Snake is the protagonist of the Metal Gear video game series. Introduced in the 1987 video game Metal Gear and created by series creator Hideo Kojima, Solid Snake is a combination spy and special operations agent who works for the FOXHOUND special forces unit. He is repeatedly entrusted with disarming and destroying the latest incarnation of the Metal Gear, a bipedal, nuclear-weapon-armed mecha. In each game, Solid Snake must act alone, supported via radio by commanding officers and specialists. He enters armed only with his wits, his two-way radio (called the "codec" in later games), binoculars, and a pack of cigarettes, and must acquire all additional equipment (such as weapons, rations, or his signature cardboard box disguise) on site.
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