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Metal Gear
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Most NES games told you to shoot everything that moved. Metal Gear told you to hide. Solid Snake, a rookie operative of the special forces unit FOXHOUND, slips into the fortified state of Outer Heaven alone and nearly unarmed, with orders to rescue captured agents and destroy Metal Gear, a walking tank capable of launching nuclear missiles from anywhere in the world. Guards who spot you trigger an alert and a rush of reinforcements, so the smart play is to watch patrol routes, wait for an opening and move only when you're sure. On a 1988 store shelf crowded with run-and-gun action, that was a radical pitch.
The infiltration rewards patience and curiosity. Keycards open new sections of the compound, a cardboard box hides Snake in plain sight, and a truck ride can carry him somewhere unexpected. Rescuing prisoners raises Snake's rank, which increases how much health and ammunition he can carry, while transceiver calls from Big Boss and the resistance feed you hints, warnings and, eventually, some very questionable advice. The NES translation is famous in its own right, and lines like "I feel asleep!!" have been quoted by fans for decades.
This is not a straight copy of Hideo Kojima's 1987 MSX2 original. Konami's NES team reworked the level layouts and enemies, opened the game in a jungle outside the fortress, and replaced the final confrontation with a showdown against a supercomputer instead of the Metal Gear tank itself. Kojima wasn't involved and has made no secret of disliking the port, but this is the version most North American players met first, released under Konami's Ultra Games label and a strong seller for the company.
For anyone tracing Snake back from Metal Gear Solid, this cartridge is the start of the trail in America: the first look at Outer Heaven, FOXHOUND and the Big Boss betrayal the saga would keep circling back to for decades. It's also a fascinating alternate take on the MSX2 design, with its own map and its own ending. Played on an NES today, it still offers the slow-burn satisfaction of slipping past a guard post without raising a single alarm.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1987
- Publisher
- Ultra Games
- Developer
- Konami
- Players
- Single player
About the game
The NES version of Metal Gear. It differs from the original MSX2 release in level layout and enemy differences, including an alternative final boss. The game revolves around Solid Snake, an operative of the special forces unit FOXHOUND, who goes on a solo infiltration mission into the fortified state of Outer Heaven to destroy "Metal Gear", a bipedal walking tank capable of launching nuclear missiles from anywhere in the world, as well as rescue a number of fellow agents who have been captured by the enemy. This version was later released inside the Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - Special Disc, along with other extras.
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