Level Select & Test Stages

 

Metal Slug 4 offers a whopping no unused areas or warps. Bummer. On the bright side, warping straight to the bad ending has an amusing twist.

NUMBER

AREA / COMMENTS

SLUG?

1: 1 5-1

City area.

No

1: 2 5-2

Bike scene.

No

1: 3 5-3

Sewer area.

Yes

1: 4 5-4

Boss

Yes

2: 1 2-1

Suburbs.

No

2: 2 2-2

Valley path.

Yes

2: 3 2-3

Boss

Yes

3: 1 1-1

Snowy mountain.

No

3: 2 1-3

Bottom path.

No

3: 3 1-4

Waterfall section.

Yes

3: 4 1-6

Boss.

Yes

3: 5 1-2

Upper path. Fat allowed.

Yes

3: 6 1-5

Blizzard slope. Fat allowed.

Yes

4: 1 3-1

Entrance to undead area.

No

4: 2 3-2

Mummy entrance.

Yes

4: 3 3-3

Second mummy area.

Yes

4: 4 3-4

Final mummy area.

Yes

4: 5 3-5

Zombie streets.

Yes

4: 6 3-6

Final zombie sector.

Yes

4: 7 3-7

Boss

Yes

5: 1 4-1

Onboard the ship

No

5: 2 4-2

On the side of the ship, with invading pirates

Yes

5: 3 4-3

Elevator

Yes

5: 4 4-4

On the deck

Yes

5: 5 4-5

Movie scene before boss

No

5: 6 4-6

Boss

No

6: 1 6-0

Entering final level.

No

6: 2 6-1

Vertical tube, brought down via a wire

No

6: 3 6-2

Sector 7

Yes

6: 4 6-3

Sector 6

Yes

6: 5 6-4

Sector 5

Yes

6: 6 6-5

Sector 4

Yes

6: 7 6-6

Sector 3

Yes

6: 8 6-7

Sector 2

Yes

6: 9 6-8

Sector 1

Yes

6: A 6-9

Battle with Allen

Yes

6: B 6-A

Final boss

No

6: C 6-B

Escaping the exploding lair

Yes

6: D 6-C

Escaping safely

Yes

6: E 6-D

Failure escaping

n/a

7: 1 0

Mission All Over! / Score tally

n/a

7: 2 1

Good ending

n/a

7: 3 2

Bad ending

n/a

7: 4 3

Staff roll

n/a

7: 5 4

Highscore list

n/a

8: 1 D-1

Demo of before the bike scene

No

8: 2 D-2

Demo of bike scene

No

8: 3 D-3

Demo of Mission 2 beginning

No

8: 4 D-4

Demo of sewer area

Yes

Metal Slug 4 lacks proper test stages, but instead it's just artwork that cheat sites say you unlock by completing the game, but it never worked for me. Choosing an option that isn't numbered and has a hostage icon freezes the game.

 

FOR 1

The first one here is a picture of Marco, radioing for help or something. The theme to Mission 3 plays in the background.

 

FOR 2

This one is of Trevor, pulling some fancy aerobatics whilst some soldier (who looks like someone straight out of an Asterix book) stares in horror. The theme to Mission 2 plays here.

 

FOR 3

Fio examines her gun in this image, and thanks to the theme to Mission 4 playing in the background, it sounds like something frightening is going to happen, like an alien bursting out of her stomach, some screenshot from The Exorcist popping up, or finding out that she’s actually a man.

 

FOR 4

Nadia adjusts her hair band thing, and the theme to Mission 5 plays here.