Metal Gear Solid
It's from 1998, before you were born.
- Developer
- Konami
- Genre
- Stealth action
- Debut platform
- PlayStation (1998)
- Director
- Hideo Kojima
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About
As of 2026, it's 28 years old.
Metal Gear Solid arrived in 1998 and decided the most thrilling thing a soldier could do was hide in a cardboard box. It turned sneaking past enemies into high art, wrapped it in a cinematic, conspiracy-laden, hours-of-cutscenes story, and routinely broke the fourth wall to mess with you personally.
A boss who 'read your memory card' and instructions hidden on the back of the literal game case made it one of gaming's first genuinely mind-bending experiences.
Stealthy, talkative, and gleefully weird, Metal Gear Solid is the game that made avoiding a fight more exciting than starting one — preferably while wearing a box.
