That would be fantastic jorgeche! I’ve been looking at VIDE but havent really had time to play around fully. I’ll send you an animation in a few days (just a basic ‘cardboard’ for now) so I can understand it better before attempting multiple planes per sprite.

PS Anyone know of the legalities of making this port – considering that Metal Slug is still an active chain?

Just a heads up – the sprite conversions are going to take AGES as there are literally thousands of images, so I’m focusing on Marco, the Metal Slug, backgrounds and one type of enemy soldier for now.

Doing these characters/items provides a base for at least a demo version to see how realistic the project will be.

Thanks KR155E

That would be a great idea – for now I’m going to document the project in word and then periodically send you the latest doc if thats alright?

Im serious – But at this stage I’ll be only doing the graphics (until I learn more about the programming). Gotta start somewhere 😛

Thanks for all the support guys?

I know I’m new to the VB as I just got my Mint Jap version TODAY!

It doesn’t bother me if it takes a while for others to join in – I’m still gonna get to work on the graphics in the time being.

KR155E – Do you think you could update my projects page in my profile to reflect this Metal Slug Project at all? that would be great!

What kind of paper did the printer use? was it thermal? I would guess if would be hard to find the right paper these days.

I have a Toyota Sera – could you believe its 15 years old?

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Prototypes by nature are prototypes – not perfect.

As much as I love to play games early (thinking of my PS3 protos/betas that i have) I believe that prototypes shoudlnt be dumped for the sake of it.It definately lowers the value in my opinion. I personally own an internal pre-release of Rez for PS2 (dreamcast port) that I won on ebay for WAYYY to little ($10 last year) and if this was released public it would lower the value hence lowering the value it has to me.

For instance – my car is one of only 15000 ever made and was a limited production prototype. If they were to remake the car again it would loose all value to me (not to mention on the open market for an original) as I bought it because it was UNIQUE compared to everyday cars.

Rant over

It was love at first sight for me too. For years I heard bits and pieces about the Virtual Boy but being in Australia it didn’t get much publicity.

As I only got the internet a few years ago I continued the searching for ‘that elusive 3d console’ I heard about as a kid.

Metal Slug for me! Gotta love cross-platform ports.

Awesome news! Cannot wait for this to be released!