Metal Gear Solid

by Konami

Product Features

• Over 175 Missions with Multiple Paths
• Variety of Weapons and Items
• Advanced Artificial Intelligence
• Two-Player Simultaneous Gameplay

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00004LC81
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: May 5, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,323 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Attention, Metal Gear fans: larger-than-life action hero Solid Snake has been shrunk and now dwells inside your Game Boy Color. If you've always wanted to live the life of a secret agent while on the go with your GBC, Metal Gear Solid is the game to own.

Anyone familiar with the PlayStation title of the same name (or the older Metal Gear game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System) will be familiar with the gameplay. You are Solid Snake and must rely more on stealth than brute force to sneak through a variety of enemy-infested levels. The bad guys (and security cameras) have a limited cone of vision, and savvy players will stay out of the detection zone so they can save their strength for the real challenges that wait near the end of each level. Controls are simple but effective. You can lay prone (a good way to disappear into mud or tall grass), press up against walls, and easily access an inventory screen to equip and use items. You'll find a plethora of weapons along the way, perfect for those moments when stealth alone just isn't going to cut it.

The graphics are great, but it's the spot-on accurate control that makes this game truly shine. Players are free to practice in nearly 200 fun VR missions or can simply jump into the real thing: a 13-level campaign, complete with cut scenes. Konami packed an amazing amount of excitement into this little cartridge, making it a title no Game Boy Color owner will want to miss. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Nice graphics and animation for a GBC game
• Much of the gameplay of the PlayStation hit compressed into a handheld format

Cons:

• Sometimes the screen just isn't big enough to make the game fair

Product Description

A group of terrorists known as Gindra Liberation has captured an American cargo plane containing Metal Gear, the most dangerous weapon in the world, and taken it to their base located in central Africa. Rather than send an entire army to take over the base, the American government sends the man who was responsible for Metal Gear's first demise, Solid Snake. You take control of Snake as he infiltrates the terrorist base, collecting weapons and items to help him along the way. As in all of the METAL GEAR games, stealth and smarts will work much better than brute strength. Along with the main game, 180 virtual-reality training missions have been included. Help Solid Snake save the world by destroying Metal Gear in METAL GEAR SOLID.

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Customer Reviews

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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect port!, May 3, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Metal Gear Solid (Game Cartridge)

When Konami sets their minds to it, they really makes gems of games. They did it with Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation, and have done it again with the game boy color port. The game is not just a port of the PlayStation version, but instead an all new version of the MG universe. I could touch on the story, but it's so much fun to just be suprised well playing the game. The graphics are bright and colorful, taking full advantage of the GBC. The sound is AMAZING, thousands of lines of speach dialog. Plus, the game is rated everyone, so it doesnt contain the blood and gore of the PSX version. This game will take about 10 hours for the seasoned game player to beat, and includes 100's of VR missions, in which you practice the diffrent aspects of the game, which is great. The game focuses on stealth and plot, with some action, which it does beautifully. Your never bored, and there are not tough puzzels to handle. If you are a fan of the genre, or just want a great game, pick this up as fast as possible!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic for GBC, August 15, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Metal Gear Solid (Game Cartridge)

I must say this beforehand: this is a game that takes place BEFORE the Shadow Moses Incident (The conflict in the PSX version of MGS). That said, this is a different storyline than on that console.

In the game, you play as super-agent Solid Snake, who is kidnapped out of retirement to infiltrate a terrorist base in the (fictional) country of Gindra. The terrorists have a huge weapon called Metal Gear that has nuclear capability (Imagine a very fat person with guns for arms, make him a robot, then stretch him out so that he's 80 feet tall, and you've got an idea of what Metal Gear looks like). Snake's mission: to destroyMetal Gear and to rescue any hostages. The story after that is very engaging and interesting, especially when everything hits the fan at the end.

Unlike other action games, which play like a Schwartzenager movie, MGS forces you to keep yourself hidden from the enemy, and also to keep quiet so that the scumbags can't hear you. The level design keeps players on their toes and on the brink of insanity from the suspense of hiding from an aproaching guard, especially on the Hard and Very Hard difficulty levels.

For Game Boy Color, the graphics are superb, but the sound might grind on ears used to the advanced stuff on the GBA. Even so, the last few themes are catchy. The gameplay practically grabs you by the collar and demands that you play. It's that addictive. The fact that there's an unlockable "special" Stage Select mode that allows you to revisit previous stages with a mission other than reaching the goal makes you want to search for other goodies.

As usual, the guards are entertainingly near-sighted (But don't get close to them if they're facing you!) and stupid(Knock 'em out, and they just take a quick look around before going back to their patrol routes), and the bosses are fun to fight. The Metal Gear is a truly hard final boss, though there is an "extra" battle atthe end that is intense, if not hard.

Speaking of intensity: the second boss, Marionette Owl, describes his sister's death in morbid detail, and also uses the dead bodies of two women as puppets. Other just as disturbing cases happen with the bosses, so a parent might not want his/her child playing this unless he/she is twelve or older. Even so, it's a great game--a must-buy for action gamers everywhere.

P.S. Play this with headphones. I can barely hear the sound without them.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very good action-packed game, May 28, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Metal Gear Solid (Game Cartridge)

I didn't expect this to be a great game, but I was wrong! Going from the Playstation to the Game Boy the graphics weren't the same, of course, (although they were still great for the game boy color) but its the same idea: you sneak around finding items you need to get further in the level like ID cards and night vision goggles. There are a lot of weapons in the game, but the idea is to not be seen or else tons of guys swarm to you. There's a great plot and the game is very story based: You are trying to stop terrorists from blowing up the USA with a bomb called "Metal Gear".You have to crawl through tall grass and mud, run, and you can knock on walls to lure a gaurd away from his position allowing you to get past him.

There are tons of levels in the game and lots of bosses. There are also training levels to help you get used to the gameplay and all the weapons-the first couple are easy, but some ae very hard and you'll find yourself playing them once you've beaten the game, which is by no means easy. Overall the best gameboy game I have ever played.