Metal Gear (video game)

Metal Gear is a stealth-based game designed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. It was Kojima's debut game and served as the inaugural title for Konami's flagship Metal Gear series. Originally released for the MSX2 in Japan and Europe in 1987, the game was later ported to the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan and its counterpart, the Nintendo Entertainment System, in North America and Europe, with considerable changes made to it.

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Stealth-based game - Hideo Kojima - Konami - Metal Gear - MSX2 - Japan - Europe - 1987 - Port - Nintendo Family Computer - Nintendo Entertainment System - North America

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Several versions based on these two versions were later released for various platforms. The NES version was ported to the IBM PC and Commodore 64 in North America, and re-released for the GameCube in emulated form as part of a special bundle containing ' in Japan. The MSX2 version was ported to mobile phones in Japan with several enhancements and changes in 2004, with another version scheduled to be released for the PlayStation 2 as a component of ' with a new and more complete translation for English releases. This will be the first time Metal Gear will be released in North America in its original form.

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IBM PC - Commodore 64 - GameCube - Emulated - Mobile phone - Japan - 2004 - PlayStation 2 - Translation - English

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