<s>
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
HAL	O
Laboratory	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
long	O
development	O
time	O
and	O
advanced	O
graphics	O
made	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
the	O
largest	O
Famicom	O
game	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
costliest	O
to	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshimiru	O
considers	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
his	O
life	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
flash	O
cartridges	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
remake	O
were	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
choices	O
may	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
led	O
by	O
artist	O
Yoshimiru	O
Hoshi	O
(	O
typically	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
his	O
first	O
name	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
began	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
in	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
were	O
the	O
most	O
difficult	O
and	O
time-consuming	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
placed	O
medium	O
shades	O
between	O
dark	O
and	O
light	O
shades	O
,	O
effectively	O
a	O
fake	O
anti-aliasing	B-Algorithm
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
lasted	O
a	O
long	O
four	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
one	O
megabyte	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
multidisk	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
was	O
considered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
when	O
Nintendo	O
revealed	O
the	O
system	O
architecture	O
for	O
their	O
next	O
home	O
console	O
,	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
believed	O
they	O
could	O
potentially	O
transfer	O
their	O
progress	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
sold	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
boards	O
to	O
HAL	O
at	O
a	O
discount	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
afford	O
to	O
sell	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
at	O
a	O
competitive	O
market	O
price	O
of	O
8900	O
yen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
30	O
August	O
1991	O
,	O
nearly	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
tough	O
competition	O
from	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
games	O
like	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
growing	O
success	O
through	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
pressured	O
programmers	O
to	O
release	O
games	O
faster	O
and	O
place	O
less	O
effort	O
on	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
rereleased	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
via	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
on	O
18	O
December	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
on	O
1	O
July	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
remade	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
as	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
:	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
officially	O
released	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
distributed	O
exclusively	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
flash	O
cartridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
wanting	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
bring	O
their	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
cartridge	O
to	O
a	O
download	O
station	O
,	O
and	O
pay	O
a	O
fee	O
to	O
copy	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
rerelease	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
back	O
story	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
on	O
9	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contemporary	O
reviews	O
for	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
were	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshimiru	O
has	O
described	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
as	O
his	O
"	O
life	O
work	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faminetsu	O
agreed	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
most	O
people	O
identify	O
Yoshimiru	O
primarily	O
with	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
a	O
follow-up	O
adventure	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
universe	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
take	O
it	O
up	O
if	O
offered	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
develop	O
it	O
as	O
he	O
cannot	O
develop	O
it	O
on	O
his	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
theorized	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
reality	I-Device
headset	I-Device
game	O
with	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
could	O
react	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
facial	O
expressions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Metal	B-Application
Slader	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
game	O
for	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
was	O
planned	O
and	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
