Metal Slug Esports Competition [480p | 1080p]

But times are changing.

Are you ready to join the rebellion? Let us know in the comments—who is your main, Marco or Tarma? Posted by the Retro Rivals Team. Follow us for more updates on the 2024 Metal Slug World Championship. metal slug esports competition

When you think of Esports, the first names that come to mind are League of Legends , Counter-Strike , or Street Fighter . You probably don’t think of a 1996 Neo-Geo side-scroller where a pudgy soldier uses a heavy machine gun to obliterate cartoonish rebels. But times are changing

Welcome to the world of Metal Slug Esports—a high-stakes arena where frame-perfect jumps, resource management, and pixel-perfect hitboxes decide who walks away with the gold (and who gets turned into a flock of floating ghosts). For decades, Metal Slug was the quintessential "quarter muncher." The goal was survival, not optimization. However, the speedrunning community discovered what competitive players are now exploiting: Metal Slug is actually a rhythm game in disguise. Posted by the Retro Rivals Team