Metal Gear is a Japanese franchise of action-adventure stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers
From top to bottom: Big Boss, Liquid Snake, and Solid Snake, three central characters in the Metal Gear series, as drawn by Yoji Shinkawa
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).
Metal Gear Solid is a 1998 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation. Directed, produced, and written by Hideo Kojima, the game is the third mainline installm
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…opposing and supporting Snake, while several prequels have explored the origins of Metal Gear and recurring characters. The third game in the series, Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation, marked a transition to 3D graphics and gained the series international fame. The series is credited for pioneering and popularizing…
Solid Snake hiding from a guard, behind an M1 Abrams main battle tank. When Snake leans on a corner, the camera shifts to his front for dramatic effect and to enable sight down corridors.
Snake engaging Metal Gear REX
Hideo Kojima (with model Yumi Kikuchi) at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show holding an original Metal Gear Solid jewel case