The Metal Gear Solid games span across decades, though not in chronological order. This should clear the timeline up.

However, early on in the game designer’s career, Kojima was so “frustrated” that he planned to leave Konami before before the original Metal Gear MSX game was finished. “I thought it would ...

Since the series' earliest days on the humble MSX, one of the big inspirations behind Metal Gear has been John Carpenter's Escape from New York. Protagonist Solid Snake gets his callsign from Kurt ...