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Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid, original released for Windows PC's in 2000, is based off the Japanese only release, Metal Gear Solid: Integral. While keeping some of the new additions, inducing the bonus VR Missions, Very…

24 September 2000

Metal Gear Solid is an adventure developed by Konami, released 24 September 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Metal Gear Solid is

Metal Gear Solid is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 2000. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Metal Gear Solid, original released for Windows PC's in 2000, is based off the Japanese only release, Metal Gear Solid: Integral. While keeping some of the new additions, inducing the bonus VR Missions, Very Easy difficulty and First Person mode, other features were removed, including from the original PlayStation game, due hardware limitations of the platform.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Metal Gear Solid series

Metal Gear Solid is the fifth of 49 entries we hold in the Metal Gear Solid series. The next entry was Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty in 2001.

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What it launched against

Metal Gear Solid launched on 24 September 2000, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2 and Skies of Arcadia.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Skies of Arcadia.

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When did Metal Gear Solid come out?
Metal Gear Solid was released on 24 September 2000 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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