Metal Marines

Metal Marines is a real-time strategy video game developed by Namco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to Microsoft Windows PCs by Mindscape. It was later released in Japan under the title of Militia. The Super NES version was re-released on the Virtual Console in Japan on July 10, 2007 for the Wii and on March 4, 2015 for the Wii U, and in North America on October 15, 2007 for the Wii.

Metal Marines
European cover art
Developer(s)Namco (SNES)
Mindscape (PC)
Publisher(s)Namco (SNES)
Mindscape (PC)
Platform(s)Super NES, Microsoft Windows
Release
December 1993
  • Super NES
    • NA: December 1993
    • JP: November 18, 1994
    Windows
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

The game is set in the year 2117, two years after a cataclysmic Antimatter War. The player leads a military force whose main unit is the Metal Marine: a 16-meter (50 ft) high, 93-plus ton mecha.

Development

The PC and SNES versions of the game feature a number of minor gameplay differences, namely the plot. In the PC version the player controls a member of the "United Earth Empire" ("Empire" in short) a futuristic version of United Nations. The adversarial Zorguef's force is a dictatorial government. After conquering all space colonies, Zorguef sets his eyes on Earth and the player must take up arms to protect the planet. In the SNES version the player controls a member of the "Space Colonies Allied Forces", an alliance formed by the independent space colonies. The primary mission is to take the battle to the Earth, which is currently in the grip of Zorguef's empire. The goal is to save the humans living on Earth who are being oppressed by Zorguef while securing the future of Space Colonies.

A special "Master Edition" of the game was released by Mindscape for PCs in 1995. In the Master Edition the characters were given voices, the overall look of the GUI changed, and the game featured better sound and warning effects.

Reception

Retro Sanctuary rated Metal Marines 59th in their "Top 100 Best SNES Games" and commenting that the game is a must for any SNES fans with an interest in strategy games.[2]

References
  1. "Metal Marines Review Score". Archived from the original on 2019-04-29.
  2. "Top 100 Best SNES Games Ever". retro-sanctuary.com. Retrieved 2022-02-07.


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