Metal Gear Solid is a 1998 action-adventure stealth video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation console. It was released on September 3, 1998 in Japan, on October 21, 1998 in North America, and on June 24, 1999 in Europe. Metal Gear 3”. However, due to declining support for the platform, development of the game was shifted to the PlayStation. Metal Gear Solid is the third release in the Metal Gear franchise and became the first in the series to make use of graphics. 3D, one of the reasons why the term "Solid" (in Spanish: "Solid") was added to the title. Its predecessor is Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake from 1990, and its sequel, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, was released in 2001.â This new installment offered cinematic scenes using the game engine, as well as voice acting in numerous codec sequences.
Metal Gear Solid follows Solid Snake, a soldier who infiltrates a nuclear weapons facility to neutralize the terrorist threat from the FOXHOUND, a genetically enhanced special forces unit.â Snake must free two important hostages, confront the terrorists, and prevent launching a nuclear attack.â For this, it has a remote support team that communicates information about the mission via codec, commanded by Colonel Roy Campbell,â and complemented by medical personnel,â data analysis,â weapons and survival experts.