 The designer of this game (who also worked on Castlevania II and  III) was working on this without Hideo Kojimas (the series creator)  knowledge or consent until he and Kojima met at a subway station. He  told Kojima that he was "working on a Snake game, but knew that it  wasnt the true Snake", so he requested to Kojima that he should be  making a Metal Gear sequel himself, which led to the development of  _Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990) (VG)_ (qv). In an interview  conducted by game journalist Steven Kent, Kojima admitted that he  likes Snakes Revenge.