Metal Gear 1987

Is it still worth playing?

You control Solid Snake, an operative of the special forces unit FOXHOUND, in this 1987 stealth action adventure for the MSX2, the first Metal Gear. He is sent alone into the fortified state of Outer Heaven to destroy Metal Gear, a bipedal mecha able to launch nuclear missiles, and to rescue fellow agents taken hostage. The game is played from a flip-screen overhead view. Snake starts unarmed and finds equipment by exploring the base, including a handgun, a rocket launcher, rations and a gas mask. Guards follow set patrol patterns and see in a straight line in front of them, looking in four directions, and defeating one without alerting anyone may make it drop rations or ammunition. Even now, sneaking through a base unarmed still carries its tension.