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Editorial Review
Attention, Metal Gear fans: larger-than-life action hero Solid Snake has been shrunk and now dwells inside your Game Boy Color. If you've always wanted to live the life of a secret agent while on the go with your GBC, Metal Gear Solid is the game to own.

Anyone familiar with the PlayStation title of the same name (or the older Metal Gear game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System) will be familiar with the gameplay. You are Solid Snake and must rely more on stealth than brute force to sneak through a variety of enemy-infested levels. The bad guys (and security cameras) have a limited cone of vision, and savvy players will stay out of the detection zone so they can save their strength for the real challenges that wait near the end of each level. Controls are simple but effective. You can lay prone (a good way to disappear into mud or tall grass), press up against walls, and easily access an inventory screen to equip and use items. You'll find a plethora of weapons along the way, perfect for those moments when stealth alone just isn't going to cut it.

The graphics are great, but it's the spot-on accurate control that makes this game truly shine. Players are free to practice in nearly 200 fun VR missions or can simply jump into the real thing: a 13-level campaign, complete with cut scenes. Konami packed an amazing amount of excitement into this little cartridge, making it a title no Game Boy Color owner will want to miss. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

Nice graphics and animation for a GBC game
Much of the gameplay of the PlayStation hit compressed into a handheld format

Cons:

Sometimes the screen just isn't big enough to make the game fair

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The original Metal Gear Solid is already considered to be one of the all-time greatest console gaming classics. Why should Game Boy Color owners be deprived of this stealth action-adventure game?

Better still, Game Boy Color owners are getting an all-new exclusive adventure Metal Gear Solid. Once again, you step into the skin of Solid Snake, a tough-as-nails task-force member who is asked to penetrate an enemy base in search of the deadly Metal Gears. As with the PlayStation classic, you must infiltrate the enemy compound using several sneaky techniques. (You aren't called Snake for nothing, kid!).

The 2-D gameplay is a far cry from the advanced graphic environment found in the PlayStation version, but it appears that Konami has spiced up the gameplay with added game missions, weapons, and other features.

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