Metal Slug arrives on iPhone, sort of
by JC Fletcher 
on Dec 18th 2009 9:25AM
If you thought the DS was a less-than-ideal platform for an
original Metal Slug, you're
really going to be surprised with this one. SNK Playmore has released one of its cartoony run-and-guns for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Metal Slug Touch is adapted to the platform in some unexpected ways: for example, instead of putting the player in control of a commando who occasionally happens upon a vehicle,
Metal Slug Touch puts you in a vehicle at all times.
Controls are simplified to make use of the iPhone's features: you move with the accelerometer, and dodge enemies with an "avoid" button.
Metal Slug Touch sounds like a fairly bold experiment -- and something that, we suspect, works better than simply porting a console action game over with touch controls.
Metal Slug Touch ($4.99) : 
[Via
FingerGaming]
