Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Metal Gear

Title	Metal Gear
First release	1987
Developer	Konami
Publishers	Konami, Ultra Games
Platforms	Commodore 64, DOS, NES / Famicom
Genres	action-adventure game, stealth game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	DOS: 1986-01-20 (NTSC) NES / Famicom: 1987-12-22 (NTSC-J), 1988-06-17 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata ID	Q6552947

Infiltrate the fortified state of Outer Heaven as Solid Snake to destroy the bipedal walking tank known as Metal Gear. Using an isometric perspective, players must navigate through levels to rescue captured agents and bypass heavily-armed enemies without triggering alarms. This NES version features unique level layouts and an alternative final boss compared to the original MSX2 release.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q6552947) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (nes/metal-gear) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (365,111521) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (128517) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Konami · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Konami · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Konami · internal use only.

Logo: Konami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Metal Gear (1987) logo.png”)

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Videos

NES Longplay [255] Metal Gear

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:22:51auto-matched
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Metal Gear (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:31:47auto-matched
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