Metal Slug X (Neo Geo)

Metal Slug X is like the director's cut of Metal Slug 2. The bombastic announcer makes its debut (RAWKET LAWNCHAIR!), and best of all, there's no more slowdowns! It's amazing.

Debug Mode
It is worth noting this Debug menu is shared by Metal Slug 2, X, 3, 4, and 5.

To access the debug mode, open the game in Console Mode and set debug developer mode On at the Neo Geo boot-up screen: this can be done via the Kawaks emulator, the Nebula emulator or using the Neo Geo UniBios.

Enter the game, and press COIN up the game twice during gameplay: after pausing, the debug menu will appear - with options to activate the debug dipswitches (which can be activated separately through other options using Kawaks) and even the ability to play on any regular level, and even some test levels not available in the actual game. There is also a Sound Test screen and Color Test screen.

SET DEBUG DIP

 * ムテキ - Invincibility
 * VIEW INFOMATION - View debug information.
 * イシデモＰＡＵＳＥ - Unknown
 * VIEW GEO SCROLL A - 1st plane check, shows the walkable ground, makes the foreground choppy as it scrolls when activated. May linger around if not turned off proper.
 * VIEW GEO SCROLL B - 2nd plane check, makes the background choppy as it scrolls when activated.
 * VIEW ATTACK RECT - View attack hitbox.
 * VIEW BODY RECT - View body hitbox.
 * ムセイケソ　ゾレネード - Infinite grenades.
 * ムセイケソ　ＰＯＷガソ - Infinite ammunition.
 * ＶＩＥＷ　ＰＡ　ポイント - A sprite appears, showing the player's respawn point.
 * Ｄボタソ、テキ　ゼソメツ - Press D to destroy all onscreen enemies (no score bonuses)

STAGE SELECT
Exactly what it says on the tin, allows you to warp to all stages and sections in the game. Unlike Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X contains a whopping 56 unused stages. Some of them were later used for Metal Slug 3 with major/minor spit and polish. See the subpage on where does it warp to.



TEST STAGE
These strange test stages can be accessed with the above debug menu. While some of the test stages' names are the same as those of Metal Slug 2, they were completely different. There's also a couple of new names in the test stage selection.


 * ANDY THE WIZARD The start of Mission 1, claims that it's Mission 3. There's a POW with an Armor Piercer at the start, and another AP, followed by boxes of Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Flame Shot, Laser and Enemy Chaser. A Girida-O is parachuted in right after the Enemy Chaser, and the rest of the test level is empty.
 * YAMADA will bring you to the start of Mission 4. The first thing you will see here is a rocket flying ass-backwards(!) and a Camel Slug. Some mummy dogs and a runaway camel shows up. Level doesn't scroll when the dogs are gone.
 * YOKO-SHU transports you to the start of Mission 3, but it claims to be Mission 5. Parts of the games credit bizarrely scrolls up immediately after you spawn. The two sunbathing soldiers can be shot dead, who will drop a shotgun and a machine gun if shot some more. A Metal Slug is available ahead, and lots of those guardposts in Metal Slug shows up, some are bizarrely floating on air. A rocket well is right up ahead, and two tractor-type Girida-Os can be seen (the first one is dumping steel beams to the ground, should the player didn't advance too fast). After the frogmens up ahead, the houses can still be destroyed for food items like the original levels. When reaching the boss area, the screen scrolls slowly like when encountering the boss, but the boss never shows up.
 * TEST 4 starts off at a section of Final Mission, with a MH-6J Masknell flying in, and unlimited Slugnoids to the right. Some soldiers show up, and getting to the end of the stage will end the mission and brings you to the total score tally and the credits.
 * TEST 5 starts you off at the start of Mission 1, but swordsmen Arabs shows up instead of enemy infantry. A group of coins may or may not appear, and later on the stage, a coin, a banana or a steaming pile will spawn out of nowhere for grabs.
 * NISHINO is Mission 4 claimed as Mission 2. Various armaments will be available at the start of spawn and things get weird from there. There are various enemies that would later appear in Metal Slug 3, such as the snail, the piranha, the formen with plungers and the Japanese airplanes on ziplines. Like the YOKO-SHU test stage, reaching the boss area, the screen scrolls slowly like when encountering the boss, but the boss never shows up.
 * NAKATUKA it's simply a Mission 1 claiming that it's Mission 3. There is no music, no props to jump on (e.g. the first building you see) like the original stage. Getting to the building with the three towers, you will fight Morden in a chopper. Taking him out will end the mission and continues off to the proper game, Mission 4 and beyond.
 * TAGUCHI is a section of Mission 2 claiming that it's Mission 4. There is a Slug Flyer in the beginning with a few mortar infantries. As you go up, various crabs will spawn from out of nowhere, and as you reach the last leg before the boss area, various coins and mummy jars wil spawn out of thin air. Like the YOKO-SHU and NISHINO test stage, reaching the boss area, the screen scrolls slowly like when encountering the boss, but the boss never shows up.

SOUND TEST
SFX and BGM test screen.



COLOR BAR
Color test screen.