SNK Ships Metal Slug 3 for the Xbox

First Home Version of Hit Arcade Game Supports Xbox Live Leaderboard

WALL, NJ. - May 25, 2004 - SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION, the US publishing arm of the SNK NEOGEO CORPORATION, announced today that the company has shipped the first home version of the hit arcade title METAL SLUG 3 for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. METAL SLUG 3 will support the Xbox™ Live leaderboards and is exclusively for the Xbox in North America.