Metal Gear Solid released 25 years ago today in North America for the original PlayStation. It's my favorite game of all-time. Read about my memories of Metal Gear Solid and what makes the game so special.
Duuro says: "I still like that this Master Collection exists, despite its flaws. It's definitely a time-capsule and if you are hungry to experience the brilliant stealth-action saga on modern consoles, you will find much to love. But you still have to remember that this is just a re-release and what was good back then in terms of controls, might feel rather alien nowadays."
These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.
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I’d have taken a few of those out. Prefer Sonic over Sonic 2. Outrun should be in there. Maybe even Pong as millions of people had fun with that even if it was repetitive. Final Fight pipped any Streets of Rage game, although Streets of Rage had the better soundtrack. Too many to list l guess. To me, retro gaming is the 1980s, maybe going into early 1990s.
Agree that the generational gap is too broad to really make a strong list. Need to tighten the years a bit. Hard to compare Pac Man with N64 games.
I would kill, and i mean kill, for a remake of this, if the rumour of Bluepoint games doing it is true it would be a dream come true for me personally as i am a massive MGS fanboy.
I still have a PS1 copy.
This series is now more like watching someone suffering from main character syndrome with an ego go out of check and has run amok (even going as far to place himself in his own games… ew.), until it hits a lead wall.
My favorite part of the series is the one where he pretended to be working and made a side project with someone else’s money. Total espionage cringe action.
Aside from Hideo shitting in his own pool, MG3 is insanely well done and some of THE TEAM’S best work.
All these classics are either passed or closely approaching 25 years old. Terrifying since I remember playing them when they were new.
Ridge Racer Type 4 approaches the quarter century on its Japanese release. Crash Bandicoot 3. Spyro. There's three more of not just the best Playstation games made, but some of the best games ever. Old old old. Wonder what videogame history will think of them when they're 50 years old. Halfway there.
Also now 25 years old you have Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, Medievil, Vigilante 8, Resident Evil 2, Colin Mcrae Rally, Need for Speed III. Xenogears. Street Fighter Alpha 3. The OG Rainbow Six. F-Zero X. All fantastic.
Tomb Raider 3 and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus are both 25 years old in November. Rogue Squadron came out December 1998.
THE DREAMCAST is 25 years old counting from the Japanese release. I remember playing on an import machine at Christmas 1998.
1998 was a great year.