Mission Objective. To create a timeline, showing the important dates of the Metal Gear Saga. - Managed by mtb and me.

Rules: You may only contribute a maximum of 3 "dates" per post, and you can not double post! Any contributors that submit one piece of "dates" that’s legible, will receive one point. Anyone that updates, or corrects anothers "dates" (adding correct date of event. etc), will receive half a point. When you have collected 10, 20, 30 and 45 points, you will receive a special stamp stating your rank as a solider. The created timeline will then go into the Metal Gear Portal, along with the names that helped contribute. The game is open to anyone that wants to submit info, including Mods and Portal Staff, etc. Also, this is a game thread, so I want you to have fun with it. There is to be no abusing of others for giving the wrong information. =]

Information: Virtually anything that has been referenced in the Metal Gear games can be submitted. Things that are allowed are;

×Warfare
×Game Releases
×Birth or historic events of characters.
×Birth of Staff as well as Voice actors (English and Japanese only)
×And any other information that seems fit...

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The Metal Gear Timeline

1909
August 12: Major Zero is born.

1930
November 7: Osamu Saka, the End's japanese voice actor is born.

1932
July 5: Kyôko Terase(the Japanese voice actor for Meryl Silverburgh and Olga Gurlukovich) was born in Tokyo, Japan.

1933
January 11: Banjô Ginga(the Japanese Voice Actor for Liquid Snake) was born in Yamanashi, Japan.

1935
June 9: Peter Renaday (Richard Ames - MGS2) was born in Louisiana, USA

1936
Date Unknown: EVA is born.

Date Unknown: Para-Medic is born in Boston MA.

June 19: Takeshi Aono, Colonel Campbell and Granin's Japanese voice actor is born.


1937
August 26: Kenji Utsumi, Volgin's Japanese voice actor is born.

1938
February 22, 1938, Barry Dennen (English: Fatman - MGS2) is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

April 10: Michael Bell (The Fear - MGS3) was born in Brooklyn New York, USA.

1940
Date Unknown: Sigint is born.

1941
October 23: Greg Eagles (Gray Fox - MGS1 and Donald Anderson - MGS1) is born in Los Angeles California, USA.

1944
June 6(D-Day): The Boss gives birth to Ocelot in Normandy.

1945
Date unknown: The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagosaki the conclusion to the Manhattan Project which involved Otacons grandfather.

Date unknown: Otacon's father born.

May 8: World War II ends,and the Cold War begins.

November 7: Earl Boen, Sergei Gurlokivich's English voice actor is born.

1946
March 15: Masaharu Satō, Donald Anderson and Richard Ames's Japanese voice actor is born.

October 22: Richard McGonagle(President Johnson - MGS3) was born in Boston, Massachussets, USA.



1947
Date Unknown: The Boss disbands the Cobra Unit.

November 24: David Schultz (Python - MGS Ops) is born in Baltimore Maryland, USA.

1948

April 16: Kazuyuki Sogabe(the Japanese voice acotr for Psycho Mantis) is born in Chiba Japan.

July 12: Kôji Totani(the Japanese Voice actor for Revolver Ocelot) is born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.



1950
Date Unknown: Jack/Naked Snake becomes a student of The Boss.

December 27: Doug Stone, Psycho Mantis's English voice actor is born

November 12: Hideyuki Tanaka, Otacon's Japanese voice actor, is born.

1952
September 12: Yukitoshi Hori, The Sorrow's and Vulcan Raven's Japanese voice actor is born.

1954
January 28: Kaneto Shiozawa(the Japanese voice actor for Gray Fox) is born in Tokyo, Japan.

March 1: The hydrogen bomb is tested in Bikini Atoll, Jack/Naked Snake is an atomic test subject for the operation.



1956
April 8: Jim Piddock (Major Zero - MGS3) was born in Rochester, Kent, England, UK.

May 19: Jim Ward(who voiced for Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin in MGS3) was born.

1957

January 12: Dean Scofield, Johnny Sasaki's English voice actor, is born.

March 28: Paul Eiding (Roy Campbell - MGS1, MGS2, MGS3, MGS4) is born in Cleveland, Ohia, USA.

November 6: Cam Clarke (Liquid Snake - MGS1, MGS2) is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1959
Date Unknown: The Boss abandons Naked Snake on a mission with no explanation.

November 24: Akio Ôtsuka(the Japanese Voice actor for Solid Snake) is born in Tokyo, Japan.

1960
In September: ADAM and EVA defected to the soviet union.

Date Unknown: The Boss becomes the first person in space.

December 13: Harry Gregson-Williams is born in England, UK.

1962
January 1: Peter Lurie (Vulcan Raven - MGS1) is born.

September 13: Hisao Egawa, Japanese voice actor for The Pain is born.

October 14: The Cuban missile crisis begins.

November 20: The Cuban missile crisis ends with Kruschev agreeing to remove his missiles from Cuban in return for handing over Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov.

Date unknown: The Boss is forced to kill her former lover The Sorrow in combat on her mission in Tselinoyarsk.

1963
August 24: Hideo Kojima is born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

1964

April 30: Misa Watanabe, Japanese voice actor for Eva is born.

August 23: Virtuous Mission.

August 30: Operation Snake Eater begins.

October 10: Quinton Flynn (Raiden - MGS2, MGS4) is born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

October 25: Kevin Michael Richardson (Scott Dolph - MGS2) was born in Bronx, New York, New York, USA

1965
April 28: Steven Jay Blum (Gene - MGS Ops) is born in Santa Monica, California, USA.

December 10: Gregg Berger, English voice actor for The Pain is born.

Date Unknown: Sigint joins ARPA and helps develop ARPANET.

1966
May 1: Charlie Schlatter (Major Raikov - MGS3) was born in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

July 18: Lori Alan (The Boss - MGS3) is born in Potomac, Maryland, USA.

Date Unknown: Big Boss meets child soldier Null(Gray Fox) and takes him as a child, and later sends him to a rehab center.

1967
January 24: Phill LaMarr is born (Vamp - MGS2, MGS4)

April 5: Tasia Valenza (voice of Sniper Wolf) is born.

1969
Date unknown: EVA disappears without a trace in Hanoi.

February 6: David Hayter (Solid Snake - MGS1, MGS2, MGS4, Naked Snake - MGS3 - MGS Ops) is born in Santa Monica, California, USA.

August 15: Kim Mai Guest (Mei Ling - MGS1) was born in Los Angeles, California, USA

1970
Date Unknown: After Naked Snake(Big Boss) founds FOXHOUND after the FOX unit revolt, Ocelot and "the man with the same name as Null" (most likely Zero) along with Big Boss form The Patriots.

1971
Date unknown: Big Boss establishes Foxhound.

1972
January 30: Jennifer Hale (Naomi Hunter - MGS1, MGS4, Emma Emmerich - MGS2) is born in Canada.

February 12: Tara Strong (Ursula - MGS Ops) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Date unknown: The "Les Enfants Terrible" project. The Sons of Big Boss are born.

1974
November 28: James C. Mathis III (Sigint - MGS3) is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

1975
December 12: Houko Kuwashima(the Japanese voice actor for Mei Ling in MGS1)is born in Iwate, Japan.

1979
February 8: Josh Keaton (Young Ocelot - MGS3) is born in Pasadena, California, USA.

1980
Date Unknown: Hideo Kojima began to purse a career in film making, but then, after seeing the NES, decided to make video games.

1981
September 11: Maria Yamamoto, Emma Emmerich's Japanese voice actress is born.

1986
April 26: The Nuclear Power plant in Chernobyl melts down. The Romanenko family is exposed to a large amount of radiation.

1988
June: Metal Gear for the NES is released in North America.

Date Unknown: During the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Gray Fox (under the alias Frank Hunter) became romantically involved with Nastasha Marcova and had secretly eloped but Nastasha was denied immigration rights into the USA. Gray Fox then developed resentment towards his superiors.

1992
Date Unknown: Hideo Kojima produced his first game, titled Snatcher CD-ROMantic.

1995
Date unknown: Solid Snake joins the FOX-HOUND Unit.

Date Unknown: The Outer Heaven crisis occurs, ending with Solid Snake defeating Big Boss and destroying Metal Gear TX-55.

1998
September 30: Metal Gear Solid is released in North America.

1999
Date Unknown: The Zanzibar incident. Snake infiltrates the remote location of Zanzibar and kills Big Boss and destroys Metal Gear D.

2000
Date Unknown: The body of Gray Fox is discovered in the ruins of Zanzibar. FOXHOUND scientist Dr. Clarke takes the body as part of the gene-therapy project and makes him into the Cyborg Ninja.

2001
January 20: George Sears is appointed as the 43rd American President.

November 14: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is released in North America.

2003
Date Unknown: Dr. Clarke is killed by Gray Fox after Naomi Hunter helps him escape from Containment.

2004
March 9: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for the Gamecube is released in North America.

November 17: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
is released in North America.

2005
Date Unknown: Sons of Big Boss take over Shadow Mosses facility.

Date Unknown: George Sears steps down as president, but in reality the Patriots removed him for being involved in Shadow Moses.

2006
Date unknown: Nastasha Romanenko and Otacon founded Philanthropy. A organization dedicated to stopping the construction of Metal Gears. They Recruit Snake for their cause.

February 6: Kôji Totani(the Japanese Voice Actor for Revolver Ocelot) dies of heart failure in Japan.

December 6: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops is released

2007
March 22: Snake makes his way onto a Marine tanker to find evidence about a new Metal Gear Model.

Date unknown, 2007, Olga Gurlukovich gives birth to a child, who is kidnapped by the Patriots.

April 30th, Jack and Rose meet each other for the first time.

2008
Date Unknown: James Johnson "wins" an election to become the president of the United States.

October: Dead Cell loses "Chinaman" and "Old Boy" in a surprise attack.

2009
April 29: Raiden's mission on the Big Shell begins.

April 30: The Manhattan Incident, Raiden eliminates Solidus Snake.

Sounds cool. I'll try to get some info in as soon as possible.

1964 operation Snake Eater begins.

Great idea.

1969: EVA disappears without a trace in Hanoi.

1971: Big Boss establishes Foxhound.

1972: The "Les Enfants Terrible" project. The Sons of Big Boss are born.

1945: The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagosaki the conclusion to the Manhattan Project which involved Otacons grandfather. Otacon's father also born this year.

August 24, 1963: Hideo Kojima is born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

August 12, 1909: Major Zero is born

In 2006, Otacon and Solid Snake founded Philanthropy

Sorry if any of this info, or info I give in the future, is incorrect.

Great Idea for a thread, BTW.

This message was edited by Drogo Baggins on Oct 12 2007.

This message was edited by Drogo Baggins on Oct 13 2007.

Timeline + Points updated.


Cheers seekers. =D

independantMOFO, you get two points since you submitted two events.

- In September of 1960 ADAM and EVA defected to the soviet union.

- In 1971 Big Boss founded the FOX-HOUND Unit.

- In 1995, Solid Snake joins the FOX-HOUND Unit.

I have a feeling that this timeline is going to be huge!

I can't wait until it's complete.

2005- Sons of Big Boss take over Shadow Mosses facility

March 22, 2007- Snake makes his way onto a Marine tanker to find evidence about a new Metal Gear Model

April 29, 2009- Raiden's mission on the Big Shell begins.

October 14, 1962 - the Cuban missile crisis begins.
November 20, 1962 - The Cuban missile crisis ends with Kruschev agreeing to remove his missiles from Cuban in return for handing over Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov.

April 30, 2009 - The Manhattan Incident, Raiden eliminates Solidus Snake.

- June 6(D-Day), 1944, The Boss gives birth to Ocelot in Normandy.

- In 1950, Jack(Naked Snake) becomes a student of The Boss.

- In 1995, the Outer Heaven crisis occurs, ending with Solid Snake defeating Big Boss and destroying Metal Gear TX-55.

1999: The Zanzibar incident. Snake infiltrates the remote location of Zanzibar and kills Big Boss and destroys Metal Gear D.

1936: EVA is born.

This message was edited by independantMOFO on Oct 13 2007.

- May 8, 1945, World War II ends,and the Cold War begins.

- In 1947, The Boss disbands the Cobra Unit.

- In 1960, The Boss becomes the first person in space.

This message was edited by Drogo Baggins on Oct 13 2007.

quote independantMOFO

1944: EVA is born.

- February 6, 1969, David Hayter is born in Santa Monica, California, USA.

- October 10, 1964, Quinton Flynn is born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

- March 28, 1957, Paul Eiding is born in Cleveland, Ohia, USA.