The Story Of... Metal Gear

We're going back to where it all started baby... METAL. GEAR.
If you're like me and became a fan of the series by playing metal gear solid back in the 90s, chances are you had no idea who Big Boss was and why he was so important to the plot. Now, this game doesn't answer many questions but it does give us the origin story of Solid Snake as a Foxhound rookie and his past with Big Boss.
The original Metal Gear didn't only introduce us to one of the most iconic video game characters of all time, it also gave birth to many of the staples we love and adore in the franchise to this day.
Since the story is shorter in this game, I did add more information about the gameplay itself since so many people have never played it and I wanted them to feel like they were actually experiencing some of it.
Let me know your thoughts down below!
Metal Gear MSX / Available on Metal Gear HD Collection - MGS3
Konami
1987
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[@aheffner89]

I love that even the Fire Trooper came back as The Fury. I've never seen any game or movie series recycle characters as shamelessly yet somehow successfully. With all his genius, Hideo still clearly believes "If it ain't broke..."

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Yep haha sniper wolf, the end, crying wolf & quiet always had me feeling like there’s never a bad time to have a sniper in a Kojima game haha

[@jtaylor5602]

Most games were hard during this time period. "Beating " a game was an accomplishment. Nowadays games are made to be "finished" not beat

[@eclipse369.]

So true.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

trueeeee

[@zamboslambo5243]

I almost feel like some things are to pad out the playtime but theres certainly a vibe to those hard games that can be very appealing, ghouls n ghosts comes to mind.

[@user-mv9jo3vb5p]

I want TO SAY IM USONG CAPS VECAUSE OF MY EXCITEMENT I AM GOING TO BUY MGS V TODAY NEVER PLAYED I PLAYED A FEW OF THE OLD ONES I WAS SEARCHING FOR A STORY RECAP ALOT OF THEM ARE 2 TO 5 HOURS AND BORING I RARELY GIVE LIKES YOUR STORY RECAP ARE AWESOME BOT TOO SHORT OR LONG AND YOUR ACTUALLY LOW KEY FUNNY I AM ABOUT TO BINGE ALL YOYR MGS STORIES TO GET CAUGHT UP SO I DONT HAVE TO PLAY OLD ONES THANKS LOL😊😊😊 ​@@ItsAmandaLemon

[@JoeYo420]

That’s why I play most games on the hardest or at least second hardest difficulty.

[@wakawaka608]

Can't believe such a complex game could be beaten at 80s. Thanks Amanda, I came by chance across your "the story of" series. Was really struggling with MGS franchise but thanks to you, things are now...less chaotic 😅.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

I know it really was ahead of it's time. Thanks for watching glad to hear it's a little less insane haha

[@AlexChen0905]

I know I might be late to the video, but at 4:16, you asked who the architect is, and he is Kyle Schneider, that resistance leader. Now everything makes sense with why he would put fake walls.

[@roundmossball]

sorry i’m a bit slow and new to the mgs series, why would it make sense that schneider would put fake walls?

[@adrian39369]

Came here because I loved your peace walker video!

[@TheSeptacle]

Me too.

[@Ifrankleon]

I had no idea this was the origin of metal gear. I always thought my pizza hut demo of metal gear was one of the first/early iterations of metal gear when I was a kid. Great playthrough/origin story!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

So did I for a very long time!

[@huntedboy28]

19 year old that started with the phantom pain here! There's such a weird vibe that I absolutely love about playing these really old games. I recently played snake eater and peacewalker (I'm doing a chronological order run and I LOVED snake eater) and when I reached this game right after the phantom pain I admit I was a bit stumped XD. Even though these games are way before my time it still takes me back to my childhood (Maybe because I used to watch AVGN, fucked up childhood ik) downloading and trying to play such games, I have retreated to eating chocolate and ice cream while letting an older person explain it though XD EDIT: I think I got lost somewhere up there and forgot to thank and commend you for the great video! (English is not my first language pls forgive)

[@Bertaut]

The first time I played the series, I did it chronologically too, and there's definitely a big jump from Phantom Pain to the two original Metal Gears.

[@huntedboy28]

@@Bertaut Colonel Campbell!!!!! Sorry I couldn't resist 😂😂😂😂

[@Bertaut]

@@huntedboy28 Perfectly understandable.

[@lucascapelao]

nice work. Subbed. Love the pacing. Soft voice and no needless screaming. Chill

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!

[@jcumm6867]

I'm only 5 seconds in but just want to say your Metal Gear summaries are my fav, and they motivate me to actually finish the emulsion of organized chaos that is the Metal Gear Saga The last of my completion list are MGS: Portable Ops, MGS: Peace Walker, MGR: Revengence, and MGS V in totality

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!! You’re close! I’ve never played portable ops personally, let me know what you think!

[@micoolnamasi]

I’ve never seen your channel before but I searched and found this video. Thank you so much for making this! I’m currently playing through Metal Gear Solid because Metal Gear was too hard. Your narration and summary was perfect. Throwing on your Metal Gear 2 video now!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Of course, happy to help clear anything up! Thanks for the kind words!

[@kenshiro7960]

OMG I just learnt on my 44th birthday that this boss wasn’t big boss but phantom pain snake Thank you for that AND I just completed metal gear 1 yesterday for the very first time and metal gear 2 today

[@koisamis8597]

just learning this too and im 16 lol i just wanted extra background info for mgsv

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

happy birthday!

[@Bonfireclub]

Hey Amanda great video on covering the first game! its been a bit watching your videos but I used to watch you when you covered PT Silent Hills, man its been a bit. Glad I came across you again!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Awww so long ago! Thanks for being here!

[@Shokisan1]

Excellent! I could never bother to play the originals for more than like an hour. Thanks for this.

[@TheLoresmith]

Underrated and under appreciated game! I can definitely see that you’re a fan! I’m remaking this game into an anime like episodic series on my channel, I imagine it will be remade at some point in the future hopefully! It has potential to be great! Big boss and solid snake in the same game was always awesome to me.

[@BigGamer2525]

6:43 some tanks have bulldozer shovels on the front for digging entrenchments.

[@tyo101]

_Adopts Revolver Ocelot voice_: I've been waiting for you, Amanda Lemon... to do an amazing video like this! Thanks!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Hahaha thank you boss *salutes*

[@tyo101]

@@ItsAmandaLemon Anytime! I'm glad you got the MGS reference instead of thinking "WTF?!" lol! Great video, once again!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

@@tyo101 Hahha of course!

[@applerskee]

Great video! I beat this game in 1987. When I was 7! Don't ask how because I don't remember lol. But I do remember it being the hardest game I ever played up to that point. I didn't play MG2 till much later for some reason but I tracked down a copy of it when I heard about Metal Gear Solid being in development (which I learned of from an issue of EGM) I didn't even have a PlayStation yet lol. But either way I've been a fan since day one.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you! and wow 7 is crazy to beat this hahah

[@TheUncannyOne]

Great video! We need a remake of this Metal Gear!

[@willsnothere8566]

Ed Boy !

[@TheUncannyOne]

@@willsnothere8566 Chill woe!

[@willsnothere8566]

@@TheUncannyOne Ned noi

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Would love that!

[@ViperFox_]

Holy cow I am so glad that I came across your channel!! Just started playing MGS for the first time and I’m enjoying myself. I understand why people love it is much. The way you cover the stories is perfect so surprised you aren’t a massive channel. Awesome content!! I may need some help as I play through the rest so I’ll be back lol

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

thank you! and welcome to the fandom!

[@Fearless3773]

Even though I love love love the franchise. I cannot get myself to play these games. However, clearly the story is very important, so thank you for the vids. Would love a modern day remake of these and MGS.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Would love that as well!! Thanks for watching!

[@Shadowkunakari]

Just got Big Boss rank on this one, on to MG2 B) Great video btw!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Congrats!

[@aceofsnakes]

Awesome Video! I'll be using your vids to explain MG1+2 to friends who are new to the series.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

thanks so much!

[@flo163]

thank you so much for this video 💕

[@GameofHypechannel]

Freakin love your commentary and overall description of the game! I’m a fan now

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

thanks so much!

[@apaleguy]

As someone who wants to get into this series but is also a parent, I want to play the MSX games but my god I would love to devote my time to the other games.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

I feel this on a personal level lol

[@apaleguy]

@@ItsAmandaLemon I'll definitely say you'd did an amazing job explaining both of the MSX games even better than what's included to be read in the Master Collection. It's also just kind of odd to me that they're essentially the same as MGS1 minus a few different elements but a lot of the story beats are similar.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

@@apaleguy thank you!!

[@jayweale4122]

I'm going through the chronological order of the Metal Gear games, first Snake eater remaster then I bought PW and sailed through MGSV(because I already had hour and hours on the game) and I came to trying MG and in short thank God this video exists 🙏😭🙏

[@mountainmangaming263]

I did beat the Nintendo version when I was 14. With no help but took me AWHILE!!!!!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Dang that's some patience right there!

[@mountainmangaming263]

@@ItsAmandaLemon I wished that patience would have followed me through life!!!!lol

[@takirafds]

great video thanks! I was gonna play MGS1 but I couldn't play the MG1 and MG2 so this helps a lot

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Happy it helped :)

[@virtusetglorie]

Your videos are awesome!

[@Infinite.Worldz]

Me 1998: SNAAAKE!!

[@aaronbryant6951]

I played 2 hours and never even got into the facility. I would’ve never beat this 🤣

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

lots of patience needed lol

[@AntronTCG]

I thought I was a big metal gear fan but I had no idea that there were games before metal gear solid on ps1 which was the first game I ever beat as a child. Question is metal gear solid a remake of this original game or is it just very similar?

[@DolphLOL]

Thanks for the videos! MG1 and MG2 felt so boring so I'll just watch these videos and move on to Metal Gear Solid xD

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

haha happy to help!

[@CornbreadPhD]

this was such a good recap. ty!

[@matiasjuncos3824]

Nice video! I'm a fan of MGS. I just find you on a comment on a PewDiePie video playing fan games.

[@ramsram2418]

Nice job 💯! Really love your work, just descovred your channel 😍🤩

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!!!

[@Currentlyalivehuman25]

It’s going to take a while for me to warm up to solid snake after he killed venom… 07

[@lordwoomy]

I loved the video, im finally getting into MGS so im watching these and they’re a HUUUUGE TIME SAVER. So thank you so much for the spoiler warning :)

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Happy to help!!

[@casperionx]

The nes version was hilariously broken. It’s where I first played metal gear. In fact it was the sequel made on the nes that triggered kojima to make a true sequel. Also in regards to the similarities between the original metal gear and metal gear 2 and solid 1 and 2 was deliberate. In fact mgs 1 and the raider section of mgs2 is exactly the same game as mg2: solid snake.

[@McKleeM]

Played for some hours and understood I am not ready for this 😅

[@brussiantalks2362]

6:17 'We find a prisoner who informs us that Dr Pettrovich was moved into another buidling' I can not believe you didn't make Super Mario Bros. reference

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

I was a sega kid growing up lol

[@adamantium4797]

I like ur reviews. They are relaxing

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks!

[@charizardcross3881]

So big boss betrays his phantom?

[@Gagegillespi]

Love your series!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks for watching!

[@arevalo8117]

nice

[@niklasj.6138]

Great Summary!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

💕

[@colza_replayz-yt67]

I didn't want to watch your video but I enjoyed it great job and thank you for your hard work I tried playing the controls on pc are so tedious

[@user-ch5pt1ug4q]

Such a great video❤

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!

[@SnakeyBoiii871]

What happens if you dont discard the bug?

[@reverberation_9]

Hey but what did the guy at 9:20 said?

[@firelordkushroll]

snake may have been the rookie, but i didn't see grey fox punching the wall to escape

[@seraphimsforge-master5433]

Would be awesome to see this remade in Unreal 5 ...

[@linovr6142]

Ghost Babel next please

[@ApacheSmash]

Hey, this is awesome

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

You’re too good to me

[@outermeowven]

metal gear 2 please!

[@da_riceboy161]

What’s the song played in the beginning?

[@AkiraPoland]

Kojima is such troll. In Good way. We need more peopole in gaming industry like him. 😅

[@Joetime90]

MG1 and 2 need remakes please, sometime before I leave this mortal realm. MGS was just all of MG2 with better graphics and different area basically.

[@ehee4544]

Killing off venom snake like that is so messed up bro.

[@pollonigui8487]

I'm watching both videos of metal gear 1 and 2 before i start playing the solid games and- Jesus fuck Big boss just got hit in the head before this game??? he forgot everything

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

the end explains why! :P

[@pollonigui8487]

yeah i got it @@ItsAmandaLemon 😅 what a twist

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

@@pollonigui8487 🤣

[@Dartokenove]

Why Venom Snake is the villian here? If the answer contains MGSV spoilers then i don't want the answer. And i'm aware Venom Snake is not the real Big Boss

[@LordMegatron-qk2gz]

Bro doesn't know...

[@mountainmangaming263]

But I will say in the later games the vampires was a little stupid.

[@jerantonio5264]

wild to think big boss was literally just some guy then we created so much lore we got attached to him.

[@brandonmoss9551]

And then you find out this Big Boss is actually Venom Snake

[@charizardcross3881]

Nevermined

[@chadcleary7821]

MSX version looks a lot better than the NES.

[@metalngames509]

Funny thing is "Shoot Gunner" was a mistranslation of "Shotgunner"... Because he fires a shotgun. Get it? Shotgunner? Shotgun? No? They renamed him Shotmaker in the rerelease for MGS3 Subsistence.