Metal Slug Question: Recaptured Prisoners?

BioMotor_Unitron · Apr 13, 2002

Always wondered about the story behind this, but I do not have an English Metal Slug homecart to check the manual on, and I do not know if that gives any answers anyway.

When tallying up the people you free at the end of the level, it refers to them as Recaptured Prisoners. Now, it seems to me that if I was REcapturing them, that would be implying that they had been captured before. Well, if you were recapturing someone that had escaped from jail, and found them tied up to a pole, would you cut their ropes, have them salute you or pull off their boxers, and watch them run away after after giving you a Power Up for your gun?

I am guessing this is one of the original SNK-glish screw-ups, and that they were supposed to be referred to as Rescued Prisoners or something?

K-hunter · Apr 13, 2002

that may have something to do with when you get killed.... i noticed that when you get killed, you lose all that you Rescued....

just a though.. maybe right.. may not be..

BioMotor_Unitron · Apr 13, 2002

I just figured you lost them when you got killed as they were meant to be a bonus to your score that you only get when making it through the level without dying.

K-hunter · Apr 13, 2002

sucks not being able to read japanese,ne?

BioMotor_Unitron · Apr 13, 2002

My MVS is not Japanese, and neither is my home cart system, not that I would spend the amount required to get a home cart of Metal Slug. <img src="graemlins/eek2.gif" border="0" alt="[Eek 2]" />

Herzog Drei · Apr 13, 2002

The US-manual isn't really a help here...
It just says:'SAVE as many prisoners as possible.'

No mentioning about that 'recapturing'

Gemant · Apr 14, 2002

(sorry for my english)

to save the prisoners constitutes the better method in order to make
of the high scores in this game

in every level it must recover at least 10 in order to obtain an extra bouns of 100.000 points

every recovered prisoner has a value of 1000 points

in the game it is possible to recover a maximum of 105 prisoners

only the half of these prisoners is but visible on the screen, the
other prisoners are hidden

why they appear are necessary to hit one determined part of the screen

Gemant · Apr 14, 2002

Gemant · Apr 14, 2002

stage 1: total prisoners: 10, hidden: 4
stage 2: total prisoners: 12, hidden: 3
stage 3: total prisoners: 17, hidden: 4 (5 half hidden)
stage 4: total prisoners: 23, hidden: 11
stage 5: total prisoners: 15, hidden: 5
stage 6: total prisoners: 28, hidden: 6 (6 half hidden)

BioMotor_Unitron · Apr 15, 2002

Thanks for the tip, but that still does nothing to answer the initial question of why they are referred to as "Recaptured Prisoners."

Takumaji · Apr 15, 2002

If you die, all the prisoners are gone - which would fit into the story of "recaptured" prisoners, as they prolly would run away if they had the chance, but, as Bio said, they wouldn't give you anything of value to thank you for capturing them again. Or perhaps they would, out of gratitude that you've saved them from getting mutated by feeble aliens...

SNK-grish, yeah. Perhaps a translation of the Japanese manual/screen text would help here.

Samurai Hamster · Apr 15, 2002

Wow I never knew there was that many prisoners in Metal Slug . The most I ever got on a level was 16 .

BRANDI · Apr 15, 2002

Mr. Gemant= The Slug God <img src="graemlins/mrt2.gif" border="0" alt="[Mr T]" />

Liquid Snake · Apr 15, 2002

Originally posted by BRANDI:
Mr. Gemant= The Slug God <img src="graemlins/mrt2.gif" border="0" alt="[Mr T]" /> <hr></blockquote>

My son NSX-T always refers himself as "King of Metal Slug".

Seems like he's sux at gameplay (maybe he can't even pass level 1)
<img src="graemlins/tickled.gif" border="0" alt="[Tickled]" />

Herzog Drei · Apr 15, 2002

Originally posted by Gemant:
stage 1: total prisoners: 10, hidden: 4
stage 2: total prisoners: 12, hidden: 3
stage 3: total prisoners: 17, hidden: 4 (5 half hidden)
stage 4: total prisoners: 23, hidden: 11
stage 5: total prisoners: 15, hidden: 5
stage 6: total prisoners: 28, hidden: 6 (6 half hidden)
<hr></blockquote>

WOW!
Thx for this list!

Another reason to play this game AGAIN!

rudekid · May 15, 2002

thanks just what i was looking for

Setsuna1982 · May 15, 2002

Well... maybe when you finish the level all the prisioners ahve been recaptured my morden troops... that's explain why they're again tied when you start from the beginning

TheBigBB · May 17, 2002

Wow Gemant, I never knew about the hidden ones. Nice pics.

Linus · May 18, 2002

Originally posted by BRANDI:
Mr. Gemant= The Slug God <img src="graemlins/mrt2.gif" border="0" alt="[Mr T]" /> <hr></blockquote>

Yes Yes

cu cu ....BioMotor_Unitron

and mrs.

BAU BAU BAU

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