Talk:Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)

Advertising budget

An Entertainment Weekly article from 1998 says that "Sony found so impressive that it’s handing third-party developer Konami $1 million plus for marketing.". Is this accurate? Harizotoh9 (talk) 09:24, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Other times I've seen Entertainment Weekly used as a source in VGs articles, so I would say yes, it is. Lone Internaut (talk) 08:48, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 6 December 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:54, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

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Metal Gear Solid → Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game) – The term "Metal Gear Solid" is more synonymous with the subject at Metal Gear, given the multiple games that now exist with the "Metal Gear Solid" name. For this reason, I propose the following move (with "1998" since "video game" is ambiguous: see Metal Gear Solid (2000 video game)), and then redirect Metal Gear SolidMetal Gear Solid to Metal Gear. Steel1943 (talk) 15:36, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

• Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:28, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
• Support. Makes sense. Popcornduff (talk) 16:56, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
• Support as per nom. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:26, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
• Support Per nom. "MGS" is a series of its own._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 06:07, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Metal Gear Solid Drama CD. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 01:40, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Recent GOG.com re-release

On September 25, 2020, the game was re-released on GOG, along with the original Metal Gear (MSX version, unsure if its emulation or not), MGS2, and a compilation containing emulated versions of Castlevania 1-3, Contra, and Super C (all NES). This could probably be mentioned somewhere in their respective pages. Wiki Shill (talk) 00:33, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Ping looks like you forgot to fill in the "NGen38" ref you added. -- Fyrael (talk) 15:33, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2022

Slazakalvaro (talk) 04:01, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Add "Tappy Iwase", "Rika Muranaka" and "Gigi Meroni" in the "Composer(s)" list The sources are the credits of the game and their IMDb pages

File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. IMDb is user generated, and not a reliable source. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:04, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 May 2023

Change "Snakes must liberate hostages" to "Snake must liberate hostages", since the player-controlled character's name is Snake, and there is only one of them. Bmlguy (talk) 04:43, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done AnnaMankad (talk) 05:26, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Reviews

• Backstab #15

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Semi-protected edit request on 22 June 2023

Please add "This release is still available on GOG.com." or something like that to the section about the Windows version. I want to inform the people who still want to play this game. Is the recently announced Metal Gear Collection also worth mentioning? Sumwun0 (talk) 01:43, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the Template:Tlx template. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:40, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2023

Please remove the line "This requirement renders Special Missions incompatible with PlayStation 2 consoles made before the SCPH-70000 model." at the end of the Integral section. I'm not aware of any evidence that this is actually the case, and in fact, I've found that Special Missions works perfectly fine on my SCPH-50000.

2A02:C7C:3105:F500:3154:8AFA:5800:2912 (talk) 12:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 12:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Removal of "And most important" Moniker

My account isn't old enough to edit this quite yet, but it seems unnecessary to claim that it's one of the most "important" video games ever made (especially without specific citations as to the importance of the game) in the hyperlink to the list of "Best Video Games Ever Made", and simply stating that is "Regarded as one of the best video games ever made" would suffice. MutedL (talk) 22:06, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 April 2024

Corregir fechas Jack Solidus (talk) 07:53, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 07:59, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Possible existence of a cancelled Dreamcast port?

A lot of references to a Dreamcast port that was cancelled before it got very far into development are out there, however it seems a lot of the more reliable and informative ones on the internet have been lost to time.

One of the only ones still online I found was this July 1999 IGN article, which seems far too vague to be citable to me. Let me know if any of you can find more on this. Titanoboa Constrictor (talk) 02:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Development

In Development it says After the 3DO was discontinued, development shifted to the PlayStation after Policenauts was released.. I think this should be removed as I could not find evidence that development shifted specifically (or "because of") after 3DO was "discontinued". If anything there is very little public information about how it all played out.

Instead here is something key that I think should be added here instead. In 1995 a major earthquake struck Kobe in Japan where Kojima was working at the time. The earthquake destroyed Konami material and halted development of MGS for an unknown amount of time. When development resumed it was then on the PlayStation. Sources: [1] (in Japanese)

So instead of the current sentence above I am going to change it to:

• The sudden January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake caused major damage to the Konami studio where Kojima was working at, which led to the indefinite postponement of development. Eventually when development of Metal Gear Solid resumed, it was moved over to the PlayStation platform. --Sceeegt (talk) 22:12, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2025

According to the timeline shown in the book of the premium package of the Metal Gear Solid game released in Japan in 1998, it is established that in 1993 Kojima began to idealize the third part of Metal Gear following the announcement of a console with great 3D power, that is, the Sony PlayStation. Jack Solidus (talk) 21:26, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 22:21, 11 February 2025 (UTC)