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We take time out to chat about the Metal Gear series
DARRAN JONES
NICK THORPE
TIM EMPEY
» [MSX2] Like many British gamers, we weren’t familiar with the pre-PlayStation Metal Gear games.
Metal
Gear Solid was a true landmark release that not only popularised stealth gameplay, but provided many memorable highlights and raised the bar for cinematic presentation in games.
With the game gracing the cover of Retro Gamer for the first time ever, we turn our focus to one of Konami’s bestknown series.
NICK
I remember Metal Gear Solid having a lot of press hype behind it. Did you get caught up in it back in the day?
DARRAN
I didn’t get caught up in the hype, but I do remember having a version of it on my dodgy PlayStation. I had to ask my cousin for the code on the back of the box and ended up enjoying it so much I just bought my own copy.