<P> The year is 2005 , six years after the downfall of Zanzibarland . A renegade genetically - enhanced special forces unit , FOXHOUND , has seized a remote island in Alaska 's Fox Archipelago codenamed `` Shadow Moses '' , the site of a nuclear weapons disposal facility . FOXHOUND threatens to use the nuclear - capable mecha , Metal Gear REX , against the U.S. government if they do not receive the remains of Big Boss and the ransom of $1 billion within 24 hours . Solid Snake is forced out of retirement by Colonel Roy Campbell to infiltrate the island and neutralize the threat . </P>
<P> The year is 2005 , six years after the downfall of Zanzibarland . A renegade genetically - enhanced special forces unit , FOXHOUND , has seized a remote island in Alaska 's Fox Archipelago codenamed `` Shadow Moses '' , the site of a nuclear weapons disposal facility . FOXHOUND threatens to use the nuclear - capable mecha , Metal Gear REX , against the U.S. government if they do not receive the remains of Big Boss and the ransom of $1 billion within 24 hours . Solid Snake is forced out of retirement by Colonel Roy Campbell to infiltrate the island and neutralize the threat . </P>
when does metal gear solid 1 take place
when does metal gear solid 1 take place
2005
2005