The three 2D Metal Gear games storyline’s recapped on video

Metal Gear on NESDid you know there were three 2D Metal Gear games before Konami’s series went Solid? They are:

1. Metal Gear from 1987 on MSX2, NES, PC MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and later on Mobile Phone and PlayStation 2 (included in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence).
2. Metal Gear: Snake’s Revenge from 1990 on NES.
3. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake from 1990 on MSX2, and later on Mobile Phone and PlayStation 2 (included in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence).

Watch the birth of the stealth genre in this Metal Gear retrospective that recaps the storylines of these three games.

It’s a great way to look back on the 21-year-old series with Metal Gear Solid 4 being released on June 12th, 2008.