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 and is one of Konami's best-selling franchises, with over 26.5 million units sold. 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.
The first game was followed by a heavily modified port for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), developed without Kojima's involvement. This game earned enough popularity to garner a sequel, again without Kojima's involvement, released outside Japan. The development of this game inspired Kojima to make an official sequel, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. 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; 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
Mainline
MSX2
Solid series
Remakes and expanded editions
Box sets and bundles
Spin-offs
NES
Ghost Babel
Acid series
Online series
Portable Ops series
Rising
Survive
Mobile games
Other games
Other media
Interactive
DVD
Printed
Audio dramas
Music albums
TitleRelease dateLengthLabelSourceMetal Gear 2: Solid Snake Original SoundtrackApril 5, 19911:00:05King RecordsMetal Gear / Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Music CollectionSeptember 3, 199850:59Konami Computer Entertainment JapanMetal Gear Solid Original Game SoundtrackSeptember 23, 19981:19:51King RecordsMetal Gear >> Solid Snake: Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima/Red DiscDecember 23, 199843:40King RecordsMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original SoundtrackNovember 29, 200145:49Konami Music EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Soundtrack 2: The Other SideJanuary 26, 200257:35Konami Music EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance Original Soundtrack Ultimate Sorter EditionDecember 19, 200254:13Konami Computer Entertainment JapanMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance Limited Soundtrack Ultimate Sorter EditionDecember 19, 200232:40Konami Computer Entertainment JapanMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Abstracted CamouflageMay 13, 20046:34Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – The First BiteNovember 1, 200423:14KonamiMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – "Snake Eater" Song from Metal Gear Solid 3November 17, 200418:04KonamiMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original SoundtrackDecember 15, 20042:21:39Konami Media EntertainmentMetal Gear Ac!d & Ac!d² Original SoundtrackDecember 21, 20052:04:54Konami Multi-MediaMetal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Original SoundtrackDecember 12, 20061:13:15KonamiMetal Gear 20th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music CollectionJuly 18, 20071:04:53Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Original SoundtrackMay 28, 20082:19:38Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition SoundtrackJune 12, 20081:01:22Konami Digital EntertainmentHeavens Divide/Koi no YokushiryokuApril 7, 201033:52Konami Digital Entertainment Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Original SoundtrackApril 14, 20101:12:10Konami Digital Entertainment Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Vocal Tracks + Unreleased InstrumentalsNovember 10, 201141:18Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid: The Original Trilogy Vocal TracksNovember 23, 201143:40Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear 25th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music CollectionAugust 22, 20121:09:36Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Vocal TracksFebruary 20, 20131:11:16Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance Original SoundtrackFebruary 21, 20131:08:01Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid V Original SoundtrackSeptember 2, 20152:41:37Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid Vocal TracksSeptember 2, 20151:00:13Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid V Extended SoundtrackDecember 23, 20155:44:41Konami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid V Original Soundtrack: The Lost TapesMarch 30, 201649:22Konami Digital Entertainment
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