23rd March 2010, 6:45 PM
Snake was named in honor of Snake Plissken of the movie Escape from New York. Metal Gear's US cover, though, rips off a The Terminator shot of Kyle Reese, evidently. As with Contra, it's a straight copy. They'd never be able to get away with that kind of thing today... that's Kyle Reese there, actually. :)