Metal Gear Solid
1998 adventure video game
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Summary
Metal Gear Solid is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,802 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Hideo Kojima[3]
- Publisher: Konami[4]
- Genre: action-adventure game[5], stealth game[6]
- Follows: Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake[7]
- Followed by: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty[8]
- Developer: Konami[9]
- Part of the series: Metal Gear[10]
- Production company: Konami[11]
- Designed by: Hideo Kojima[12], Yoji Shinkawa[13]
- Commons category: Metal Gear Solid[14]
- Platform: Microsoft Windows[15], PlayStation Portable[16], PlayStation (console)[17]
- Game mode: single-player video game[18]
- Soundtrack release: Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack[19]
- Distribution format: CD-ROM[20]
- Review score: 94/100[21], 86/100[22], 15/20[23]
- Input device: DualShock[24]
- Country of origin: Japan[25]
- Publication date: September 3, 1998[26]
- Characters: Solid Snake[27], Sniper Wolf[28], Naomi Hunter[29], Donald Anderson[30], Vulcan Raven[31], Roy Campbell[32], Liquid Snake[33], Meryl Silverburgh[34], Hal Emmerich[35], Psycho Mantis[36], Decoy Octopus[37], Jim Houseman[38], Johnny Sasaki[39], Kenneth Baker[40]
- Distributed by: Microsoft[41], PlayStation Store[42], GOG.com[43]
- Narrative location: Shadow Moses[44]
- ESRB rating: Mature 17+[45]
- CERO rating: C (Ages 15 and up)[46]
- Official website: https://www.konami.com/mg/archive/mgs/[47]
- PEGI rating: PEGI 18[48]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Metal Gear Solid include it: Philanthropy[49], a film[50], directed by Giacomo Talamini[51].
Why It Matters
Metal Gear Solid has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include it: Philanthropy[49], a film[50], directed by Giacomo Talamini[51].