Just look at the lips, squinty eyes and Wakka hair on this magnificent specimen. I wonder what female Japanese gamers would have thought of THIS Solid Snake data-laughing

Also, why does this very green and EXTREMELY 90s looking Meryl have some kind of Iron Age shortsword on her belt?

I have to know if this magazine was around for MGS2- their version of Raiden must have been transcendent. They would've probably drawn him to look like Dolph Lundgren as He-Man

EDIT

I just chortled at this goofy magazine cover illustration but apparently someone at Konami liked it enough that it was actually used as the cover for the manual of MGS: Integral in Japan

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  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    2 days ago

    I believe that was a mod that got urban legend’ed into being a supposed secret code available in the base game. Which is funny as it’s not the only time in the 90’s an April Fools joke by a gaming magazine got spread as truth. EGM photoshopped Sheng Long into SFII screen shots as a joke and players fell for it.

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, there was a mod called Nude Raider that Eidos wasn't happy about, they tried to shut the site down.

      edit: I wonder if this inspired the damage control done by Rockstar over Hot Coffee in GTA: SA, iirc they initially tried to claim it was user created.

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        2 days ago

        My memory was that the hot coffee thing was in the game as shipped but it could only be accessed with a mod

        • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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          2 days ago

          It was in the game, but Rockstar claimed it was created by modders. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/hackers-behind-sex-change-says-grand-theft-maker/

          Hackers behind sex change

          Incredible headline out of context.