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Metal Gear Solid available on PSN today photo

Perhaps you’ve heard of this game: Metal Gear Solid? Konami released it on PlayStation in 1998. Some people liked it or something.

Well now, you can download it from the PlayStation Network for play on your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable. That’ll cost you $9.99, and it’s available today.

I wish there were more to say, but what hasn’t already been said about “Hideo Kojima’s groundbreaking original that created the tactical-espionage action genre.” Hey, Konami said that, not me.


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Always Ten Feet Tall's Avatar
Always Ten Feet Tall at 06/18/2009 15:19
i'm all for buying this but i just want to know, are there any minor improvements? like whats gonna happen with the psycho mantis fight?
funran's Avatar
funran at 06/18/2009 15:19
Ezra, You got to hell, you go to hell and DIE!
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask at 06/18/2009 15:22
@Always Ten Feet Tall
Switch the controller # on the PS button menu

I know it makes me a whore, but I'll gladly pay $10 to play this on my PSP >.<
Chibi_Zero's Avatar
Chibi_Zero at 06/18/2009 15:24
Always Ten Feet Tall: I never even thought about that...
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 06/18/2009 15:26
OK. So how about meryl's code?
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask at 06/18/2009 15:28
@tubatic
It's the same for every game, but I'm sure they've stuck it in the ingame manual somewhere like they did with Startropics on the NES
etirflita's Avatar
etirflita at 06/18/2009 15:29
@Ezra: as much as I love the concept of Twin Snakes (especially the marriage of gameplay from MGS2 and story/characters from MGS1), they butchered the accents and made the cinematics so over the top that they actually detracted from the awesomeness of the original.

That being said, I still have the original discs sitting here, so no need to download (for now).
PrinnyMedic's Avatar
PrinnyMedic at 06/18/2009 15:34
yay
ArcticFox's Avatar
ArcticFox at 06/18/2009 15:36
This is so tempting, but I have the original game sitting on my shelf right now. At the same time, I do love every second of it, and I would have it for my PSP...
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 06/18/2009 15:37
You're a careless man, aren't you? And you're a poor warriors as well! However, you are skilled at eluding traps ...


Yeah, I'm picking this shit up.
mrplow8's Avatar
mrplow8 at 06/18/2009 15:39
Jim Sterling's excitement over this game is the reason we don't get creative new ideas from developers. This is a game he likely already owns and could be playing right now if he wanted to. If people like Jim didn't want this game it wouldn't be released. Those people are clearly the scum of the Earth. It's their fault that developers are giving them things that they want. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Instead of being excited about playing a game you know you like, everyone should be more excited about some game they don't know anything about. That way they get to be disappointed if it sucks.
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Nic128 at 06/18/2009 15:40
Demos of the PS1 games would be cool. I'm on the fence for this.
Kraid's Avatar
Kraid at 06/18/2009 15:41
@Tubatic ; There is a digital manual provided with the game :3 I think they've added the hint.
AdamskiOwenov's Avatar
AdamskiOwenov at 06/18/2009 15:45
Got it for about £3 at Gamestation, so pass.
Still good for a laugh though.
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ejamer at 06/18/2009 15:45
I never understood the Twin Snakes remake hate, and honestly believe it's MUCH better for anyone who doesn't harbor nostagic feelings of playing the original back in the day.

Voice acting dropping some accents is the only disappointment, but you'd never miss them if you hadn't played the original first. Everything else is solid improvement... even over-the-top cutscenes, especially since Metal Gear Solid has never been "realistic" anyway.

That said, I doubt you can get Twin Snakes for $10. Having this available for anyone to download is a pretty sweet deal.
Zippyduda's Avatar
Zippyduda at 06/18/2009 15:46
FUUUUUUUUUCK YES
Tha Meat's Avatar
Tha Meat at 06/18/2009 15:51
GIVE ME MORE!!!! MORE!!! MOOOOORRRRREEEE!!!!!
embef's Avatar
embef at 06/18/2009 15:52
Is it available on the European PSN? Havent gotten my PS3 yet. :)
Fyrebrand's Avatar
Fyrebrand at 06/18/2009 16:02
Sweet. Yeah... I WOULD get this, if I didn't still have my original PS1 copy to play. Think of it as a moral victory, if not a financial one, Konami.

mrplow8: "Jim Sterling's excitement over this game is the reason we don't get creative new ideas from developers."

*checks the internet to see if Scribblenauts is still being made*

Don't worry too much about it, mrplow8.
mrplow8's Avatar
mrplow8 at 06/18/2009 16:11
@Fyrebrand
I heard they might be canceling Scribblenauts so they can release Street Fighter Alpha 2 Vs. Capcom instead, all because people are excited about Metal Gear Solid on PSN.
Celdurant's Avatar
Celdurant at 06/18/2009 16:27
MGS on my PSP? Done and done.

Konami just got themselves another 10 bucks.
covah's Avatar
covah at 06/18/2009 16:31
Maaaaaybeee

when all is said and done, where the hell is my fat princess?!
gomeja's Avatar
gomeja at 06/18/2009 16:34
I picked up the Metal Gear Solid Essentials Collection last year, so I'm gonna have to pass on this.
Viral Lode's Avatar
Viral Lode at 06/18/2009 16:36
If it comes to Europe..and I checked earlier and couldn't see it..I'll buy it. MGS PSP FTW.
Chibi_Zero's Avatar
Chibi_Zero at 06/18/2009 16:52
I'm on the fence about this... I already own Twin Snakes and the Original. But being able to play it on the PSP would be kind of fun.
grasslunatic's Avatar
grasslunatic at 06/18/2009 17:02
Is this on the EU store? If it isn't I'm gonna be pissed.
JLanphear's Avatar
JLanphear at 06/18/2009 17:09
Nice! PSN is starting to stack up on the awesome titles now.
RitualNet's Avatar
RitualNet at 06/18/2009 17:18
Someone answered about how to deal with psycho mantis via PS3 (switch controller numbers), but how do you do that with the PSP?
Psy-Phi's Avatar
Psy-Phi at 06/18/2009 17:26
Chibi_Zero,

If you own the original, and a PS3, pop it in the PS3 and play it via remote play (anywhere you have internet access).

RitualNet

Haven't played any PSone games on the PSP have you? You hit the home button, go to controller settings, and change the "assign controller ports" to "controller 2". See Custom Firmware is good for something (people figured this out a long time ago, and yes it uses the same software to play the games from the PSN store. I won't be buying any PSone game I can rip myself after buying FF7 and learning that it uses the exact same stuff.
MrSlippery's Avatar
MrSlippery at 06/18/2009 17:42
It's been awhile, but this game doesn't need a second analog to play, right?
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 06/18/2009 18:02
I would recommend the essential collection with all three for 30 bucks.
SRCisFriday's Avatar
SRCisFriday at 06/18/2009 18:20
YES! Now you can play MGS everywhere!
Chibi_Zero's Avatar
Chibi_Zero at 06/18/2009 18:25
Psy-Phi: My PSP hates my PS3 and refuses to connect to it.
---AMARU---'s Avatar
---AMARU--- at 06/18/2009 19:24
These MGS announcements SUCK.
fetusmilk's Avatar
fetusmilk at 06/18/2009 19:27
i might have to break out the psp again. but now i need a bigger memory card.

been out of the psp scene for some time now. last game i got i think was locoroco when i came out.

is there a way to play any ps1 game on a psp? even imports etc? if so how do i make my rakugaki showtime psp playable?
Mr Kite's Avatar
Mr Kite at 06/18/2009 19:45
The MGS essentials pack is only $30 for all three, at ten bucks this is not really a good deal.
ANevskyUSA's Avatar
ANevskyUSA at 06/18/2009 20:00
Will Otocon still tell you to switch discs after you beat Sniper Wolf?
D Sane's Avatar
D Sane at 06/18/2009 21:22
i bought it and i haven't gotten to the disc switch yet, but when i turned it off just now to take a break, i noticed that there's a switch discs option when you press the PS button, similar to the controller port switch option...i think they thought this through
pedrovay2003's Avatar
pedrovay2003 at 06/18/2009 22:05
I still have an original black-label PS1 copy of this, but honestly, I'll probably get it just to have it on the PSP.
ciccio13's Avatar
ciccio13 at 06/18/2009 22:08
if u already have the original game is it illegal to put in the psp?????Anyway i am enjoyng the psp more than ever tenchu and ps1 game einandher, vagrant story and FFVII(next will be xenogears!!!!)....screw you all psp haters psp is awesome!!!!!!!!
pedrovay2003's Avatar
pedrovay2003 at 06/18/2009 23:43
I just noticed that this is another $10 game. As good as these games are, I'm kinda tired of the recent releases being $10 instead of the standard $6...

@ciccio13

...What?
absolutzero's Avatar
absolutzero at 06/18/2009 23:58
This announcement gave me warm fuzzies--MGS has been missing from the PlayStation Classics area of the PS Store for far too long :)
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar
The Amazing Shenazin at 06/19/2009 03:49
is there anything special about that would make it worth buying even if you already own it for the PS1?
Aurain's Avatar
Aurain at 06/19/2009 08:56
Soooooony!!! >=(

Release it on EU PSN.

We're your most loyal fans, you fuck us over, and we come back for more. We pay more, we get less, cut us a break you cunts.
jawshoeuh's Avatar
jawshoeuh at 06/19/2009 14:08
@Scary Womanizing Pig Mask:

Me too, me too. I have the original, but I can't take it with me on my PSP (without using remote play anyway)...
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