Metal Gear (mecha)
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Metal Gear are the mecha in the Metal Gear series. In the series, a Metal Gear is a bipedal nuclear weapons-equipped tank. The Metal Gears are typically autonomous nuclear launch platforms which the player must destroy to save the world and complete the game. Often, confronting the latest Metal Gear model is one of the final challenges of each game.
An illustration depicting mass-produced versions of Metal Gear REX in the field of combat
A comparison of Metal Gear designs from the early MSX2 games. From left to right: Metal Gear D (Metal Gear 2), Metal Gear (Metal Gear), Mk. II (Snatcher), and Petit (SD Snatcher).
Solid Snake battling Metal Gear REX in Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear RAY holding a Harrier aircraft in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid is an action-adventure stealth video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation in 1998. It was directed, produced, and written by Hideo Kojima, and follows the MSX2 video games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, which Kojima also worked on. It was unveiled at the 1996 Tokyo Game Show and then demonstrated at trade shows including the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo; its Japanese release was originally planned for late 1997, before being delayed to 1998.
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