Metal Slug 3

Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3
	North American arcade flyer
Developer	SNK Noise Factory (PS2); DotEmu (Mobile/PC); Code Mystics (PSN);
Publishers	SNK PlayStation 2 JP: Playmore; KOR: MEGA; PAL: Ignition Entertainment; Xbox NA/JP: SNK Playmore; EU: Ignition Entertainment; SNK Playmore (Mobile/PC/PSN/XBLA); D4 Enterprise; (Virtual Console); HAMSTER Corporation (PS4/Switch/Xbox One);
Producer	Takashi Nishiyama
Designers	Akio Oyabu; Meeher; Narusawa
Programmers	ABA; Kenji Andō; Dramania Hide
Artists	Cannon; Curry; Susumu
Composers	Masato Horiuchi; Takushi Hiyamuta; Yoshihiko Wada
Series	Metal Slug
Platform	Arcade Android, iOS, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, mobile phone, Neo Geo AES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Network, Virtual Console, Xbox, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox One;
Release	23 March 2000 Arcade JP: 23 March 2000; NA: April 2000; Neo Geo AES JP: 1 June 2000; NA: 17 September 2001; PlayStation 2 JP: 19 June 2003; KOR: 14 August 2003; EU: 5 November 2004; Xbox NA: 25 May 2004; JP: 24 June 2004; EU: 5 November 2004; Xbox Live Arcade WW: 2 January 2008; Virtual Console JP: 17 March 2012; EU: 24 April 2012; NA: 31 May 2012; Mobile WW: 12 July 2012; PC WW: 2014; PlayStation Network JP: 19 November 2014; WW: 24 March 2015; Nintendo Switch WW: 9 March 2017; PlayStation 4 WW: 21 December 2017; PAL: 5 January 2018; Xbox One WW: 21 December 2017; ;
Genre	Run and gun
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS

Metal Slug 3 is a run and gun video game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 2000 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to Metal Slug 2/Metal Slug X. The music of the game was developed by Noise Factory.

The game was ported to the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Switch.

The game adds several features to the gameplay of the original Metal Slug and Metal Slug 2, such as weapons and vehicles, as well as introducing branching paths into the series. It received generally positive reviews.