Office

The Office is a mode present in Metal Slug: 2nd Mission. Margaret greets the player upon entering; her dialogue depends on the system's clock.

Set Up

The game's options menu. The settings are as follows:

• Level: Sets the player's maximum health.
• Key Type: Swaps the controls for jumping and shooting.
• Retry: Number of continues when starting a new game.
• Voice: Toggles the announcer's voice on or off.

Time Attack

The player is tasked on finishing eight unique missions quickly. Any character can be selected, and they are given infinite weapon ammo and grenades. Both the characters and the SV-000 have one hit point.

The first time attack is unlocked by clearing the first mission; the rest are unlocked by reaching the respective rank milestone . Default rankings for each mission are found in parentheses below. The ranking chart increases by one second per rank from the previous place (up to 9th place). 

Mission 1 (35:00)
Clear Mission 1

Mission 2 (65:00)
Corporal (CPL.)

Mission 3 (50:00)
Sergeant 1st Class (PSG.)

Mission 4 (70:00)
Warrant Officer (WO1.)

Mission 5 (45:00)
1st Lieutenant (LT.)

Mission 6 (55:00)
Lieutenant Colonel (LCL.)

Mission 7 (40:00)
Major General (MG.)

Mission 8 (70:00)
General of the Army (GA.)

Rescue List

Lists every P.O.W. rescued by order of mission number, with the exception of Rumi and Hyakutaro who are at #99 and #100 respectively. The player can select a prisoner for hints, however a prisoner will only speak if the player is at their rank or higher. Otherwise, they'll bluntly ignore the player.

LV.	Title	Abrv.	POWs
0	Recruit	RRT	0
1	Private	PVT	3
2	Private 1st Class	PFC	6
3	Corporal	CPL	10
4	Sergeant	SGT	14
5	Staff Sergeant	SSG	18
6	Sergeant 1st Class	PSG	22
7	Master Sergeant	MSG	26
8	Sergeant Major	SGM	30
9	Warrant Officer	W01	35
10	Chief Warrant Officer	CWO	40
11	2nd Lieutenant	2LT	45
12	1st Lieutenant	LT	50
13	Captain	CPT	55
14	Major	MAJ	60
15	Lieutenant Colonel	LCL	65
16	Colonel	COL	70
17	Brigadier Colonel	BG	75
18	Major General	MG	80
19	Lieutenant General	LD	85
20	General	GEN	90
21	General of the Army	GA	95
22	Super Devil	SD	100

Exit

Exits to the main menu, but not before showing a mission checklist. Missions that are complete are crossed off. Incomplete missions, such as the Slug Flyer and Slug Sub missions where the vehicle is destroyed, are not counted.

Data Reset

Resets the game's data. When selected, Margaret asks for confirmation with the cursor hovering at "No". There is no dialogue or screen transition for choosing "Yes"; everything gets deleted unceremoniously.

Gallery

Game Settings

Default Best Times

Prisoner List

Checklist after selecting Exit

Delete Confirmation

Trivia

• The first Time Attack mission is based on the first section of Mission 0 (Emergency Mobilization) from Metal Slug: 1st Mission.
• When pausing in Time Attack, "Cancel" is misspelled as "Cansel".
  • Similarly, "New Record!" is misspelled as "New Recode!"