Metal Gear
Metal Gear is an action-adventure stealth video game franchise made by Konami.
| Metal Gear (series) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami Ultra Games (North American NES version) |
| Designer(s) | Hideo Kojima |
| Composer(s) | Iku Mizutani Shigehiro Takenouchi Motoaki Furukawa |
| Platform(s) | MSX2, NES, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Mobile Phone, GameCube, Game Boy, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
| Release | MSX2 JP July 12, 1987 EU September 1987 NES JP December 22, 1987 NA June 1988 EU March 1989 PC MS-DOS / Commodore 64 NA June 1990 EU June 1990 Mobile phone JP August 18, 2004 NA 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Stealth action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
The main character for the series is Solid Snake. He is a soldier who does sneaking (hiding) missions by himself, much like James Bond. He is a clone of a famous soldier named Big Boss. The games have a large amount of story about these two men and the things that happen to them. Many players say the games are like watching a James Bond movie or reading a book about spies.
The series is named after a type of robotic tanks for each games, whom Snake destroys each of them.
The latest game, Metal Gear Survive, was made for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Games
MSX:
- Metal Gear
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Nintendo Entertainment System:
- Metal Gear
For PlayStation:
- Metal Gear Solid
- Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
For PlayStation 2:
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
For Game Boy:
- Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel
For GameCube:
- Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes
For PlayStation Portable:
- Metal Gear Acid
- Metal Gear Acid 2
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus+
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
For PlayStation 3:
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Media
Hideo Kojima is the franchise's creator, and was involved in directing, designing, writing and producing the majority of installments in the main series until Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015).
