Metal Slug is a series almost as synonymous with SNK as their stellar fighting game franchises. It’s definitely a game that’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind when they think of arcade run n’ gun shooters. The sequel to such a legandary game would have to be awesome, and thankfully, Metal Slug 2 will blow you away…

Developed during the same period of time as Capcom’s Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, SNK’s Fatal Fury: King of Fighters released in 1991 as one of the pioneers of the modern fighting game. The series would prove to be a hit for SNK and with fighting game fans, and by 1998 Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers was the seventh game in the franchise, and the third and final game of the Real Bout sub-series.

The SNK Neo Geo MVS arcade board had already become a legendary platform for games, with a lifespan dating back to 1990! The platform had featured series such as Fatal Fury (1991), Samurai Shodown (1993), Metal Slug (1996) and The Last Blade (1997). Perhaps the most successful and most loved of all the Neo Geo series of games however, is The King of Fighters…