Arcade Archives Neo Geo Metal Slug is set to release in North America this Monday, November 28, 2016. This Neo Geo game was announced for Japan in September of this year, as well as Europe in October. Now it comes to North America, though is lacking Alpha Mission II, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown from the Japan lineup, and World Heroes from the Europe lineup.

Arcade Archives Neo Geo Metal Slug will be the second Neo Geo game included for Arcade Archives on PlayStation 4, the first being Neo Geo The King of Fighters '94.

Metal Slug is the original entry in one of the most famous action game series ever released. It was originally released by SNK in 1996. Players control Marco and Tarma who belong to the Special Forces team known as the Peregrine Falcon Squad. They fight to defeat General Donald Morden, in an effort to take back their stolen weapon known as the Metal Slug.