List of Metal Gear media
Metal Gear is a stealth action video game series created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The series debuted in Japan on July 12, 1987 with Metal Gear[1] and is one of Konami's best-selling franchises, with over 26.5 million units sold.[2] The games take place in a semi-fictional universe with stories that involve a special forces agent (Solid Snake in most games) who is forced to destroy the latest incarnation of the superweapon Metal Gear, as well as having to rescue various hostages and neutralize certain renegade units in the process. Metal Gear titles have been released on numerous video game consoles, handheld game consoles, and personal computer platforms. Related novels, comics, and other dramatizations have also been released. A few of the series' main characters have also appeared in other Konami games.[3]
The first game was followed by a heavily modified port for the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System, developed without Kojima's involvement.[4] This game earned enough popularity to garner a sequel, again without Kojima's involvement, released outside Japan.[5][6] The development of this game inspired Kojima to make an official sequel, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.[5] As the series moved into three-dimensional graphics, Kojima decided to title the next game in the series Metal Gear Solid instead of Metal Gear 3;[7] the "Solid" title has been used for all 3D action Metal Gear games since. Several non-action games have also been released, including the Metal Gear Acid games, which have a card-based system of gameplay.
Video games
Original series
MSX2
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Release years by system: 1987 – MSX2[1] 2004 – Mobile phone (Japan)[9] 2005 – PlayStation 2[10] 2008 – Mobile phone (North America)[11] |
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Original release date(s):[12][13]
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Release years by system: 1990 – MSX2 (Japan only)[12] 2004 – Mobile phone (Japan)[14] 2005 – PlayStation 2[10] |
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NES/Famicom
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[15] |
Release years by system: 1987 – Family Computer (Japan)[15] 1988 – Nintendo Entertainment System (North America)[15] 1990 – PC,[17] Commodore 64[18] 2004 – Nintendo GameCube (Japan only)[19] |
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Original release date(s):[6] |
Release years by system: 1990 – Nintendo Entertainment System |
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Solid series
Console games
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[21][22][23][24] |
Release years by system: 1998 – PlayStation 2009 – PlayStation Store (PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable)[25] |
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Original release date(s):[27][28] |
Release years by system: 2001 – PlayStation 2 |
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Original release date(s):[29][30] |
Release years by system: 2004 – PlayStation 2 |
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Original release date(s):[31][32] |
Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 3 |
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Original release date(s):[33] |
Release years by system: 2014 – PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows[34] |
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Original release date(s):[33] September 1, 2015 |
Release years by system: 2015 – PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows[34] |
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Portable and handheld games
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[35][36] |
Release years by system: 2000 – Game Boy Color |
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Original release date(s):[37][38]
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Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation Portable |
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Original release date(s):[40][41] |
Release years by system: 2008 – Mobile phone (North America only),[40] N-Gage[41] |
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Original release date(s):[42] |
Release years by system: 2009 – iPhone, iPod Touch |
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Original release date(s):[44] |
Release years by system: 2010 – PlayStation Portable |
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Original release date(s):[46] |
Release years by system: 2012 – Mobile[46] |
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Expanded and supplemental versions
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[47][48][49] |
Release years by system: 1999 – PlayStation (Japan only)[48] 2000 – Microsoft Windows (North America and Europe)[49] |
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Original release date(s):[50][51] |
Release years by system: 1999 – PlayStation |
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Original release date(s):[53][54][55] |
Release years by system: 2002 – Xbox,[54] PlayStation 2[53] 2003 – Microsoft Windows (North America and Europe)[55] |
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Original release date(s):[30][56] |
Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation 2 |
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Original release date(s):[58] |
Release years by system: 2007 – PlayStation Portable |
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Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection
Original release date(s):[59] |
Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 2 |
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Original release date(s):[61] |
Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 3 |
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Original release date(s):[62] [63] |
Release years by system: 2011 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2012 – PlayStation Vita |
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Original release date(s):[64] |
Release years by system: 2013 – PlayStation 3 |
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Remakes
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[65] |
Release years by system: 2004 – Nintendo GameCube |
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Original release date(s):[66] |
Release years by system: 2010 – Arcade |
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Original release date(s):[68][69][70] |
Release years by system: 2012 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Rising series
Games
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[72] |
Release years by system: 2013 - Xbox 360,[72] PlayStation 3,[73] Microsoft Windows, OS X |
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Acid series
Games
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[74][75] |
Release years by system: 2004 – PlayStation Portable |
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Original release date(s):[76] |
Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation Portable |
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Remakes
Title | Details |
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Metal Gear Acid Mobile
Original release date(s):[77]
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Release years by system: 2008 – Mobile phone |
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Metal Gear Acid 2 Mobile
Original release date(s):[79] 2009 |
Release years by system: 2009 – Mobile phone |
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Other media
Interactive
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[82][83] |
Release years by system: 2002 – PlayStation 2 |
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Original release date(s):[85][86] |
Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation Portable |
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Original release date(s):[87] |
Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 3 |
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DVD
Title | Details |
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Metal Gear Saga vol. 1
2006 – DVD[89] |
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Metal Gear Saga vol. 2
2008 – DVD[90] |
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Printed
Title | Details |
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Metal Gear
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Metal Gear
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Metal Gear Solid
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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Metal Gear Solid
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Metal Gear Solid—Guns of the Patriots
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Metal Gear Solid 2—Sons of Liberty
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Dramatizations
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[105][106]
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Release years by system: 1998–1999 – Radio (Konami's CLUB db), CD |
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Original release date(s):[107] |
Release years by system: 2006 – Internet radio[108] 2007 – CD[107] |
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Original release date(s): TBD |
Release years by system: TBD – Film |
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Music albums
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External links
- Metal Gear series at Kojima Productions (English)
- Metal Gear series at Kojima Productions (Japanese)