

Q: Are there other ways of getting out of alert phase besides hiding?Ī: You can enter a new area.
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Q: When does the game give you a free HP refill?Ī: The game heals Snake when he is captured, before rappel, before REX, before Liquid fist fight, and before Escape. Only go into that room to retrieve the body armor and stinger missiles on higher difficulties. Entering the pipe room will delay the card, due to the black out transition. Q: Do I need to enter the pipe room/steam room to heat the card?Ī: No, the moment you enter the Blast Furnace the card heats up. If you open up your menus, this will delay the process, so don't menu until the time has passed! Lag will delay the card timing, so it is slower with 50hz PAL Region or if you create lag on console. In reality, it is a random number between 1:00 and 1:01, but you will not know for certain. Q: How does freezing/heating the PAL card work?Ī: It takes one minute and one second (1:01) to freeze or heat the card on NTSC. Enemies can still attack you during loads. load zone or fade to white during M1 Tank/Rex)?Ī: Yes. Q: Can you die during a loading fade out (e.g. Seeing that the staircase is broken activates the story flag for the cutscene. Q: Do I need to press the elevator button in Tower B before meeting Otacon?Ī: No, you need to activate the Damn! dialog by going to the broken staircase at the bottom to meet up with Otacon. Otacon will come to the Torture Cell on his own without a call. Q: Do I need to call Otacon to escape the Torture Cell?Ī: No, this is an illusion by the game designers to make players who bothered to call him feel like they accomplished something. Q: Why didn't I get a score screen at the end of the run?Ī: You were likely running on Very Easy, which does not give you a score screen. To play without Alternate Round, either delete the save or hold L2 and R2 (the Inventory buttons) when selecting a difficulty. Q: What is Alternate Round? Why is the guard pattern different?Ī: If you are playing on Integral, a completed game save means you have access to Alternate Round.

Assuming your starting Rank is 1, you finish the game at Rank 9 with Vulcan Raven.

Q: What are the differences between regions, versions and platforms?Ī: Since regions/versions/platforms are complex, go to this pageĪ: Whenever you defeat a boss in MGS1, you will 'rank up.' This increases your max HP, increases the max ammo of your weapons, and allows you to use new weapons. This will allow you to continue holding the button without risk of crouching, and no in game time loss.Ī: Since difficulty differences are complex, go to this page You can also hold start to skip cutscenes, but not cutscenes with FMVs. Playing on PC, you must change your core affinity to avoid crashing when holding X. This method is useful to explode Nikita Missiles early, to avoid shooting, to avoid making noise on noisy surfaces, and to reload quickly.Ī: Hold L1, L2, R1, R2, Select and Start.Ī: No, you can simply hold X to skip cutscenes. A: By tapping R1 to unequip and re-equip your weapon, it will reload it.
