true <p><a href="/e3_2009"><img src="/contributed/1243541561Yqmq63smZY.jpg" alt="" /></a>Here in the States, it&#39;s next to impossible to find an actual, operating arcade, but in Japan, a fella can&rsquo;t swing a dead cat without hitting one.&nbsp; The thriving Japanese coin-op gaming industry got some huge news yesterday; Hideo Kojima is bringing Metal Gear Solid to arcades.&nbsp; Today, we get our first look at the actual game cabinets.</p> <p><a href="/contributed/1244131100kSiMDziCWd.jpg"><img src="/contributed/1244131100kSiMDziCWd.jpg" height="451" alt="" width="620" /></a><br /><!--pagebreak--><br />Sure, the game will almost certainly never make it to the US, but the cabinet is nice looking, with a cool, high-tech tactical design.&nbsp; The attached 3D goggles mentioned in yesterday&rsquo;s press conference are nowhere to be seen, but it looks like the cabinets will be linked in sets of four, at least in some cases.&nbsp; It could be a situation where 1, 2, and 4-cabinet set-ups exist.<br /><br />No release date has been announced yet, but Japanese gamers can expect to get their hands on the cabinets sometime this year.&nbsp; Hopefully, we get some details as to what exactly the game is as E3 rolls on.<br /><br />&lt;<a href="http://kotaku.com/5278353/first-image-of-metal-gear-arcade">Image source</a>&gt;</p> news 2 2009-06-04T12:00:58-04:00 <p><a href="/e3_2009"><img src="/contributed/1243541561Yqmq63smZY.jpg" alt="" /></a>Here in the States, it's next to impossible to find an actual, operating arcade, but in Japan, a fella can&rsquo;t swing a dead cat without hitting one.&nbsp; The thriving Japanese coin-op gaming industry got some huge news yesterday; Hideo Kojima is bringing Metal Gear Solid to arcades.&nbsp; Today, we get our first look at the actual game cabinets.</p> <p><a href="/contributed/1244131100kSiMDziCWd.jpg"><img src="/contributed/1244131100kSiMDziCWd.jpg" height="451" alt="" width="620" /></a><br /></p> 4699 9025 2009-06-04T15:09:03-04:00 21 2009-06-04T12:00:58-04:00 0.0 e3_09_first_image_of_metal_gear_arcade published I am Jealous of Japanese People E3 09: First Image of Metal Gear Arcade 2009-06-04T15:09:03-04:00 42