Metal Gear Turns 25

7 Jul

Today the Metal Gear series is exactly 25 years old. The first game, simply called ‘Metal Gear’ was released in Japan on July 7 1987 for the MSX2 system.

In its lifetime, the Metal Gear franchise managed to sell over 31 million copies worldwide, and received much critical acclaim.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=557274052 Juan Luisangel Gongora Jaramil

    Dude it’s until tomorrow why is it already up????

  • voice

    he said in japan july 7 1987, there is already tomorrow and hideo is celebrating

  • voice

    anyway Happy Birthday Snake and Metal gear is good to have you around

    “there hasn’t been better time then when we were sneaking around ”

  • A.G.

    Not true. It was released on July 12th. Check Making of MGS2, Countdown to MGS3, or the MGS1 manual.

    • A.G.

      MGS1 Japanese, not US. US manual is wrong.

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