Metal Gear Solid/Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel (Gameboy Colour 2000)

Metal Gear Solid or Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel was released on the Nintendo Gameboy Colour in 2000. Thanks to its name, the Game Boy Colour edition of Metal Gear was at first a bit misleading. It was originally known as Metal Gear Ghost Babel in Japan, but for marketing purposes it was renamed to Metal Gear Solid when it hit American shores. Just to know that it's an entirely separate game from the Sony PlayStation title.

The Story
The manual for Metal Gear Solid for the Game Boy Colour states that the game takes place seven years after Outer Heaven, so we can assume that it is set around 2002. Solid Snake was approached by Roy Campbell to retrieve a United States Army cargo plane hijacked by terrorists and held in the Central African nation of Gindra. The plane contained nuclear weapons... and a new Metal Gear. This new model of Metal Gear was actually developed by the US government, which had retrieved the plans from Outer Heaven after the original unit's destruction. The Gindran Liberation Front, led by General Augustine Eguabon, stole Metal Gear in order to force its own independence and remove United Nations peacekeeping forces. An Army Delta Force team had been sent into Gindra to defeat the terrorists, but not surprisingly, contact was lost. Snake was reluctant to accept this mission, having found solace in his Alaskan retirement. Then Campbell revealed that Gindra was actually situated on the same land that Outer Heaven had occupied seven years before. Suspecting conspiracy, Snake went once more into Outer Heaven to stop Metal Gear.

Assisting the Gindran Liberation Front was a Fox Houndesque group of special agents called Black Chamber. The group apparently took a cue from Fox Hound when it named its members, boasting such names as Marionette Owl, Pyro Bison, and leader Black Arts Viper. As always, Snake made his way into the GLF's fortress, called Galuade, evading terrorist forces and occasionally engaging members of Black Chamber in battle. Inside Galuade, Snake encountered Delta Force survivor Chris Jenner, and she assisted him via codec as he made his way toward Metal Gear.

After a destroyed power plant, a ruined Black Chamber, and a few casualties, Snake finally found Metal Gear, again located in Outer Heaven's 100th basement floor. Snake defeated Metal Gear and took down Black Arts Viper, and in the process he learned some very interesting and shady secrets about the GLF, Outer Heaven, and the United States government.

Like the PlayStation version of Metal Gear Solid, this one has an excellent storyline, and since it's a recent title, we don't want to reveal everything to you. It's worth experiencing the plot's twists as they come. Rest assured there are some surprises throughout the game, and they add a new dimension to one of the series' long-running characters.