| Sahara Scramble | |
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| World 2-8 | |
| Universe Based On | Metal Slug |
| Level Designer | Gladiacloud (original)
Fosterkmas (revamp) |
| Exits | 1 |
| Mini-Boss(es) | None |
| Boss(es) | None |
| Difficulty | Hard |
| Introduced in Game Version | v0.4 (original)
v0.7.5 (revamp) |
| Red Coin Reward | 2 purple rupees, 1 yellow rupee, Green Trampoline, and 3UP Moon |
Sahara Scramble is the 8th level in Alternate Earth and it is based on the Metal Slug series, taking place in the hot Sahara Desert in Africa.
Layout[]
The first part has the player romping through the desert fighting the Rebel army and their allies, such as Arabian-dressed Metal Slug soldiers and some large military vehicles. Along the way, the player will rescue some POWs, meet with some friendly camels, and view some ancient ruin artifacts left behind along the way.
After that, in the second area, a sandstorm occurs in the desert as the Rebel Army flees from the storm. The player will challenge themselves as legend says that the sandstorm brings back the dead for failing to get past this, which came to be true as now skeletons and mummies are awakened to take any unfortunate souls from their past. The player will also deal with the sand tornadoes called Dust Devils.
After getting passed through the sandstorm section, the weather seemed to have calmed down as they will reach the flagpole to clear the level, as now the player's next destination is Egypt in the Egyptian Tomb.
Enemies[]
Metal Slug enemies:
Mario enemies:
- Volcano Lotus
- Pokey (SMB2)
- Koopa Troopa (SMW version)
- Goomba (Arabian & sand skin)
- Auto-Snifit
- Bony Beetle
- Dry Bones (SMW version)
- Boo
Other enemies:
Allies[]
- POWs
- Camels - Used as platforms.
Trivia[]
- The music heard during much of this level is the Hidden Base theme from 2001 Sega Dreamcast game Sonic Adventure 2.
- The music heard during the sandstorm area is The Tower of Dawn theme from the 2003 game Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
- In the first area, Goombas were reskinned into cacti before their current Arabian-inspired reskin. They retained their cacti reskin in the 2nd, sandstorm area of the level until the v0.81 version, where they are reskinned as sand.
- Since the v0.75 update, the wind during the sandstorm area can now push the player back, making this area more challenging.
- Shy Guys, Spinies and Bob-omb (SMB3 version) were originally found in this level but were replaced with other enemies.
- Dry Bones, Bony Beetles, Boos, the Castlevania Skeletons, and the Mummies from Tumblepop were originally absent in this level.
- This was originally the 8th level in World 2 but switched places with Serengeti Safari.
Gallery[]
Video[]
MeR!X Plays MKF v0.8 Sahara Scramble
Lancer Plays MKF Part 324: Sahara Scramble (Revamped Version)
MeR!X Plays MKF Part 29: Sahara Scramble (Original Version)