Metal Slug

» PLATFORM: NEO GEO » RELEASED: 1996 » DEVELOPER: NAZCA CORPORATION

After conquering a couple of stages that put the emphasis firmly on the ‘gun’ part of run-and-gun, you’ve reached the third, an icy ascent that challenges your platforming prowess as much as your trigger finger. Still, you’ve got the number of the enemy grunts by this point, even if they do now have massive snowballs.