What is Metal Gear (video game)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game |title = Metal Gear |developer = [[Konami]] |publisher = [[Konami]]<br>[[Ultra Games]] (NES) |engine = [[Unreal Engine 4]] |director = [[Hideo Kojima]] |designer = Hideo Kojima |series = ''[[Metal Gear]]'' |released = '''MSX2'''{{vgrelease|JP|July 13, 1987|EU|July 1987}}'''Famicom/NES'''{{vgrelease|JP|December 22, 1987|NA|June 17, 1988|EU/AU|1989}}'''Commodore 64'''{{vgrelease|NA|1989|EU|1990}}'''MS-DOS'''{{vgrelease|NA|August 30, 1990|EU|1990}} '''GameCube'''{{vgrelease|JP|March 11, 2004}}'''Mobile phones'''{{vgrelease|JP|August 18, 2004|NA|2008}}'''Windows'''{{vgrelease|WW|September 25, 2020}} |genre = [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]], [[Stealth game|stealth]] |modes = [[Single player]] |platforms = [[MSX|MSX2]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[GameCube]], [[Mobile phone]], [[Windows]] }} '''''Metal Gear''''' is an [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[Stealth game|stealth]] [[video game]]. It was both [[Video game developer|developed]] and [[Video game publisher|published]] by [[Konami]]. The director and designer for the game was [[Hideo Kojima]] and it was his video game. It is the first video game in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series. The game was first released for the [[MSX|MSX2]] home computer on July 13, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/konami-delisted-metal-gear-games-35th-anniversary|access-date=June 7, 2023|title=Konami Reinstating Delisted Metal Gear Games For Series' 35th Anniversary|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> It would later be released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System]] on December 22, 1987,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/12/anniversary-metal-gear-sneaked-its-way-onto-the-nes-35-years-ago|access-date=June 7, 2023|title=Anniversary: Metal Gear Sneaked Its Way Onto The NES 35 Years Ago|publisher=Nintendo Life}}</ref> the [[Commodore 64]] in 1989, the [[MS-DOS]] on August 30, 1990, the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] on March