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Classic Konami games now available on GOG: Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, MGS2, and 8-bit Castlevania & Contra collection

Tags: konami, retro, pc, gog

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  1. [3]
    emnii
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    This is cool. The Contra and Castlevania games have been available in collections on Steam since last year, but I think this is the first digital distribution of the older Metal Gear games. They...

    This is cool. The Contra and Castlevania games have been available in collections on Steam since last year, but I think this is the first digital distribution of the older Metal Gear games. They got PC ports but it was decades ago and physical only. The last time Metal Gear was released for PC was 30 years ago.

    Now do Silent Hill games next.

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    kfwyre
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    Fantastic releases. I'm very happy to see these added (back) to the PC library. I recently replayed Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation Classic and was impressed at how well it held up overall,...

    Fantastic releases. I'm very happy to see these added (back) to the PC library. I recently replayed Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation Classic and was impressed at how well it held up overall, despite some rough edges. I never did play Metal Gear Solid 2 though, so I'll definitely end up getting it at some point.

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    1. Erik
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      MGS1 probably has the best story of the series, but the themes and ideas behind Metal Gear Solid 2 may have been the more prescient and interesting. Definitely worth a play through (and then...

      MGS1 probably has the best story of the series, but the themes and ideas behind Metal Gear Solid 2 may have been the more prescient and interesting. Definitely worth a play through (and then remind yourself it came out twenty years ago).

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