Game title

Metal Gear

Japan 1987-12-22 / action-adventure game /Konami

#397Japanese release order (of 1239 titles)
#85Copies sold (of 87 titles)
#212Famitsu score (of 367 titles)
#4How much it is read now (of 942 titles)
1987Release year

About this game title

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Japanese title: Metal Gear
Japan release date: 1987-12-22
North America release date: 1988-06-01
Europe release date: 1989-12-13
Publisher (Japan): Konami
Publisher (North America): Konami / Ultra Games
Developer: Konami
Genre: action-adventure game / stealth game
Formats: FC / NES

Launch price

5,300 yen

Copies sold

1,000,000 copies

Famitsu score

24 points

Players

1 players

Officially playable today

Not confirmed

Products sold (1)

Even for the same game title, packs, bundles and budget re-releases count as separate products. Only those listed in the public record (Media Arts Database) are shown.

Metal Gear: Model no. KDS-ME / 5,300 yen / 1987-12-22

More details

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Series: Metal GearSeries
Music: Kaoru Mizutani / Shigehiro Takenouchi / Motoaki Furukawa
Art: Masami Tabata / Azusa Fujimoto
design: Hideo Kojima
programming: Hiroyuki Fukui / Tomonori Otsuka
Medium: ROM cartridge
North America age rating: E
Next title: Snake's Revenge/ Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

Where it stands today

How much this title is read and edited today. Wikipedia page views and edit history, counted on 2026-8-30.

Readers of the overseas article

about 27,802 views per month

Current records (1 of 7)

The fastest completions of this title, as of 2026-8-30, and still being updated (the newest record is from 2018-12-22). These records are the work of the runners and authors. Their names and sources are given.

22 min 25 sec

baseline / dunnius / 2018-12-22
View on TASVideos

Stories left about this title

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People (11)Firsts and onlys (5)Differences overseas (3)Numbers (2)Cancellations and recalls (2)Reception (2)Difficulty (1)Changed from the original (1)Disputes (1)

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Genreaction-adventure game Genrestealth game Game makerKonami Release year1987

Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
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