Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 05:28 am
METAL SLUG 1 – Casual Game Review
METAL SLUG 1 is a Casual/Entertainment/Action game from SNK CORPORATION, first launched in 13th December 2012.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 575+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes METAL SLUG 1 Stand Out
Make your way through multiple battelfields and put an end to the
Rebel Army Leader General Morden's evil plans!!
Features list:
■Not only a perfect port of the original NEOGEO game!
In addition to its classic “ARCADE MODE”, this perfect conversion of “METAL SLUG” includes a “MISSION MODE”, allowing you to select in which stage you want to play!
You can now train yourself in your favorite stages or those which give you a hard time!
■ Receive items from rescued POWs!
You can received several items by rescuing fellow POWs during missions!
These items provide upgrades for your powerful weapons! POWs can also be found in secret places….
■ Make good use of the multipurpose tank: the METAL SLUG!
Aside from the Vulcan and Cannon attacks,you can also evade enemies' attacks by squatting and even jumping!
As a last resort you can ram your slug into the enemy troops!
Create a huge explosion by self-desctructing your slug using the "METAL SLUG ATTACK" unleashing extreme damage to your enemies.
■ A control scheme allowing for precise controls!
The "Autofire" feature allows you to fire your weapons continuously by holding down the button,
you can reposition the buttons outside of the game screen area in "Window mode".
Enjoy every corner of METAL SLUG using your own custom controls!
■Intense cooperative gameplay via the Wi-Fi function!
"METAL SLUG” can be doubly enjoyed by playing with another brother-in-arms simultaneously via the Wi-Fi function!
Will you be able to clear the hardest stages with your friends?
■Compatible with “GAME CENTER”!
Complete the maximum number of “ACHIEVEMENTS” in order to increase your "METAL SLUG" Player Rank!
Beat the best scores and become World’s Number 1!!
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, METAL SLUG 1 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th April 2022
Recent improvements include:
Compatible with iOS14 or higher
Download & Availability
METAL SLUG 1 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Once again, EPIC GAME! But we think in this game, metal slug 3 and upcoming games you will be releasing, you should add infinite credits due to the games extreme difficulty. Other wise keep up the good work.
We loved playing this game at the arcades and we love playing it on our iPad : ) the only problem we have is there isn't a number 2 or 4 yet : ).
Just as good as the Metal Slug 3 iOS port. Can't wait for the rest of the series to come on the App Store. Hopefully Metal Slug 6 will be here as well.
Fantastic. Played game from start to finish, except we got eaten by the last boss. Most fun we've had on a mobile game in a long while. So far, no crash issues. The joystick took some practice, but you get the hang of it after a while. Thanks for a fun and enjoyable experience.
This game brings alot of memory..thank you SNK.
Cool! 1.99 for one of the greatest action game! This is must have.
Please bring Metal Slug 2 to IOS next.
But it does on our iPad, and man is it great! We would suggest to make it a joy stick than a dpad.
For those reporting crashesjust double tap would fix.
Great port of MS But please add the ability to resize the D-pad.
Real quick like…The joystick is like a floozy.. Know what we're talkin bout..SHE'S WAY TOO LOOSE!THANKS FOR BRINGING THESE METAL SLUG TITLES..BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO MISS ON THE INITIAL RELEASE,AS FAR AS THE CONTROLLER GOES.YOU TIGHTENED UP MS3,PLEASE DO THE SAME WITH 1.THANK YOU.
Game brings back a lot of memories and it sure is an amazing feat to have it on our mobile device. Gameplay wise it is the same as you remember it with the old and awesome sound effects and voices. Of course we'd have more fun if the controls did actually function as it would a decade ago. The most troubling downside we had with it is the inability to shoot upwards while moving – the controls just wont let you do that – also it is extremely hard to crouch and move. It is really game breaking. Controls wise those are the only complaint – we dont expect to have a wonderful thing with a virtual stick – though we wish it would work properly. Some performance upgrades are also expected by us. We've suffered from some slowdowns in random parts. Autofire turned off. All in all, a must have for fans of the series and people who used to play it. Don't back down though if you have never played any MS title, it is a great game.
The controls are iffy and the fps drops ridiculously low when there's a lot of bullets on the screen. Other than that its a near perfect port of a great game.
Controls are horrible and game slows down most of the time.
Not optimized for iPhone 5, plz fix it.
It shows in the images as if it fits the iPhone screen but it does not.
Just bought and won't go past the first screen.
We just bought this game and it won't even get to the start screen without it crashing not real happy.
We just bought it and doesn't work in iPhone 4s.
It's doesn't work on our iPhone 5.
It doesnt work on our iphone5! Smh.
Does not work with our iPhone 5.
Control is horrible. Crashes occasionally. The WORST thing is, it's not optimized for iPhone 5 at all.
We can't read nothing, because we got error loading, pls fix it -.-.
OMG!!! Why this game CRUSH in the very first start…we tried to redownload the game but,still the same thing it CRUSH, we have the metal slug 3 and its working great but this one needs to be fix…. ASAP… Cause we paid for it…pls.
This game take us back to the arcade. We got 2 and 3 as well plush the remake of 2 metal slug x. We love metal slug. Keep up the good work.
Could you also release metal slugs 4 5 and 6 please we passed the others.
This game gets real busy and takes us back to them arcade machine days at the corner store…#classic! MS1.
Please, release metal slug 4-7.
One of our all time favorites ported nicely to ios. Please update Metal Slug 3 for ios7 so we can get all the Metal Slug games on the go.
This is one of the best games in the series but please make a skip button when you beat the game and a name maker cause we wanna know what our highscore.
We love this game, people say it's to hard, we'll screw them, they do not know that hardness is what makes it fun.
This app is optimized for iPhone 5 all u need to do is go to Settings> Video Options> Aspect Ratio, make it 16.9. Done. In our opinion it's best with video Filtering off and Scanlines off. Looks more original.
The graphics are super. The Music and sound effect are great. We didnt know how it would control using only touch controls, but we found that it controlled great. We felt we played as well as when we played using a joystick. We bought all of the other Metal Slug games and they all worked great. We've had no issue and we're playing on an Ipad 2. We're having a blast.
Can you guys make it so more than 2 players can play over Bluethoot connection. This game is awesome. Played it as a kid growing up in the arcade machines. Thanks guys brings us a lot of memories.
Waiting for metal slug 2 and metal slug x to go on sale :) snk make our dream come true :)))))))).
Finally metal slug is on the iPhone and its an awesome port, the only negative we will give it is the controls… They need a bit more customization but other than that it's a great port. Now all we need are metal slug 4,5 and 6 and we can be a very happy man.
Este juego la jugue en mi infancia si que era entretenido :).
Its cool make a metal slug 2, 4, 5, and 6.
This is still our favorite Metal slug game and this port is nearly flawless! The game itself is great but the control pad and screen need more customizing options. Please make it where we can resize the for-some-reason huge A button and make the d-pad bigger. We always have issues with moving while holding down. And please allow us to export replay data to videos on camera roll.
WE STILL WANT METAL SLUG 2, 4 AND X we WOULD DEFINITELY BUY THEM EVEN MY 3 YEAR OLD SON LOVES IT.
Metal Slug 5 And Metal Slug XX would be perfect to download and more credits would be Nice 2 Always loved this game ! Please make more thank you :).
Please make 2 and 4. Would happily buy those as well. Overall amazing game. Loved this series.
They fix the crash really fun game.
We love the Metal Slug series and this didn't disappoint! Only thing that's a little difficult to get used to are the controls. Please bring more of the Metal Slug games to download.
Thank you for fixing it. Bring more of the metal slug series please.
Metal slug is one of the finest arcade games around so when we saw it was on the App Store we read the reviews and all we can say is that the joy stick will get you killed over and over and over. Another problem is that when playing the game your thumbs cover up some of the action due to you playing the game. Overall it's a great game but w*nk controls.
It should give you all metal slug People.
One of the best game ever! But please optimize this game and all the others for Iphone 5.
Sooooo much fun. Our only complaint is the joystick. It takes getting used to but it makes it easier to die.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.4.1
- Size: 59.02 MB
- iOS: 14.0 or later
- Languages: EN, JA
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: SNK CORPORATION
Last updated: 19th April 2022 | Genre: Casual, Entertainment | Developer: SNK CORPORATION