Metal Slug X Hidden Items and Hostages Faq For the Arcade or NeoGeo Version 1 By: Mehdi Malekzandi 10.04.1999
Mission 1 *As you drop in, run to left, shoot ground below sign for item. *After blowing up the three gun turrets on a building, move left to leftmost door and jump up and shoot down, a 30000 item will appear. Then move to the center door and shoot up, a bunch of items will pour out after a while. *When soldier and merchant are talking, shoot camel to release melons, take melons. *Shoot window directly above where the merchant was standing *Shoot next window over for more goodies. *When figting man on camel with sword and gun, better to shoot behind him to blow up wall (burning aliens fly out and take him with them) *After blowing open the truck, you see the slug and Rumi Aikawa. Let Rumi empty her bag a little before rescuing her, but don't let her get too far, or you won't get the rescue registered. *Blast open the last window above the Slug *After blowing open boss's flame thrower turret under it's belly, run to catch the hostages, as one of them tries to bolt off the right side of the screen. End of Mission 1
Mission 2 *Shoot sphinx's right eye *Shoot ground below hostage under sphinx *walk up to first miner, when her acknowledges you, he starts to dig faster, until he digs up a small point item. take item and shoot ground where he was digging to unearth an equally bad item. *walk up to third miner, when her acknowledges you, he starts to dig faster, until he digs up a small point item. take item and shoot ground where he was digging to unearth a 30000~50000 pt gem! *when you see a miner being attacked by the mummy, let the mummy turn him into a mummy, shoot them both for pts. More mummies will come, so... *after killing more mummies in same area as last, a hostage will drop over entrance to where the miner was being attacked, first go in entrance for a hostage. *As you walk up to first "mummy booth," a pharoah is in the background. Shoot his right eye.
*After entering part three of egypt temple, you see Rumi Aikawa and bats that drop zombie juice, to the right is a egyptian looking eye on the wall, shoot it for a gem *Knife the copse of the explorer for a 50000 pt gem, then run before her dynamite explodes *When you see explorer with magnifying glass, dogs surround him. Let them make him a zombie so you can kill him and take his 30000 pt gem. *You will come to a ledge with a hostage, two dog statues and two mummies that drop from the ceiling, shot the nose of the dog on the left to make a coin bridge appear, moving on to the left you see some zombie smoke rising from the ground.. *At the place with the zombie smoke rising from the ground, there is a treasure box. Timing is crucial, so that you can jump to the center of the two smokes, and shot the ground under the treasure box. Lots of gems will come out. *As you move to the left of the last secret point area, you have to jump up. At the top of the ledge there is a sign pointing to the right. Shoot it, to make a coin bridge appear. *You will come to another eye on the wall. shoot it repeatedly for gems. *Shoot second torch right after eye on wall, A coin brige appears above *Shoot column to the left of torch, a bunch of coins will appear, but dissapear fast. End of Mission 2
Mission 3 *After killing sun-bathing soldier, keep knifing him for a small reward *Rear of first cargo bay holds lots of food. *Both ends of second cargo bay hold food. *Rear of third cargo bay holds food *Last cargo bay, filled with coal, has the stone bomb *In control room of engine, duck and shoot for a small reward *Long jump from engine to ocillating train bed for 50000 pts *When V-tol drops down, shoot its wings/engines out first for 10000(first wing) + 50000 (second) *Against boss, take your time, Rumi Aikawa and at least one hostage will drop in. Win too fast, and you won't see them. End of Mission 3
Mission 4 *First hostage hiddenin refridgerator on first truck in level. *Pretty much soot to death anything that has a roof. Food will come out. *After passing section of mission with missiles coming out of wells, shoot ground at every step for the possiblity of releasing fish. *You'll come by a tower filled with soldiers. kill them all and shoot above tower to release two hostages. *keep following third point of shooting ground, even at rightmost leg of tower you were at in point 4. *At boss, take time, as three hostages will drop after some extended periods of time. End of Mission 4
Mission 5 Total hostages I found 19
*Right after the destroying the two tanks that drop from the parachutes, you'll see a street sign pointing right, shoot it at the center and to the left and right to release 3 hostages *Just before entering the subway in the second part of Mission 5, there is a tree, shoot up it *Right at entrance to subway (part two of mission 5) there is a hostage hidden at peak of the arch. *In the subway, shoot the street light by the sign #6 for a hostage *Shoot light by #5 for hostage *Shoot light by #4 after train is destroyed, hostage appears *Shoot light by #3 for hostage *Shoot light by #2 for hostage *Shoot above and little to left of light by #1 for food *Shoot light by #0 for hostage *After passing all the ceiling crawling alien creatures, there is a generic tall tank that drops balls. After destroying it, there is a hostage in the ground where it stood. End of Mission 5
Final Mission toatle hostages I found 14
*At start of level, shoot righmost sign, next to crate, for lots of food *After hostage that gives iron lizard, go up stairs and see sign that says "21," shoot it for hostage *Right efore the waving bridge, there is a sign poiting to the right. Shoot it for a hostage. *After killing the super soldier, a hostage will pop up in the center, but you can't get him until you move a little to the right. He's right in the center. *After entering base, shoot little cockpits, hanging from ceiling, with people or aliens in them *Against final stage of boss (Mothership) you can get protection from shields that other soldiers hold up. Just get underneath shields and lasers won't damage. Except the really big one... End of Final Mission
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