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Hideo Kojima Opens His Vault And Takes Pictures

by Joe Juba on Jan 21, 2011 at 11:25 AM

Hideo Kojima Opens His Vault And Takes Pictures

Gamers are probably more interested in Kojima Productions' upcoming games (like Metal Gear Solid: Rising) than its past projects, but these photos from the studio's history still provide an interesting look at the early phases of some classic games.

Hideo Kojima has been tweeting up a storm about these documents buried in storage over at Kojima Productions. For instance, this is a picture from an early concept of Snatcher, back when it was called "Junker":

Hideo Kojima Opens His Vault And Takes Pictures

And this is some English dialogue for radio conversations from Metal Gear:

Hideo Kojima Opens His Vault And Takes Pictures

Head over to andriasang for a collection of all the relevant pictures and their explanations.