Limited Run #285: Metal Slug 3 Classic Edition (PS4)

The Metal Slug 3 Classic Edition doesn't just pay tribute to Neo Geo history. It literally puts it on your shelf. Limited Run #285: Metal Slug 3 Classic Edition for the PlayStation 4 is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide and centers the entire package around a fully licensed, SNK-approved Neo Geo shockbox.

Metal Slug 3 is the crown jewel of the run-and-gun genre. Branching paths, grotesque transformations, alien invasions that spiral into absolute madness by the final mission. It's the one that fans point to when they want to show someone what the series is capable of at its peak.

The Classic Edition wraps this PS4 disc in a functional Neo Geo AES shockbox, the real deal, designed to hold and store a PS4 or PS Vita game case. The AES-inspired retro cover sheet slides in perfectly. The manual is formatted to fit the shockbox's manual pouch, because someone at Limited Run cared enough to get the proportions right. Three high-gloss art cards and an 18 x 24 inch poster round out the package, but let's be honest. The shockbox is the reason you're here. Authentic Neo Geo hardware and media command serious money in the collecting world. This edition lets you capture that aesthetic, that tactile satisfaction of sliding a case into a shockbox, for a fraction of what original AES cartridges cost. Two thousand copies. For a game this important, in packaging this deliberate, that number feels small.