Yes, it is a licensed version of GGPO" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Twitter.