Play Metal Gear Solid Online

Summary

Metal Gear Solid on the Game Boy Color—known abroad as Metal Gear: Ghost Babel—is a compact, original entry that splinters off the classic stealth saga. Built on the overhead 2‑D engine of Metal Gear 2, it adds snake‑like wall‑flattening, eight‑direction movement and a Codec link for allies. Thirteen stages test you with grade‑based rankings, while side options let you juggle 180 training missions in VR Mode, revisit any level via Stage Select (including secret “Special” variants), or battle a friend with a link cable in Vs. Battle. Tose helped shape the title, which boasts a wireless‑communication device and a surprisingly deep item system despite its tiny cartridge. Critics raved, driving the game to a 95.61% average on GameRankings—still the highest‑rated GBC title—and it’s set for a fresh debut in the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2, complete with modern visual tweaks and remappable controls.

Storyline

Metal Gear Solid (Game Boy Color) opens in the early 21st century when a prototype bipedal nuclear‑armed Metal Gear is seized by an armed group, shaking the highest levels of the U.S. government. The crisis forces the retired FOXHOUND operative Solid Snake, pulled from his Alaskan retirement, back into action. Seven years after the Outer Heaven uprising, the stolen prototype, codenamed Gander, is in the hands of the Gindra Liberation Front (GLF) in Central Africa, led by mercenary Augustine Eguabon.

Snake’s mission is to infiltrate the GLF’s fortress Galuade – the former Outer Heaven – and retrieve the weapon. He is joined by Sgt. Christine Jenner, a surviving Delta Force operative, and faces four Black Chamber remnants: Black Arts Viper with a prosthetic arm, Slasher Hawk wielding twin boomerangs and a trained hawk, Marionette Owl, a former serial killer with owl‑like vision and puppets, and Pyro Bison, a flamethrower‑wielding pyromaniac. Each confrontation reveals a deeper conspiracy linking the GLF to the U.S. government.

In the optional Special Training mode, a mysterious entity called No.4 supplies hidden story details. A bonus 13‑part satirical segment, IdeaSpy 2.5, can be unlocked via the CODEC screen (frequency 140.07), depicting an FBI task force battling the fictional J.E. Corporation.