Pewter of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The earliest piece of pewter found is from an Egyptian tomb from 1450 BC. The constituents of pewter were first controlled in the 12th century by town guilds in France. By the 15th century, the Worshipful Company of Pewterers controlled pewter constituents in England. This company originally had two grades of pewter, but in the 16th century a third grade was added. The first type, known as "fine metal", was used for tableware. It consisted of tin with as much copper as it could absorb, which is about 1%. The second type,
Metal Slug Android, Windows Phone, Nintendo Switch and also for PC via Steam. Subsequent main games and spin-offs were created for platforms including Nintendo DS, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Game Boy Advance. A collection of the first seven games in the main series, including the "Metal Slug X" remake, "Metal Slug Anthology", is available for the Wii, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2, with a similar collection, "Metal Slug Collection PC", being available for PC, while a revamped version of the seventh game, Metal Slug XX is separately sold from the collection. A spin-off tower defense game, "Metal Slug Defense", was created