Solid Snake adopts the alias 'Iroquois Pliskin' during his infiltration of the Big Shell. This name is a nod to 'Snake Plissken' from 'Escape from New York' and the Iroquois, a New York-based Native American confederacy, translating to 'Black Snake' in Huron. Under this guise, he first...
Hideo Kojima based Solid Snake on many different characters, notably Snake Plissken from the classic film Escape from New York. Solid Snake's appearance on the cover for Metal Gear was based on a screenshot of Kyle Reese's actor Michael Biehn in The Terminator. Solid Snake was ranked 19th ...