The team at IREM that created "In the Hunt" left the company and formed their own named Nazca Corporation. With their new company the team created Metal Slug on the Neo Geo.
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is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game by Irem. It was released in 1993 and later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC by Kokopeli.
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