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Metal Slug Advance came out for the Game Boy Advance in 2004, developed by SNK Playmore. It was part of that wave of arcade-style shooters that tried to fit big action onto the small screen. You get a handful of missions to blast through, and it introduces a health bar instead of the usual one-hit deaths from the arcade games.

You control a soldier running and gunning through enemy bases and jungles. Your main goal is to survive each screen, rescue prisoners of war, and defeat the boss at the end of the stage. Two big mechanics are the new card collection system, where you find hidden cards that grant permanent stat boosts for that playthrough, and the ability to pilot various Slug vehicles, like the classic SV-001 tank. The pacing is fast, and the difficulty can be punishing, demanding quick reflexes and memorization of enemy placements. It feels like a condensed, portable version of the arcade chaos, where every successful run is a small victory.