Metal Gear (Video Game 1987)

After Gray Fox, FOX-HOUND's best agent, goes missing, rookie Solid Snake is sent to the South African fortress "Outer Heaven" to rescue him from terrorists armed with a nuclear-equipped bipedal tank.

Director:

Hideo Kojima

Writer:

Hideo Kojima

Storyline

With his last words being "Metal Gear," Fox-Hound's best agent Gray Fox goes missing in action. After three days, Commander Big Boss sends in the rookie Solid Snake deep in South Africa to infiltrate the enemy fortress Outer Heaven and carry out two objectives: rescue Gray Fox, and destroy the bipedal tank Metal Gear.

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Plot Keywords:

metal gear | agent | fortress | machine gun | elevator | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Thriller | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Konami [jp] Konami [jp] (Mobile version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

June 1988 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Konami Corporation

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character on the cartridge that is supposed to be Solid Snake is actually Kyle Reese (played by Michael Biehn) from The Terminator

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Quotes

Soldier: I feel asleep!

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Crazy Credits

In the MSX version of the game, the player receives a message from Big Boss swearing vengeance after the credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)

User Reviews

Set a new standard for video games at the time

This was one of the first really good games I played on the Nintendo. While I found some of the first parts rather challenging, the game is quite enjoyable to play once you get the hang of it. I had a lot of fun playing this game, and it was the first video game my dad played ever, even when I wasn't around (he actually finished the game before I did!). Sometimes I still wish I had it.