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Metal Gear Solid on GBC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This and Resident Evil Gaiden are most likely my favorite games in my GBC collection(and its a big one). I would like to inform you that if you don't buy this game right now you are missing out on one of the best game experiances you will ever have. So here you go, my review on Mtal Gear Solid.

Story: The game puts you in the boots of action hero and well known sabatour, Solid Snake. Snake is sent to Galuade, which is actually Outer Heaven. While there, Snake is instructed to work with Delta Force to rescue reseachers who were working on none other than Metal Gear. Of course, if Metal Gear is there it must be destroyed. All of the plans go wrong when a group of mercenaries called Balck Chamber wipe out Delta Force, and all but one of the reseachers is killed. Snake is now in a fight for survival to face his past and destroy a nuclear weapons that could end the world as we know it.

Graphics: They are like Metal Gear On the Playstation shrunk to fit the screen, in other words the game looks absoloutly amazing.

Sound: The music is a gentle harmony at times and intense mix of rock and classic compositions. Great sound is the signature of any MGS game, and this is no different.

Gameplay: its intense and very smooth in the way that you can go from a shadow to a one man army with no choppy movement whatsoever. The game almost grabs you by the neck and forces you to play. The boss fights are present and in full motion as well.

my conclusion is that this is a wonderful game and should be experiance by all. Oh and as a warning, this game has a lot of language that is not appropriate for kids. Other wise, go get this right now.

Metal Gear Solid, a teen's review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love metal gear solid games. I enjoyed this one particularly.I noticed a lack of weapons and it was hard to find most of the guns. The AI of the enemy soldiers was hilarious because they were almost blind and should be in wheelchairs because of thier phisical stregnth. This game was mild compared to the PS and GCN series: No sexual themes, blood, gore, or language. I did notice this game was intensly violent for a game boy color game. The graphics were top notch so were the animations. No voiceovers, but what can you expect from a GBC game. I also noticed the colonel asking for some scotch on the game begining cinematic.This game is suitable for ages 13 and up, not six. I loved this game it was very fun.

good game, hard to find

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

honestly, this was the only gameboy color gme to keep my interest. you could pretty much say it's the NES metal gear with the moves enabled in the playstation metal gear game, the name is the same but it's a completely different game from playstation version. i recommend the game if you can find it...was hard to get even when it was new.

Astounding, I can't believe my eyes

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

With the blockbuster success of Metal Gear Solid for the PS1, Konami decided to make the game portable for Nintendo's 8-bit GameBoy Color, and while many specualtions over the quality of the game were not very good at all, every GBC owner on the planet was shocked when this was released. For being an 8-bit system, the graphics and sound are simply astounding, and the controls are exact and dead on. Stealth is still the name of the game and you'll have to dodge guards and security cameras to complete your mission, plus VR missions and cut scenes are here as well, making this game play so unbelieveably close to it's PS1 counterpart that many a gamer will be left in awe when they see it in action. The storyline is a prequel to the PS1 game that would set up the events that take place in that game, and while it may start out as a run of the mill story, it quickly picks up and by the time you finish the game you'll be catching your breathe. All in all, Metal Gear Solid is essential to action fans and GBC owners everywhere.

A Classic for GBC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: August 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I must say this beforehand: this is a game that takes place BEFORE the Shadow Moses Incident (The conflict in the PSX version of MGS). That said, this is a different storyline than on that console.

In the game, you play as super-agent Solid Snake, who is kidnapped out of retirement to infiltrate a terrorist base in the (fictional) country of Gindra. The terrorists have a huge weapon called Metal Gear that has nuclear capability (Imagine a very fat person with guns for arms, make him a robot, then stretch him out so that he's 80 feet tall, and you've got an idea of what Metal Gear looks like). Snake's mission: to destroyMetal Gear and to rescue any hostages. The story after that is very engaging and interesting, especially when everything hits the fan at the end.

Unlike other action games, which play like a Schwartzenager movie, MGS forces you to keep yourself hidden from the enemy, and also to keep quiet so that the scumbags can't hear you. The level design keeps players on their toes and on the brink of insanity from the suspense of hiding from an aproaching guard, especially on the Hard and Very Hard difficulty levels.

For Game Boy Color, the graphics are superb, but the sound might grind on ears used to the advanced stuff on the GBA. Even so, the last few themes are catchy. The gameplay practically grabs you by the collar and demands that you play. It's that addictive. The fact that there's an unlockable "special" Stage Select mode that allows you to revisit previous stages with a mission other than reaching the goal makes you want to search for other goodies.

As usual, the guards are entertainingly near-sighted (But don't get close to them if they're facing you!) and stupid(Knock 'em out, and they just take a quick look around before going back to their patrol routes), and the bosses are fun to fight. The Metal Gear is a truly hard final boss, though there is an "extra" battle atthe end that is intense, if not hard.

Speaking of intensity: the second boss, Marionette Owl, describes his sister's death in morbid detail, and also uses the dead bodies of two women as puppets. Other just as disturbing cases happen with the bosses, so a parent might not want his/her child playing this unless he/she is twelve or older. Even so, it's a great game--a must-buy for action gamers everywhere.

P.S. Play this with headphones. I can barely hear the sound without them.

Metal Gear, the best it can be with the technology at hand

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Considering that this game came out after the tremendous PSX hit Metal Gear Solid, the Game Boy version isn't bad at all. As a matter of fact, its great! With a whole lot of VR Missions, a complex set of stages, stealth action, a complete arsenal of weapons, and so much more, this game is one of the best for Game Boy Color. Konami did a wonderful job in moving a PSX game, to Game Boy. This Metal Gear Solid though is not a recreation of the Playstation one. It has an entirely different story line, new characters, new bosses, basically new everything. To sum it all up, Metal Gear Solid for Game Boy Color is a wonderful game that ranks very high on the all time greatest Game Boy Color games.

game god

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

ive just got this game and I think it is prety tight. the only thing i dont like about it is that they need to make metal gear solid #2. and also they need to start selling the guides in stores instead of the internet.

Move over,Pokemon!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Metal gear solid rocks! I have never played this game but I've played two of the games and wowe! You get to have shooting, fun, action, fun, adventure, fun, and some story. Did I metion fun? You sneak pass gaurds, break their necks, blow them up, burn them, and just kill them.Some of the bosses are Revolver Ocelot, Vulcan Raven, Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis, Decoy Octopus, and the boss Liquid Snake.

If you ask me you should really try out all the Metal Gear Solid games...

Awesome!!! A GBC Masterpiece!!! Bravo, Konami!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear: Solid should be outlawed as too addictive...it's that much fun!!! The game is rich atmosphere, with an exspansive conspiracy-based storyline, straight out of todays headlines! The graphics are top-notch for a GBC game, and Snake can still preform his old tricks: knocking on walls, hiding in boxes, tall grass, mud, etc. It's appropriate for kids, but there is one scene and several conversations that are pretty edgy, such as a serial-killer-turned-government-assassin describing her sisters murder in detail. Otherwise, this game is great! Now lets see them port MGS2: Sons of Liberty to the small screen! Or maybe Syphon Filter GBC! Yeah!

00 Solid Snake

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks!! If you're a james bond fan, this is for you. OK, the graphics arent the same and the ps1 version is still the best, get it to take with you on those long trips.

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