A collection of music from classic run-and-gun games Metal Slug 1-7 and X and being released together on vinyl by Materia Collective in celebration of the series’ 30th anniversary.
The release will be a 4LP set on “Forest Falcon camo” green and brown marble colored vinyl. It will be housed in a slipcase box set with new artwork by SINA.
It is priced at $110 and is scheduled to release in Q3 2026. It can be preordered via the Materia Store here.
The soundtrack to fighting game Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves is being released on vinyl by Saudi label MDLBeast.
The release will be a 2LP on orange and black colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with game art and will come with an obi strip.
It is set to release around February 20, 2026 and its price varies between distributors. It can be preordered from Light In The Attic here, but is available from several different distributors.
Wayô Records have just opened up preorders for a new piano arrangement album “SNK Sound Waves – Wayô Piano Collection” based on music from several SNK games. The games featured on this release are Prehistoric Isle, Garou: Mark Of The Wolves, Samurai Shodown, Art Of Fighting, Time Soldiers, Alpha Mission, The Super Spy, Vanguard, The Last Blade, Metal Slug 3, and The King Of Fighters ’94.
The release will be a 2LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork provided by SNK.
It is priced at €36 (excl. VAT) and is scheduled to release in December, 2025. It can be preordered via Wayô Records here.
Kid Katana Records are ready with preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to upcoming tactics game Metal Slug Tactics.
The release will be a 2LP on orange colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art.
It is priced at €39 and is scheduled to release in January, 2025. It can be preordered via Kid Katana Records here and their Bandcamp here.
Wayô Records have just launched preorders for a vinyl soundtrack release to 2002 run-and-gun action game Metal Slug 4.
The release will be a single LP on red with black and yellow splatter colored vinyl (limited to 250 copies), although there will likely be an additional colorway for distributors. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with game art. Preorders of the limited colorway from Wayô will also include a shikishi print signed by Kubo.
It is priced at €27 (+ tax) and is scheduled to release in Spring, 2023. It can be preordered from Wayô Records here.
Wayô Records have opened vinyl preorders for the soundtrack to the run and gun shooter Metal Slug X.
The release will be a single LP available in four color variants – a grey marbled color variant, and a yellow marbled color variant (Ship To Shore exclusive), an orange translucent color variant (Big Wax exclusive), and an orange marbled color variant (Just For Games exclusive). It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with game art.
The first 200 preorders will also come with a signed shikishi print with an original illustrator by series illustrator Tonko.
It is priced at €22,80 and is scheduled to release in mid-October, 2021. It can be preordered from Wayô Records here.
US folks can preorder the Ship To Shore-exclusive variant here. BigWax has their variant up here, and Just For Games have theirs up here.
Brave Wave have the next two releases in their series of The King Of Fighters soundtracks up for preorder – this time it’s ’94 and ’95 getting the treatment.
Both albums will be single LP releases housed in single-pocket jackets with game art and will come with booklets featuring liner notes and digital download cards.
’94 will come on orange vinyl and ’95 on blue vinyl.
A limited edition bundle featuring both LPs and a poster signed by series director Toyohisa Tanabe. 250 copies of this will be available from Limited Run Games and 50 copies from BigWax.
Both LPs are priced at $28/€25 and are scheduled to release in Q4 2021.
’94 can be preordered from BigWax here now. It will be available from Limited Run Games here at 10AM EST later today.
’95 can be preordered from BigWax here now. It will be available from Limited Run Games here at 10AM EST later today.
The signed bundle can be preordered from BigWax here. It will be available from Limited Run Games alongside an unsigned bundle available at 10AM EST later today.
Last year Brave Wave announced that they’re working on releasing the soundtracks to the majority of the games in the The King Of Fighters series and now they are ready with vinyl preorders for The King Of Fighters 2002.
The release will be a 150g 2LP with one record on white and the other on red colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with game art and includes a booklet with art and liner notes as well as a digital download card.
They are also offering a limited edition of 300 copies (250 for Limited Run Games and 50 for BigWax) that include an A4 print signed by artist Eisuke Ogura.
It is priced at €36/$40 for the standard and €46/$50 for the limited edition and is scheduled to release in Q4 2021.
It can be preordered via BigWax here now. It can also be preordered via Limited Run Games here for the standard edition and here for the limited edition later today at 10AM ET.
Brave Wave have previously announced that they plan on releasing the soundtracks to The King Of Fighters ’94-2003 on vinyl before the end of 2022 and now they have opened up preorders for their second release of these – the soundtrack to The King Of Fighters 2000.
The release will be a 150g 2LP with one record on red and the other on blue colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with game art and will include a booklet with liner notes and a download card.
Additionally, there will also be 300 copies with an A4 poster signed by composer Hideki “sha-V” Asanaka available (50 available on BigWax, 250 on Limited Run Games).
It is priced at $40 ($50 for signed) and is scheduled to release in August, 2021. It can be preordered from BigWax here now.
Later today at 10AM EST it will also be available from Limited Run Games for the signed version here and the standard version here.
Earlier this month Brave Wave announced a whole slew of upcoming titles including the final title in the Art Of Fighting series of Neo-Geo fighting games – Art Of Fighting 3: The Path Of The Warrior.
The release will be a 2LP with one record on clear and the other on orange colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art. It will also include a booklet with artwork and liner notes as well as a download code.
A limited number of copes that comes with an A4 poster signed by pixel artist Nobuyuki Kuroki will also be available.
A boxed collection of all three Art Of Fighting releases is also available to preorder, as well as an empty box for those who already own the previous releases.
It is priced at $38/€35 (signed copies at $48/€45) and is an open preorder from now and until December 13, 2020 on Limited Run Games. It is scheduled to release in February, 2021.
The 2LP set is available to preorder from BigWax here, the 5LP anthology box here, and the empty box here.
Standard copies can also be preordered from Limited Run Games here and signed copies here from 10AM ET today (November 13).
