Konami Announces Metal Gear Solid: the Essential Collection

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today confirmed speculation that Metal Gear Solid ®: the Essential Collection is currently planned for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Now Metal Gear Solid fans have the final chance to fully immerse themselves in the Metal Gear Solid universe before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

[Blankman]

haha are you kidding me 30 bucks. Hopefully they make it fully ps3 compatible. I gotta play mgs again starting with 1

[ruibing]

Yeah I know, I had to pay $30 just for MGS3 Subsistence. It's available now on Amazon for preorder. Available in mid March.

[Kleptic]

Yeah I may grab it too...I own MGS2, and owned MGS...but let a cousin borrow it back in like 2000, and haven't seen it since...

I never owned MGS3 in any form though, just borrowed it from a friend...

either way though...this makes 2 cheap PS2 games that I will pick up...Twisted Metal: head on; extra extreme nuclear twisted volume edition should be in stores by tomorrow hopefully...will grab that right away...

[spec_ops_comm]

For someone who has yet to play MGS1&2 :)

I can't even call myself a true gamer until I complete those games. I rented and beat MGS3 - and now I'm so glad I only rented it, as this package is PERFECT for me!

I got lucky here - not only will I have played the 3 games in proper storyline order (3->1->2), I'll get em brand new for $30.

Okay, I'll shut up now :D

[fusionboxer]

And played them in the right order, but I can't wait for this package cause i'll be getting all 3 in mint condition, which I thought would be impossible unless I was willing to pay some major cash.

Also i bet there will be plenty of extras on the discs for some of the more hardcore fans.

[ravinash]

Wo Ho!!! Count me in!
I was thinking of picking these up to get me ready for MGS4, so this is perfect!

[f7ss1]

DO WANT

[Yuprules]

That's $10 a game! Awesome, I really do hope it works with the PS3, but since the MGS 1 is for the Playstation 1, it might not work. Hence the "for the Playstation 2" written in the story.

[rofldings]

Why wouldn't it work? As long as you have a BC model PS3...

[Homicide]

Every PS3 sku plays playstation one games.

[Yuprules]

True, but is it 100% working? :)

[rofldings]

Yes, PS1 games are 100%

PS2 games are 99% if you have an NTSC 60/20gb and like 85% (improving) if you have an PAL 60gb or NTSC 80gb.

[Kleptic]

the discs will most likely be playstation 2 format...even MGS probably, although every PS2 will play PS1 CD-Roms...so who knows...but obviously the other games will be DVD PS2 software...

is it true though that even 40gigs can play PS1 games?...I know they can play software emulated titles, like those able to be downloaded...but if you put a physical PS1 CD-Rom into the drive, it will play it?...I thought the 40gig had no legacy PS media BC at all...just those put onto the store for download...

its times like this though that I am glad I bought NTSC 60gig...shouldn't have any problems...

[INehalemEXI]

Good deal ! I got the DMC , and GTA triple packs will get this one too.

[pwnsause]

great deal, although I already have them all. XD

[niall77]

I need a new copy of MGS1.

[IntelligentAj]

I have them all individually but i'm getting this regardless. Wonder what's in the director's cut?

[Diabloz]

omg :D i only need MGS 1 tho .. i have 2 and 3

[JohnRico]

Im surprised they did not put the remake of Part 1 for the Gamecube & port it to the PS2 for this release. That definitely would have been more ideal

[I Call 9MM]

I'm not 100% sure if they could. I don't know how much Nintendo was involved with the process when it was made for the GameCube. I know there are little bits of nintendo items in it (like a hidden gamecube and yoshi or mario, something like that). I'm not even sure if the job was contracted through Nintendo to Silicon Knights (who handled most of the remaking process) or if it was handled just by SK and Konami. It would make sense to port it over instead of the original PsOne version. Then again, it was designed for the gamecube so it would probably have to be downgraded a bit for release on the PS2, like Resident Evil 4 was. Meaning more work and more development time.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

id like to try out the remake on a ps2 controller. i bought a damn gamecube for mgs1 dammit.....that and re1 remake

if its the ps1 version i wont have to buy this pack cuz i already have:
mgs1
mgs1 vr missions
mgs2 SOL
mgs2 substance
mgs3 SE
mgs3 subsitance

[meepmoopmeep]

this is a definite buy for me... i want to replay MGS1 so bad

[va_bank]

There's nothing on the website about this.

[Yuprules]

va_bank, IGN doesn't even have it up yet!

[AliC]

I have all the games anyway :D

[TitanUp]

sorry dub didnt mean to disagree

[Iron Man 2]

I can't wait to buy this collection and play them all the way through on my PS3 before MGS4 in April,the MGS series is the second best series of all time,and no Xbox fanboys Halo isn't even in the top 10...LMFAO!XD