Metal Gear Solid (GB)

Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima's vision of an IRBM-firing walking mechanoid which would be more than a match for anything pasty, bearded 'Robot Wars' contestants could ever come up with, is on the loose again and guess what the American government have done to stop it. Pre-emptive nuclear strike? Full ground invasion? Nope, they send one bloke. Of course, that bloke isn't just any old schmo picked off the street, he's Solid Snake, the most deadly assassin in the world (unless I'm controlling him in which case he's a bumbling fool). Kudos to Konami. Too many Game Boy developers see the machine as a second-class console where poor conversions ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the best Gameboy Colour games to date. I have to admit that initially i was worried whether or not the Gameboy could do such a game justice but the game is easily as great as the PSX version. Despite the lack of 3D graphics Metal Gear Solid for the Gameboy still manages to reproduce the same amount of tension as its PSX brother. You must once again guide Solid Snake through various missions trying your best to avoid being noticed since the aim of this game is stealth. You can hide in boxes and sneak past cameras. The graphics in the game are superb with a top down perspective being used. This view point reminds me of the NES Metal Gear ...  Read the complete review

"Metal Gear Solid" is a video game released for the Gameboy Color console in 2000 by Konami. It is loosely based on the popular video game of the same name released for the Playstation system. In the United States, the game received a rating of "E" by the ESRB panel which deemed it suitable for all ages. Despite bearing the same name to the Playstation release, Metal Gear Solid for the Gameboy Color is set in an era prior to the Playstation game. An anti government militia has stopped public progress in a project known as "Babel". The player's character, Snake, is hired to stop these men. In a similar fashion tot he Playstation ...  Read the complete review

The name 'Metal Gear Solid' has been the buzzword around the playstation sinse its release, as it was one of the launch games and the game was an absolute classic from start to end. That is high praise from me as i am usually against playstation games. The game is currently very cheap to own on platenum for PS and is also released for the PC, and the sequal is very near general release (At time of writing). Then as i was surfing the reviews section of the various gameboy websites i frequent i saw a GBC version had appeared. Let me say now that i was more than a little impressed. First a little synopsis. You play Solid Snake, retired secret agent who ...  Read the complete review

Having played (and loved) the Playstation version of this game I thought “No way can it be any good on the humble Gameboy”. How wrong was I ? In the game you play Solid Snake a rock hard Rambo type who has to infiltrate a heavily guarded fortress. Instead of a 3D world you get a top down view, which works surprisingly well. This version has all of the parts from the Playstation version that made it such a great game. You’ve got the guards who yawn and fall asleep while on duty, all the weapons are here (including the Nikita rockets) Snake even tries to chat up any females he meets. In addition to the main game, you also ...  Read the complete review