Metal Gear Solid

A stealth action game released by Konami for the PlayStation in 1998. Players guide Solid Snake as he infiltrates a nuclear weapons facility while avoiding detection. It was directed and designed by Hideo Kojima.

A 20-person team took two years to complete the game; its early development was delayed by the Great Hanshin earthquake.

Developer

Konami Computer Entertainment Japan

Publisher

Konami

From a top-down view, players use radar to slip past guards; being spotted triggers an Alert mode, and combat is optional.

Platform

PlayStation

CPU

MIPS R3000A @ 33.8688 MHz + GTE (geometry coprocessor)

Media

CD-ROM

Bits (period term)

32-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

3 Sep 1998[1]

North America

20 Oct 1998[1]

Europe

22 Feb 1999[1]

Director

Hideo Kojima

Producer

Hideo Kojima, Motoyuki Yoshioka

Designer

Hideo Kojima

Composer

Kazuki Muraoka, Hiroyuki Togo, Takanari Ishiyama, Lee Jeon Myung, Gigi Meroni

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1994

  PlayStation

  Ridge Racer

  リッジレーサー

  Release

  JP 1994.12.03

  Dev

  Namco

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  PaRappa the Rapper

  パラッパラッパー

  Release

  JP 1996.12.06

  Dev

  NanaOn-Sha

  Genre

  Rhythm

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  Resident Evil

  バイオハザード

  Release

  JP 1996.03.22

  Dev

  Capcom

  Genre

  Survival horror

It sold more than seven million copies worldwide by 2009 and was remade as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for GameCube in 2004 (English Wikipedia).

Series: Metal Gear

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