Metal Gear
Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Jul 07, 1987
Known as the first stealth-action game, Metal Gear tells the tale of Solid Snake, a rookie operative of the U.S. special forces unit FOXHOUND, as he infiltrates Outer Heaven, a fortified military compound, to destroy a mysterious superweapon known as "Metal Gear".
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5 (1) 4 (1) 3 (3) 2 (0) 1 (0) 3.6 starsAverage score of 5 user reviews
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Review: Metal Gear (NES) 0
As I'm playing many of these acclaimed game franchise originators, I've noticed that some possess certain core elements that make the game a blast to play even on older hardware, and others seem overly ambitious or less-than-fully-realized until further iterations down the road. Metal Gear definitely qualifies for the latter category. For example, the first descriptor that springs to mind when I think of the Metal Gear series is "cinematic," owing a significant debt to the movements...
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Solid as, I reckon 0
Comfortably set in the year 19XX (it could be happening now!), Kojima’s baby Metal Gear – the real originator of the stealth genre – sees new recruit Solid Snake enter the fortified state Outer Heaven to rescue fellow operative Grey Fox and destroy the mysterious Metal Gear, a bipedal WMD. Convoluted? Sure, but by 1987’s terms, the plot was the videogame equivalent of War and Peace (with necessary emphasis on the former). Metal Gear shifted a major gaming paradigm when it was released, rewarding...
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Solid Snake searches for Sarah Connor and/or a lawyer. 0
Metal Gear, a stealth action game, was developed and first published by Konami in 1987 for the MSX2 home computer and was well-received critically and commercially, but that version was released only in Japan and Europe at the time. A different version was released on the NES that has many major changes, which is what this article will now cover.Because the MSX2 version was not released in North America at the time, the NES version was the one that served as the basis rather than the original MS...
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Stealth, and Intelligence is all you need 0
You play as Solid Snake in the year 19XX, looking for captured Fox Hound members and seek out the Metal Gear. In this game you will use stealth get get by your enemies, and fighting will get you caught and set off an alarm. You will go screen by screen finding items in different places, gathering level coded key cards to access doors. Also gather weapons of unique kinds, nut having to use your bullets wisely, as they come in small quantities. Using silence is usually the best and/or only approac...
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A Classic Stealth Adventure 0
Metal Gear, the groundbreaking stealth action game developed by Hideo Kojima, made its debut on the MSX in 1987, and now it finds a place in the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for the PlayStation 3. With its influential gameplay mechanics and engaging storyline, Metal Gear remains essential to gaming history.Despite the limitations of the MSX platform, Metal Gear introduced players to the stealth genre in a truly innovative way. As Solid Snake, a special operations soldier, your mission is to in...
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