RIP Punished "Venom" Snake

The best part of Metal Gear 1 is during the escape/self-destruct sequence if you smoke cigarettes you get more time to escape. That has to be the most illogical thing in the whole series.

13:19, so that's where super bunnyhop found his logo, no wonder I thought it looked more like a rat than a bunny.

despite metal gear for MSX coming out decades ago, kojima decided to write a reason for the weirdness in it and metal gear 2 into metal gear solid 5, thats dedication

I laughed way more than I should have at that European translation, "Penetrate the enemy's Outer Heaven" just got me for some reason.

It's weird how much his way of speaking has changed over the years. He's way deeper and slower now. This review is done like he's got somewhere to be in 20 minutes. The way he talks is also different. It's hard to explain but he just talks differently now, at least on camera.

I found a way to beat Metal Gear if you lose a star in the Dirty Duck boss. If you have maximum ammo for C4 and don't die or pick up any more C4, you will keep all 16 of your bombs. It's a sort of glitch, if you lose a star, it won't automatically cause you to lose health/ammo, unless you pick up more or you die and your ammo resets. The first time I played MG1 I ended up beating it with 2 stars. But I recommend playing it safe and saving before the fight.

"Snake, watch out for the cameras!" Leaves room, comes back "Snake, watch out or the cameras!"

The greatest intro to a series I've ever heard. "This series is a clusterfuck."

Sidenote: MSX was a home computer standard, not a gaming console designed to compete with NES & Saga.

The most interesting thing about Metal Gear's stealth gameplay, in my opinion, is that the main reason for it was because the MSX computer couldn't handle fast paced Contra-esque gameplay without it being incredibly choppy, so they used stealth as a work-around. Very ingenious!

I think the first 2 MG games should be remastered

13:19 You just turned that fox logo into a rabbit and made it your logo.

I was playing Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines the other day, went to the blood bank and had to use dominate as a dialogue choice to get out of trouble. The doctor I was talking to then said "I feel.. Asleep!".

I still love how metal gear is locked behind what is basically a janitorial closet door

"Chances are that everyone who plays games has access to one of these things" How the times have changed, now the only easily accessible MG game is V

Metal Gear Solid is a reboot to the series. It combined story, items and concepts from Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 to receeate the franchise. Kojima stated this in an interview. I think they should definitely get played by fans of the series, but they will have many elements people who played Metal Gear Solid will have deja vu about.

Early Bunnyhop is so different, he's talking so fast and loud! He sounds much more confident now.

HUGE SPOILER ALERT the "Big Boss" that you encounter as the final boss fight before the explosion at the end of this game is in fact not Big Boss, rather Venom Snake. We can confirm this from seeing Big Boss get sent off over a decade (two decades maybe ?) later in MGS 4

oh, now you have to finish The Phantom Pain and see how they dealed with this game in the story A_A

Only real difference I could note is the lack of Psycho Mantis interactivity. Controls about the same to me, assuming that you're using a gamepad. Still works OK on keyboard, but not ideal.

Over a decade and many good memories. Love you George

BREVITY!

imagine how much better assassin's creed would be if it embraced it's camp. well, it'd still be shit, but it would at least be less boring shit.

The graphics is nice for the technology in the 80's. The game is almost like the NES version. I just wished the game maker would squeeze in everything for the NES like they did for MSX. Do you think the MSX is worth collecting or is it just a nice memory notch in history. Do you have any more MSX game reviews?

Time again for me to embark on this pilgrimage

I'm enjoying going back and watching these older videos! You've been great since the beginning, but you are clearly more confident now and don't rush like you used to :P ps. I love you

I didn't know you could repeatedly be too late to one event. But Big Boss is too late to warn you about the same cameras about 30 times in this game.

That makes two of us! Here's to hoping that it will be, I'm looking forward to going through these games again! -G

Oh god yes, it's been years though. It doesn't surprise me in the least that people have found so much to write about from that game. It was pretty much Spec Ops before Spec Ops. - G

5:40 is one of my favorite youtube sound bites of ALL time. Thanks George.

I saw a playthrough of this game and fell in love with music. My favorite is the boss theme.

"Quieter, more introverted Rambo".... Did you even see the first movie? Let alone read the book?

Definitely some Plinkett influence around 10:35

15:21 ah, remember when text could actually take up a sizable chunk of space?

Press the Select Button

Your writing and delivery parallels the brevity of the game. Pretty good shit George.

Can't believe this vid is 10 years old now

Weird watching this review after finishing MGS 5 because it clears up Big Boss.

I like how several times big boss calls to say "I forgot to tell you"

this is old but GOLD

This video caused me to be utterly humiliated at a bar last weekend because I was CERTAIN that Jennifer was Naomi Hunter and her brother was Gray Fox who was injured during the Dirty Duck fight and that's what caused his betrayal in Metal Gear 2. All because I remembered one line from a video I watched 9 years ago.

True story, in 9th grade history I was anwsering every question about the Cold War and Desert Storm. My teacher asked "how do you know all this stuff?" I answered "from Metal Gear Solid." He then said "I love that game."

IDK if Metal Gear progenated all this stealth stuff. Definitely was one of the first but I'm not sure it's THE first. There's Sega's 005 stealth arcade game and The Great Escape for the ZX Spectrum (and later for other platforms). I could also mention the top-down sneak game Castle Wolfenstein but technically it's possible to just shoot your way through it.

I love your comparison to Star Wars. For YEARS I have been saying that Kojima is the George Lucas of gaming.

i bought the legacy collection for metal gear, just played through mgs 3 and peace walker to complete big boss's storyline, and i thought i could see metal gear gameplay on youtube without playing it, but then i gave it a try, and it hooked me right way! its just a really fun game.

I need to know where that clip of "where do I go, where do I do?" Came from, I just need to watch the original

Keep those solid puns going...;)

this video was just great. what an enjoyable 16 minutes. thank you!

Wait, did you just call "The Great Escape" cheesy?

I bought this game from my first paper route money. In fact, the paper route was a means to acquire this very cartridge. For the record, in my memory this was the most awesome game of the 80s in the history of all time. That's how good it was.. Finding goggles to see IR lasers? Hell Yeah!

I can’t believe it has been 9 years

"Take that, Scientologists!" "Snack Idea: Flan Trousers" I thought it looked prettier on the wall rather than the fridge. -G

The MSX version is the first.Read Hideo Kojima interview in the 25th Metal Gear anniversary.

Gotta love the intro

I looked forever for the Substinence version until the HD Collection came out just to play the first two games

"Then something like this will happen..." I get an ad

Watching again!

The Metal Gear series is one of my favorite, and this is looking like it's going to be a fun and interesting series. :)

You do great reviews

*METARO* *GEAR* *SORRIDO* !

METARU GIA SORIDDO! This gave me a chuckle.

I really like your guy's videos. Really entertaining stuff. You should really review Syphon Filter, that would be interesting =)

do you plan on doing a critical close-up of metal gear solid 4 and peace walker

None of the stuff in the US manual is in game. It's still Big Boss and such. Except that Shotmaker is Shootgunner, the improvement that makes it all worth it.

Where can I find that timeline you showed that the beginning

the enemies have different colors in the msx version ?? after all this time I am still getting surprised by IT !!

The auto closed captioning for this is surprisingly good.

An aspect I wish you highlighted about the twist is how it contextualize everything he's said to Snake up to that point. Deliberately delaying advice or directly sending Snake in to traps. When you first enter the last set of rooms he tells you to go left where it's a room with nothing but a pit trap. How if you went to the gas room he only calls you and warns you when you're most likely already taking damage. It's a game actively trying to sabotage you with faux advice. Making your only reliable source of information the hostages you save along the way.

0:16 We had that Metal Gear Scholastic novel! We also had the novels for Blaster Master; Castlevania II; and Ninja Gaiden

stingers in sting position 10:35

Your first run is the exact same as mine, accidentally killed a hostage and thus didn't have the ammo to killed Metal Gear.

I just realised I've only commented bitchy things in the last 3 videos of yours I've watched, sooo I should also mention that they're very entertaining, informative and I appreciate the work you must be putting in.

MG1 didn't have overdrawn drama because... storage space was limited. Text took space.

true but I beat MGS2 on PC and it took me twice as long as beating it on xbox 360. I am also wondering if you can tell me if the legacy collection has the same features as the twin snakes such as: aiming in FPV and hanging mode?

SPOILERS After 20 plus years, we finally learn that the "Big Boss" Solid Snake fought in outer heaven is a doppelgänger.

since mgs survive will be out next year , could you do a video about mgs spin offs like mgs acid 1 an 2 and various spin offs

Just a Reminder that Shotmaker was once Shoot Gunner

Does anyone know where to obtain copies of MGS 1 and 2 for PC? I really want to play MGS 2, given it's reputation as the "Primer" of video games. Or do I have to try my luck ordering a disc from somewhere?

What keyboard is that in the background 3:54

wait what? MGS 1 and 2 are on PC?! FUCK! i need it!

Lol I have the NES version in my house in a shelf next to the NES version of metal gear 2

Been a Metal Gear fan since 1987 and I absolutely loved this review. Just one note - back in 1987, the MSX2 wasn't particularly "outdated"; it's just that, being a 'home computer', gaming wasn't its primary focus. For the time, the graphical capacities were quite dandy, if we'd excuse the lack of hardware supported vertical scrolling (which is something you would want in a computer that's dedicated to gaming).

Outdated hardware? It came out more than 3 years before the Super Famicom (SNES), 15 months prior to the Mega Drive (Genesis), 3 months before the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16). The hardware was not outdated.

14: 38 PHANTOM PAINLESSLY there I'm good.

also I like the gameplay mechanics that MGS2 implemented and were ported over to the twin snakes edition of the game.

"Snake!? Is it ok to bug you every fifteen minutes? SNAKE!? What are you doing!? SNAKE!? Now what are you doing!? Snake? Bring me back a Sandwich!"

they started naming them "solid" when they went 3d my friend

IMHO, if the original Metal Gear was left untouched by ULTRA other than a good English translation for the NES, this game might have been one of the best and memorable NES game for its stealth gameplay mechanics.

Hey man great video, I gut beat Metal Gear (Nes) I really enjoyed it. but you bring up a lot of good points!

If they ever remake MG or MG2 I hope Snake is so green and pulling off cqc or other techniques allows you to fail or have them turn it around on you like The Boss can.

I totally think that the Blast Suit is the Battle Dress from MGS Peace Walker and MGSV The Phantom Pain.

I like this game.

Glad I played the game on the MSX when I was young (I had the cart).... much later I played MG2 (on the PC with one of the first MSX emulators)

Konami needs to remake MG and MG2 into one whole game. Bring the series full circle!

yeah I may want to buy the twin snakes because of the things that I was used to in MGS2.

Snake's revenge was actually the first metal gear I played. I recognize that it's not considered a true metal gear and I get it. I mean I was like 10 when I played it so despite not having played it in a long time I feel certain that stealth was not the biggest concern in Snake's Revenge. But on the same coin I was 10 and actually had the patience (and game genie codes) to get all the way to the final boss. 10 year old kids aren't typically known for their patience and if the game was "no good" I doubt I'd have made it half way through. I've heard that even Kojima said something like "It's not a bad game, it's just not really a metal gear game" And that's how I feel about it. It was just more action and way less stealth. But that doesn't make it crap. I remember having loads of fun. ... Until the end where you travel through a grid maze, c4ing walls till you get to METAL GEAR, blow that up and trigger a self destruct sequence and have to remember your way out.... f*** that game.

You and I have the same Space Ghost print! What did he write on yours?

Castle Wolfestien gave you the option to either use stealth or shoot down your enemies. Metal Gear was the 1st game where stealth was mandatory.

12:42 Who are those people? I know I've seen the last one somewhere else.