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Metal Gear (weapon)
are the mecha in the Metal Gear, ''Metal Gear'' series. In the series, a Metal Gear is a bipedal, nuclear weapons-equipped tank. The Metal Gears are typically autonomous nuclear launch platforms which the player must destroy to save the world and complete the game. Often, confronting the latest Metal Gear model is one of the final challenges of each game. Concept and creation Hideo Kojima said that the idea of the "Metal Gear" weapon, a nuclear-capable walking tank, was conceived in response to the nuclear warfare, nuclear war hysteria during the 1980s that resulted from the Cold War as the U.S. military had no mobile land-based nuclear weapons delivery system at the time. In video games The Metal Gear weapon has been consistently described as an all-terrain, nuclear-equipped, walking battle tank capable of launching a nuclear warhead from anywhere on the planet. In the original ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', the List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Outer Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss (Metal Gear), Big Boss), who is assigned the task of finding the titular superweapon, "Metal Gear (mecha), Metal Gear", a bipedal mecha, walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game's plot, adding characters opposing and supporting Snake, while several prequels have explored the origins of Metal Gear and recurring characters. The third game in the series, ''Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game), Metal Gear Solid'' for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, marked a transition to 3D computer graphics, 3D graphics and gained the series international fame. The series is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
