The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss), who is assigned the task of finding the titular superweapon ' Metal Gear', a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. Metal Gear ( Japanese: メタルギア, Hepburn: Metaru Gia) is a series of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima.
