Rumor: Original Metal Gear Solid on XBLA?

by Terrence Stasse { Jun 10th 2008 at 2:00AM }

Given the fact that the fourth game in the series is poking fun at the 360's storage size, and that XBLA is well known for memory restrictions (MGS was bigger than XBLA's limit of 350MB), this rumor doesn't seem too plausible does it? However, the original Metal Gear Solid did find its way to a multitude of platforms and a version of the game (PC) was actually published by Microsoft.

According to Ripten, who say their source spotted "the game on a certain pre-release network", Metal Gear Solid could in fact be on the way to an XBLA release. If their source is to be believed, the game appearing on PartnerNet is almost a guarantee that it will see release at some point (though sometimes many months later, as was the case with Ikaruga.) While the Xbox isn't traditionally the home of the series, a port of the second game did find its way there, so perhaps a port of the first isn't so out of the question after all.

Tags: konami, meatl-gear, metal-gear, metal-gear-solid, microsoft, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

victor360hd @ Jun 10th 2008 2:06AM

i hope yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DjDATZ @ Jun 10th 2008 2:11AM

Maybe then I'd be able to understand what all this MGS hoopla is about...LOL or not...LOL

Brad @ Jun 10th 2008 2:17AM

MGS3 was never released on Xbox. -1 credibility.

pacokorn77 @ Jun 10th 2008 4:11AM

Who said it was?

AoE @ Jun 10th 2008 1:41PM

-1 Brad's reading/comprehension skills

Sentox6 @ Jun 10th 2008 2:22AM

First Blu-Ray (again), then LucasArts quitting life, now this.

Please God, make the rumours stop :(

Procris @ Jun 10th 2008 2:31AM

MGS4 for 360 rumours, anyone?. We all know how that turned out. Yeah.. Didn't happen.

Its obvious to me that this is fake. I mean why release an old game on XBLA when your selling a collection edition on the other console?

I feel its better to not comment on rumours like these that are bluntly not ever going to be true. It has way more chance appearing on the PSN than it ever will on XBLA.

UNSCleric @ Jun 10th 2008 4:34AM

MGS4 will come in the future, no one ever said it'd be a simultaneous launch.

Xav de Matos @ Jun 10th 2008 5:25AM

It's possible. I mean, Soul Calibur is hitting XBLA... this could happen. But all that dialog fitting into 350MB? I don't know.

Tombstone @ Jun 10th 2008 6:27AM

@ UNSCleric

MGS4 is on a dual-layered Blu-Ray disc, which is 100 GB.

This means that MGS4 uses more then 50 GB most likely. Do you know how many goddamned dual-layered DVDs it would have to be on to get on 360? Just saying.

Rig @ Jun 10th 2008 8:47AM

And here I always thought a single-layer Bluray was 25gb and and dual-layer was 50gb. Thanks for "correcting" my information Tombstone.

JSBeckerist @ Jun 10th 2008 10:03AM

So Worms wouldn't exist if you ran the XBLA...

scottygee32 @ Jun 10th 2008 3:43AM

Even though I don't really believe it...I'd pay for it if it happened =0

I love mgs1 but I don't have a psx anymore...Or a ps2...Or a ps3...

Scott @ Jun 10th 2008 3:44AM

This is an attempt at making this save my password

Drago Dracini @ Jun 10th 2008 3:46AM

Alright everyone. Together now. Ohhhhh... we hope it's true but we know it's not cause everything we see in a rumor mill ends up fake(most of it). Wheee. Singsongs are fun. Even if the lyrics suck.

Scott @ Jun 10th 2008 3:49AM

How dare you summarise my post =p

Drago Dracini @ Jun 10th 2008 11:53AM

How dare you not join the singsong. ;p

Dr. Jones @ Jun 10th 2008 3:57AM

I highly doubt this will happen. Although if it did I wouldn't hesitate buying this.. even tho I'm not the biggest MGS fan.

Dr. Jones @ Jun 10th 2008 3:59AM

Also I'm not completely sold that they were poking fun at the 360. I think some of the past MGS games had multiple discs.

doom saber @ Jun 11th 2008 5:46AM

tosaturn and tom, the joke isn't for the 360 or any other system that uses more than one disc. The joke is about a scene in MGS1 which you revisit in MGS4. In other words, mgs4 snakes goes to a location in mgs1 that required him to swap disc. In metal gear solid one, this is the part where you get a message to swap disc from octacon. Since the game is on the ps3 and not the ps1, he does not have to swap disc.

You can read it as a bash on 360, but it isn't and is more of a jab at the old mgs1 game

doom saber @ Jun 10th 2008 4:34AM

@Dr Jones

Ya are correct. The poke fun clip was actually in regards to the old mgs1 game for the ps1 and not the 360 system;

spoiler

In the mgs4 game, you go to the same area in mgs1. In the original mgs1 game,this is the part where you are suppose to swap the cds. Since the game is now on the ps3, you dont have to do that

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 10th 2008 7:19AM

Maybe not, but it includes 360.

Unless by some miraculous chance, 360 no longer needs more then a single disk.

Tom @ Jun 10th 2008 4:22PM

Yeah I think it was referencing the old MGS games, but it did also mention the fact that it was on a "PS3 (TM) console" or something like that.

regardless, fanboys of both sides will have a field day with that comment in MGS4

uh-oh polio @ Jun 10th 2008 5:01AM

I might be in the minority but i hope u guys get this especially if you havent played the 1st mgs. It really is a good game

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 10th 2008 7:21AM

This would be cool I guess, but somehow I doubt it will happen. Either way, its not that important, if you really wanted to play MGS1 that badly, you would have either played it back on PSX, PS2 or have a PS3 to play it.

blueduck08 @ Jun 10th 2008 10:57AM

Not only can it be played on those systems but it was remade in Gamecube a few years back so you can play it on your Wii if you missed it back then.

Rob A @ Jun 10th 2008 9:41AM

As cool as this would be, it'll never happen. we all remember how well MS and Nintendo worked together to get Goldeneye to XBLA. Sony, who wouldn't lend a TV for review to OXM, saying that they were rivals? No, it just won't happen.

Chuck @ Jun 10th 2008 9:46AM

I smell bull-crap but if I'm wrong then I'll GLADLY eat my shorts...

Come on MGS4 on 360 too, please! :-)

At the very least, can we get MGS2 on the backwards compatibility list?

Ater @ Jun 10th 2008 9:54AM

How would they redo the mantis fight with people having wireless controllers?

Deathrace King @ Jun 10th 2008 11:59AM

I just played it on the PS3 and you had to open up the controller menu and reassign the controller to another virtual controller port. I can't think of an easy way to do that on the 360.

Ninegauger @ Jun 10th 2008 11:20AM

... or that gag where you had to look at the back of the case. Also, the original Metal Gear Solid is super ugly... it was a barely tolerable pixelated mess when it came out and now we're ten years down the road.

Maybe it's the old Metal Gear games (the non-NES versions). Those haven't ever been released in the States have they?