History VideoGame / SnakesRevenge

* RevengeOfTheSequel: The game's title makes little sense, considering it is [[spoiler:Big Boss, who wants revenge against Snake for turning him into a cyborg. This was years before Big Boss was revealed to be the original Snake whom Solid was cloned from.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:John is never seen again after Snake defeats his impersonator and is declared MIA in the ending. It is unknown whether he was killed.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:John is never seen again after Snake defeats his impersonator and is declared MIA in the ending. It is unknown whether he was killed, kept alive after his capture, or if John was always a traitor.]]

''Snake's Revenge'' is an alternate sequel to the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'' released exclusively for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. It was the first ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' sequel made by Creator/{{Konami}}, produced without the involvement or consent of the original game's creator, Creator/HideoKojima (in fact, Kojima even remained unaware that the game even existed until one of his co-workers brought it up during a casual conversation), and in response to the success of the NES version of ''Metal Gear'' in the overseas market. Despite Kojima's lack of involvement, the existence of ''Snake's Revenge'' would inspire Kojima to design his own sequel to his game, resulting in the creation of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake,'' relegating ''Snake's Revenge'' to [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon status]].

It will be included as part of ''Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1'', marking its first official re-release.

* WhenSheSmiles: The ending of the credits has Snake smiling.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Just like how the cover of the first game clearly based Snake's appearance on a publicity still of Creator/MichaelBiehn as Kyle Reese from ''Film/TheTerminator'', this one bases it on a still of Creator/KurtRussell as Jack Burton from ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''.

* AllThereInTheManual: The packaging and manual states that the BigBad is a dictator named "Highrolla Kockmamie" (which is actually a play on the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini). However, he's only mentioned in the packaging and manual and doesn't appear in the game itself. [[spoiler:The BigBad of the game is actually Big Boss.]] Curiously, despite the fact that ''Snake's Revenge'' is clearly intended to be a ''Metal Gear'' sequel, the manual and packaging description actively avoids using the name "Metal Gear" at any point, going as far as to refer to the enemy's ultimate weapon as the "Ultra-Sheikh Nuclear Attack Tank".

* OneWingedAngel: After Big Boss' initial form is defeated, he transforms into a cybernetic behemoth who claims that he has no weak points. It is also to be noted that this was the only ''Metal Gear'' game to utilize this until ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' was released years later. [[note]]Unless one counts Colonel Volgin merging with the Shagohod's wiring or Peace Walker transforming into a quadruped.[[/note]]
* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you get aboard the ship without picking up the suppressor or the sub machine gun, you will not get another chance to get them (at least not until the second desert compound, which offers a spare suppressor). And woe to those who forget to pick up the mine detector before sinking the ship, as the next area starts in the middle of a minefield. The train section is at least generous enough to allow you to pick up any essential items you might've missed out on, after defeating the boss before being dropped off to the next area.
* PointOfNoReturn: Unlike the original ''Metal Gear,'' ''Snake's Revenge'' doesn't allow backtracking once the player reaches certain areas, particularly when infiltrating the cargo ship carrying the mass produced Metal Gears after leaving the first enemy base, and later on when Snake must hop aboard a train transporting a captured ally.

* UniversalAmmunition: Like in the original, ammo boxes provide bullets for all of Snake's firearms (the handgun, the machine gun, and the shotgun). Averted with the flare gun, which can only be loaded with flare bullets.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you get aboard the ship without picking up the suppressor or the sub machine gun, you will not get another chance of the game (at least not until the second desert compound, which offers a spare suppressor). And woe to those who forget to pick up the mine detector before sinking the ship, as the next area starts in the middle of a minefield. The train section is at least generous enough to allow you to pick up any essential items you might've missed out on, after defeating the boss before being dropped off to the next area.

* AllThereInTheManual: The packaging and manual states that the BigBad is a dictator named "Highrolla Kockmamie" (which is actually a play on the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini). However, he's only mentioned in the packaging and manual and doesn't appear in the game itself. [[spoiler: The BigBad of the game is actually Big Boss.]] Curiously, despite the fact that ''Snake's Revenge'' is clearly intended to be a ''Metal Gear'' sequel, the manual and packaging description actively avoids using the name "Metal Gear" at any point, going as far as to refer to the enemy's ultimate weapon as the "Ultra Sheikh Nuclear Attack Tank".

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Snake kills Big Boss and stops the nuclear strike, but Nick Myers has died while John Turner is M.I.A.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Subverted. Nick is the only member of Snake's support crew who is confirmed dead by the end of the game, but it happens just before the final battle. John disappears much earlier and we never get to find out what truly happened to him, after he gets captured in the beginning before being replaced by an impersonator.]]

* TheKeyIsBehindTheLock: The keycard that opens the entrance to the first base is inside the base itself. [[spoiler: As a result, the only way Snake can infiltrate the base is by using an ally as a decoy.]]

* TheMole: Jennifer ("Your Person") is helping out Snake from inside the enemy's base. [[spoiler: Her cover is blown and she is [[DamselInDistress captured]] by Big Boss just before the final battle.]]

* RevengeOfTheSequel: The game's title makes little sense, considering it is [[spoiler: Big Boss who wants revenge against Snake for turning him into a cyborg. This was years before Big Boss was revealed to be the original Snake whom Solid was cloned from.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: At one point, a captured ally tells Snake via radio that his present area has no enemies or traps. [[spoiler: He turns out to be an enemy spy.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: John is never seen again after Snake defeats his impersonator and is declared MIA in the ending. It is unknown whether he was killed, kept alive after his capture, or if John was always a traitor.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: John is never seen again after Snake defeats his impersonator and is declared MIA in the ending. It is unknown whether he was killed or kept alive after his capture.]]

* ReverseMole: Jennifer ("Your Person") is helping out Snake from inside the enemy's base. [[spoiler: Her cover is blown and she is [[DamselInDistress captured]] by Big Boss just before the final battle.]]