12 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Metal Gear Solid

6. The Original Game Was Planned For The 3DO System

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Although as you can probably guess by barely even being able to recount the name of the '3DO Interactive Multiplayer', wayward sales and lack of general believability in the console made Konami plump for Sony exclusivity after an original announcement of Metal Gear 3.

Production then switched gears and the team set out to make "the best Playstation game ever", going as far as to talk to a SWAT team about how firearms and explosives would be handled, and modelling things like individual desks in-game for the sake of immersion.

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