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4 unusual facts about Metal Gear


Konami Krazy Racers

Konami Krazy Racers makes use of a variety of characters and concepts from several of Konami's franchises, including Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Gradius.

Metal Gear / Solid Snake: Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima / Red Disc

Metal Gear / Solid Snake: Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima / Red Disc contains mainly remixed music from Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, however some of the versions of the music are original.

PlayStation Blog

At their 2010 event they had a meet and greet session with Metal Gear series creator, Hideo Kojima, who gave away free autographed bundles of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Thresholds

"Tribal Vodoun" is about primitive religions and voodoo, while "Subterranean Infiltrator" is inspired by the Metal Gear video game series.


Possessory credit

Possessory credits have been used for video games such as American McGee's Alice, Sid Meier's Civilization, games released by Tom Clancy's Red Storm Entertainment, and games in the Metal Gear series.


see also

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Original Soundtrack

The Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to Konami's stealth game Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original Soundtrack

Most of the original music was composed and arranged by Harry Gregson-Williams, with the exceptions of "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme", composed by Georgy Sviridov (arranged by Harry Gregson-Williams), "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday", written by Rika Muranaka and performed by the Felix Farrar Orchestra and (in the full version) Carla White, and "Fortune" and "Who Am I Really?", composed by Norihiko Hibino.

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Original Soundtrack

"Evasion" is a remix of "Countdown to Disaster", which is composed by Norihiko Hibino, and is featured on Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty Soundtrack 2: The Other Side.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection

Bonus content include motion comic adaptations of the Metal Gear Solid graphic novels by Kris Oprisko and Ashley Wood and a 100-page booklet that catalogs numerous promotional posters and brochures related to the games in the compilation.

MGO

Metal Gear Online, a PlayStation 3 online multiplayer spin-off of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Old Snake

Solid Snake, the main protagonist of Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a video game spinoff of the Metal Gear Solid series by Konami, formerly known as Metal Gear Solid: Rising

Ryōji Minagawa

Minagawa contributed an illustration for the Metal Gear Solid Premium Package edition released in Japan, which is featured in the Metal Gear Solid Classified booklet.

Snake's Revenge

Whereas the game reveals the main villain to be Big Boss, who betrayed Snake in the first Metal Gear, the instruction manual identifies the villain as "Higharolla Kockamamie" (a play on Ayatollah Khomeini), an Eastern despot who obtained the plans for his "Ultra-Sheik Nuclear Attack Tank" (the manual's name for Metal Gear) from Vermon CaTaffy (a play on Muammar Gaddafi, the supposed villain from the original Metal Gear).

Tappy

Tappi Iwase, Japanese video game music composer known for composing the Metal Gear series