The roster covers the nine original Metal Gear story releases directed by Hideo Kojima, from Metal Gear (1987) through The Phantom Pain (2015). It includes Ground Zeroes as a separately sold prologue and excludes remakes, ports, compilations, and games Kojima did not direct. The character roster covers 24 major figures from the Kojima-directed Metal Gear games, including the Snake identities, core allies, and major antagonists. It excludes minor bosses and characters limited to spin-offs. Name the games and characters, place the games in release-year order, identify character art, and tackle real trivia. Source: Wikidata (series membership P179/P527, release dates P577), corroborated against Wikipedia.