Metal Gear Solid, released in Japan and Asia as Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, is a 2000 stealth action game produced by Konami for the Game Boy Color. Based on the 1998 PlayStation game of the same title, the Game Boy Color version of Metal Gear Solid (or Ghost Babel) is not a conversion of the previous game, but an original game produced specifically for the portable platform. The story of Ghost Babel is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the original Metal Gear Solid, but instead serves as an alternate sequel to the events of the Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the sequel to the original Metal Gear.Metal Gear: Ghost Babel was the first ever handheld Metal Gear title and was for the Nintendo Game Boy Color.It was released in the United States under the title Metal Gear Solid. The gameplay is a hybrid of watered-down Metal Gear Solid and slightly updated Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. It is a non canon game, not taking place in the main timeline. In its own timeline however, the game is set 7 years after the events of Metal Gear (2002).
