Metal Gear Solid Secrets By X-Treme (Razor678@aol.com) Text FAQ Version 5.0 - Last Updated 12/30/1998 Copyright @ 1998 Razor678@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Table of Contents | |---------------------------------------| 1..............................................................Introduction 2..............................................................Revisions 3..............................................................FAQ Q & A 4..............................................................Game Secrets 5..............................................................Extra Modes 6..............................................................Camera Photos 7..............................................................Boss Tips 8..............................................................Frequencies 9..............................................................Ratings 10.............................................................Endings 11.............................................................Rumors 12.............................................................Coming Soon 13.............................................................Credits 14.............................................................Links -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey. I'm X-Treme, and this is my Metal Gear Solid Secrets FAQ. (Please read below) I did this FAQ because there are a lot of secrets in MGS but a lot of people don't know them because they are scattered around everywhere. The purpose of this FAQ is to try to get all of them in one, neat file for people to look at and use. This FAQ is no where complete, so if you have any additions, comments, or criticism, please E-mail it to me at Razor678@aol.com, I will give you credit. This FAQ will be updated whenever needed, so please, if you have anything, send it over. I promise it will be in the next revision. If you wish to use anything on this FAQ you must give credit to Razor678@aol.com. There are many spoilers in this FAQ, so, if you have stumbled upon here, but do not wish to have any of the game given away, don't read ahead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revision History: V1.0 (11-22-98) - Initial Release V2.0 (11-22-98) - Added Frequencies, Meryl Cam Secret, Third Ending Rumor, Text and Navigation Issues, Table of Contents Fix, Elaboration on Extreme Mode, more on Red Ninja, and Boss Stats. v3.0 (11-30-98) - Sorry for the long wait but the Thanksgiving holiday pretty much knocked me out. simalcrum@hotmail.com called me on a few things I had wrong and threw in some more boss tips. For me to use. Also, the Ninja suit trick is now on the rumored section, because I am getting conflicting reports on its existence. I used Spell-Check this time too. v4.0 (12-8-98) - Added explanations for Big Boss Man Rating and Third Ending. Added Ratings Section, moved revision section to top More credits. Updated will now come once a week on Tuesday (usually). Thanks for all the mails from people who helped. V5.0 (12-30-98) - Sorry for being "late", there wasn't enough new Info for another revision. I added the new box crap at the Beginning of each section. Added Endings section, Ratings got A HUGE update (must read) and FAQ Q & A section added. I also added in a Links section where you can find more info. on Metal Gear Solid. Also included is the new number system in the In-Game secrets area. This is for if your looking for a specific secret. Happy Holidays! Please Read: Sorry this revision was so rushed but I had it all done when my computer crashed. I will fix the navigation, re-do the ratings section, and elaborate more on the links section in the next revision. Sorry to all who gave me new info for this FAQ, anyone who submitted stuff in to me that I promised would get credit for will be put into the next revision (Hopefully by Sunday). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | FAQ Q & A | | This is a small section where I just answer a few questions I have been| |asked about this FAQ. Feel free to send more in if you wish. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Q: When is this FAQ updated? A: Usually the beginning of each week, but that will die down once I get most Of the info added to this FAQ. Q: How come most of the stuff you have in your Coming Soon section hasn't Happened yet? A: Coming Soon doesn't necessarily mean the very next revision. It just means It "will" happen. Q: Where can I find this FAQ? A: Right now only on Gamefaqs.com but I will be sending it to a few more sites, And, any webmaster or anyone who wants to put this FAQ on there site is Welcome too, just mail me first (I won't say you can't I just want to know so I can throw a link to your site on this FAQ. Q: How did you get this stuff? A: Most of it I've gotten from either mails, Sages.Ign.Com, or experience. I Don't steal from other FAQ's and the design of this FAQ is completely Original. Q: What if I have some comments, or criticsm, or additions? What do I do? A: Fell free to send whatever you want over to Razor678@aol.com. I read ALL The mail I get, and always reply, no matter what it says. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | In - Game Secrets | | Here are the secrets that are done inside the game. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1. Stealth 2. Bandana 3. Camera | | 4. Fa-Mas Tracer 5. Tuxedo 6. Crimson Ninja | | 7. Meryl/Panties 1 8. Meryl/Panties 2 9. Delivery Truck | | 10. Meryl Blushing 11. Nice Wolves 12. Piss-Off Mei | | 13. Meryl Cam 14. Torture Fun 15. Fun Deaths | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| 1. Stealth - To get the Stealth, Submit to Ocelot's Torture, then complete the Game (You should receive the ending w/ Ocelot). Replay the game over your old data and you will have the Stealth in your inventory. The Stealth grants you invisibility to everything except Boss Battles, Important in game battles, and Wolves. 2. Bandana - To receive the Bandana, do NOT Submit to Ocelot's Torture. Then, complete the Game (You should have gotten the Ending w/ Meryl). Play again over your old data and the Bandana will be in your inventory. The Bandana grants you un-limited ammo. 3. Camera - To receive the Camera, When you receive a Level 6 security card, go to the area where you fought Revolver Ocelot (Second Floor Basement, Hangar). Exit that room (the way you came in) and place a C4 on the wall to your right. The wall will blow, revealing two new doors. In the first door is where the Camera is. W/ the camera, you can take pictures (It's more fun than it sounds). 4. Fa-Mas Laser Gun - To get your Fa-Mas to use laser sights, you must first have your Bandana. Then, wait until you only have three more bullets left. Then, Use your bandana, and your Fa-Mas will be able to trace! Very Useful. 5. Tuxedo - To play as Solid Snake in a Tuxedo Suit, beat the game twice using your old data. Then, on your third game, Snake will change into his Tuxedo while your going up the first elevator. 6. Crimson Ninja - To fight the Ninja wearing a red costume, beat the game two times using your old data. Then, the Ninja you fight will be in a weird Crimson Red get-up. Plus, his icon will appear on the memory card. 7. Meryl in her Underwear 1 - To see Meryl in her Underwear for the first time, here's what you do. When you're going through the holding ducts to get to the Darpa Chief's cell, look down into the cell, where Meryl is. Then, Go back out, down the ladder, and back up again, and look down into her cell again. Keep doing this five or six more times, and then when you look down she'll be doing sit-ups.....Without and pants on! 8. Meryl in her Underwear 2 - When you're supposed to find Meryl when she is masquerading as a soldier, she will immediately run into the bathroom when caught. If the time when you enter the bathroom and you get to the last stall is under five seconds, you will catch Meryl w/out her pants on! 9. Delivery Truck - To use the delivery truck for transportation, grab a Cardboard Box. Then, get in the back of the truck, and get in the Box. The soldier will get in the truck, and drive the box to the designated area (It says on the box). You must use a box that has an area written on it that is different than the one you are in. 10. Nice Wolves - There are two methods to get the wolves not to attack you. First is, equip Sniper Wolf's handkerchief. The Second (Harder but more fun) is... First enter the cave and kill all the dogs, except for the little one near Meryl. Then, shoot Meryl and get into a cardboard box. The little dog will then "relieve" himself on your box. From then on, whenever you walk through the caves, equip your box and you'll go through un-harmed. 11. Piss-Off Mei Ling - To Piss off Mei Ling, simply call her 10 times w/out saving. She'll then get pissed and stick her tongue out at you. 12. Meryl Blushing - To Make Meryl blush, just stare at her in first-person mode. 13. Meryl Cam - Right before you fight Psycho Mantis, when your in the commanders office, look in first-person mode. You'll actually be looking through Meryl's eyes. 14. Torture Fun - During the Torture scene, you are tortured a total of 5 times. If you can survive all 5 of those tortures, all the items in your inventory Will be put back at full stock (i.e. Full Ammo, Full Rations). 15. Fun Soldier Deaths - Here are some exciting ways to see a soldier die. Throw them into the lava!! Strap a C4 to their back!! Place a claymore in their path!! Blow them up while there taking a piss!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Extra Modes | |Here are all the Extra Modes you can obtain through completing various tasks| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time Attack Mode - Defeat all ten levels on Practice Mode Time Attack Mode is like Practice Mode, except you have a set Time to complete each mission. Gun Shooting Mode - Defeat all Ten Levels of Time Attack Mode Like the previsious. Except, you have a set time to complete all levels, a set amount of ammo, and you must kill every guard. Survival Mode - Defeat all ten levels on Gun Shooting Mode The Hardest of them all. You have to complete all the levels in under 7:00, and you must conserve your ammo, your not refilled immediately after each stage. You must also kill all the guards to proceed. Technical Demonstration Mode - Defeat Survival Mode This mode shows you how to beat all the Gun-Shooting modes in record time. Extreme Mode - Complete the Game Extreme mode is Hard mode x2. It's no radar, rations only dropped by enemies, harder enemies, less food, less ammo, and more crap factor. Demo Theater Mode - Complete the Game The Theater Mode lets you view all the Cut-Scenes and Radio Transmissions from one game. There are two versions. The first is obtained by beating the game with the good ending, the second by beating the game on the bad ending. Photo Album Mode - Complete the Game w/ the Camera Let's you edit pictures taken w/ the camera. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Ghost Photos | | Here are the ghost photos. These are pictures, that when taken of | |certain things, show images of the Programmers super-imposed on them. These| |were taken directly from sages.ign.com. So, here's their plug. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kojima: Otacon lab (the picture frame to the right) 2. Matsuhana: Hallway of corpses (outside Otacon's lab) 3. Sato: Comm Twr A (roof destroyed by a Hind D missiles) 4. Nakamura: In Meryl's blood pool (where she is sniped) 5. Shinkawa: Deep in Sniper Wolf's hallway behind the second pillar 6. Uehara: Edge of elevator (the one were the ravens are) 7. Negishi: Sewage waterfall 8. Mizutani: When fighting Metal Gear 9. Korekado: Men's restroom 10. Sasaki: Picture frames in the Commanders room 11. Sonoyama: Torture machine 12. Toyota: Container in the middle of Raven's warehouse 13. Kozyou: Behind the watertank-like structure in the Canyon 14. Shimizu: Wolf dog caves (first crawling point) 15. Kaneda: The mirror located in the Women's restroom 16. Fukushima: Heliport, looking out to sea from cliff 17. Takade: Ninja room, glass atedga 18. Fujimura: Elevator, in the Comm Twr B complex 19. Shikama: Electric floor 20. Kimura: MG underground base, tip of Metal Gear's railgun 21. Kobayashi: Rock in canyon 22. Okajima: Maggots of the real DARPA Chef in cell 23. Nishimura: Next to Baker's corpse 24. Mukaide: Reflection in wolfdog cave puddle 25. Onoda: Where Baker is tied up 26. Kitao: Decoy Octopus (fake DARPA chief) corpse 27. Yoshimura: Dead end of air duct 28. Hirano: Elevator (Comm Twr B) deep in the shaft of top level 29. Muraoka: Water in cargo dock 30. Ishiyama: Heliport top of building 31. Ito: Inside elevator to tank hangar 32. Jerem Blaustein: Sniper Wolf's corpse 33. Yoshioka: Bridge on the third floor of the blast furnace 34. Mori: Lowest point of elevator (Comm Twr B) 35. Kinbara: Darck area of stairs 36. Tougo: End of boiler room (in Blast Furnace where the steam is) 37. Makimura: Hidden armory store room behind the weakened wall) 38. Kutome: Observation room 39. Tanaka: Heliport, sleeping solider 40. Shigeno: Heliport, security area by staircase 41. Yamashita: Tip of nuke warhead in nukestorage room 42. Kobayashi: Johnny Sasaki holding cell, near DARPA chief 43. Scott Dolph: Way down in the dark from the walkway between Comm Tower A and B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Boss Tips | | Here are some tips on beating the bosses in the game, there are other | |Bosses which I will have tips up for soon. (These stats were taken directly| |From Expert Gamer, so here is their shameless plug). | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Boss 1: Revolver Ocelot -10 Shots w/ Socom -3 to 5 minutes -Medium Difficulty 1. Just use your gun here, don't use anything else, or else you'll set the wires off. ---------------------------- Boss 2: Vulcan Raven (Tank Version) -Grenades (2 on Easy, 3 on everyt hing else) -5 minutes -Easy 1. First, pick up all the Claymores so you don't get f***ed by them. Then, use a chaff grenade so they don't fire at you. Then, throw grenades up at him. 2. You can set claymore mines in the tank's path to slow the tank down. ---------------------------- Boss 3: Cyborg Ninja (Gray Wolf) -Hand to hand (60 hits) -5 to 7 minutes -Medium 1. Have your Thermal Goggles equipped at all times so you can see him. Then, just play it safe and use your hands until he's down for the count. 2. Throwing Chaff Grenades at Gray Wolf will explode, leaving him vulnerable for the duration of the grenade. This is a good time to lay the smack down on him. ---------------------------- Boss 4: Psycho Mantis -Fa-Mas (20 Shots) -3 to 5 minutes -Medium/Hard (I think he's tougher then Hell) 1. 1st, save right before you get in here. You need to switch your controller to the second port so he can't read your mi nd. Than, ju st plug away. don't shoot Meryl though, just use hand-to-hand on her till she's out. ---------------------------- Boss 5: Sniper Wolf A -PSG1 (5 Shots) -4 Minutes -Medium 1. Make sure you have the PSG-1. Next, take a diazepam. Next, equip your thermal goggles. Finally, equip the PSG-1 and fire away. ---------------------------- Boss 6: Helicopter -Stinger Missiles (15 missiles) -10 to 15 minutes -Medium/Hard 1. Just hit and hide. That's all there is to it, and have patience ---------------------------- Boss 7: Sniper Wolf B -Nikita (8 shots) -4 minutes -Easy 1. Hide behind some snow, fire a Nikita, and go into first person mode at strike. 2. You can use your Stingers as well, then switch to the Nikita if you wish. ---------------------------- Boss 8: Vulcan Raven -Stinger, Claymores (4 each) or Nikitas (????) -5 to 7 Minutes -Easy (I think he's a pain in the ass) 1. Just be careful and get all the items around you first. And don't blow yourself up. I recommend Stingers but Nikitas are good and so are claymores. ---------------------------- Boss 9a: Metal Gear Rex (First Form) -Stinger (7 missiles) -5 minutes -Medium/Hard 1. Throw chaff grenades to screw up his system, then just fire Stingers away at him. Hit his left shoulder. ---------------------------- Boss 9b: Metal Gear Rex (Second Form) -Stinger (7 missiles) -3 minutes -Hard 1. Run under his legs to confuse him and hit the cockpit w/ a stinger missle. This gets hard, watch out so he doesn't step on you. It'll kill you instantly. 2. Using Stun Grenades will send him dizzy, making running under his legs MUCH easier. (Highly Recommended) 3. Use a cardboard box, and run under his legs. This will confuse him and you'll have a much easier battle. ---------------------------- Boss 10: Liquid Snake -Hand to hand (65 hits) -3 minute time limit -Ass Hard 1. You have three minutes to wear him down and knock him off the bot. This is tough, just pray that your lucky. 2. Don't try to break his neck as he will just toss you off. 3. Whenever Liquid grunts, That means he's going to charge at you. Just get into crawling position and you'll avoid him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Frequencies | | Campbell/Naomi - 140.85 Mei Ling - 140.96 | | Master Miller - 141.80 Otacon - 141.12 | | Meryl - 140.15 Nastasha - 141.52 | | Deep Throat - 140.48 ????????? - ?????? | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Ratings | | Well, here's how it goes. There are 12 tiers of ratings, w/ 4 ratings | |in each, starting w/ the Flying Squirrel, and ending w/ the Big Boss. | |I don't have the ratings right now but they are all listed in the latest | |issue of PSM Online, if somebody could please send them in I will come to | |your house and dance for you in appreciation (well, I'll just give you | |credit). I will make a list on this FAQ once I get them. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rank 1: Hound, Doberman, Fox, Big Boss Rank 2: Pigeon, Falcon, Hawk, Eagle Rank 3: Piranha, Shark, Jaws, Orca Rank 4: Pig, Elephant, Mammoth, Whale Rank 5: Cat, Deer, Zebra, Hippopotamus Rank 6: Koala, Capibara, Sloth, Giant Panda Rank 7: Chicken, Mouse, Rabbit, Ostrich Rank 8: Puma, Leopard, Panther, Jaguar Rank 9: Komodo Dragon, Iguana, Alligator, Crocodile Rank 10: Mongoose, Hyena, Jackal, Tasmanian Devil Rank 11: Spider, Tarantula, Centipede, Scorpion Rank 12: Flying Squirrel, Bat, FLying Fox, Night Owl Rankings depend on several factors including, how long it takes you to finish, how many guards you kill, how many rations you eat, how many times you save, and how many times you continue. Several are very specific Rank 1: Finish the game in less than 3 hours, kill 25 baddies or less, eat one or less rations, no continues Rank 2: Beat the game in less than two and a half hours Rank 3: Kill 250 guards or more Rank 4: Use 130 rations or more Rank 5: Save the game 80 or more times Rank 6: Take over 18 hours to beat the game Rank 7: Any combination of ranks 4,5,6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rumored Secrets | | This is for secrets that haven't been proven to be true but very well | |could be. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ninja Suit - Despite what you may hear, the Ninja suit has not yet been confirmed. To get it, your supposed to play through the game an undetermined number of times. Secret Codec - What's that last slot in the codec for? Rumor has it it used to hear some of the staff talking. Another Ending - Is there another Ending? There is a picture of the Demo Theather where the name BOTH exists. What is that and how is it aquirred? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Coming Soon! (expect it before new year) | | Tentative release date and improvements made to my next FAQ. These aren't | |set in stone but will more than likely happen. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Endings Explanation Section (Most Important) More Ratings Better Picture Directions (the ones from Gamesages are crappy) GameShark Codes More Secrets Smoother Navigation Mini-Faq/Printable Version (Definetly Going To Happen) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Credits | | Section which gives credit to those who have contributed. Please E-mail | |me if I wrote it down wrong or you'd like some changes. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Razor678@aol.com - For all his glorious work, wait... That's me. Memo Goose@aol.com - For various typos simalcrum@hotmail.com - For, In his own special way, telling me a few mistakes as well as adding some more boss tips. Sages.Ign.Com/Videogames.com - For the tips on getting all the pictures. PSM Magazine - Gave me the Ratings Tips we all needed so much. Dragoonshiki@juno.com - For the Lovely blowing up the soldier while he's pissing idea. Suikoden@swbell.net jalamb01@kepler.poly.edu - For informing me that you get nothing if you win on the Big Boss rating. kevin_braver@hotmail.com - For telling me a Metal Gear Rex (second form) trick (must see). z964453@wheat.farm.niu.edu - For giving me the info. on how and what happens when you get the third ending. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Links | | Here are some links to other great sites and homepages | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| videogames.com sages.ign.com gamefaqs.com gameinformer.com (I had to rush this part, I elaborate more on them later)