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Part 3
Metal Gear Solid

Part 3

Navigate Part 3 of Metal Gear Solid with this comprehensive walkthrough. Includes strategies for guards, laser traps, and rescuing POWs, plus item locations like the Silencer and Grenade Launcher.

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Navigate Part 3 of Metal Gear Solid with this comprehensive walkthrough. Includes strategies for guards, laser traps, and rescuing POWs, plus item locations like the Silencer and Grenade Launcher.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the start, use REMOTE-CONTROLLED MISSLES (F2) to destroy the control box, disabling the electric floor.
  2. 2
    Proceed to the next screen, take out the guard, and use CARD 1 (F3) to enter a room. Rescue the third POW, who reveals Diane's frequency (120.33). Exit and head north.
  3. 3
    Ignore the elevator and head west. Take out the two approaching guards by punching them. Enter the door on the north side using CARD 2 (F3) after waiting for the guard to move.
  4. 4
    Inside, find the ---CARDBOARD BOX---. Exit and deal with the two guards outside. Use CARD 2 (F3) to enter the next door.
  5. 5
    Quickly move to the south wall and use CARD 2 (F3) to enter a room with four guards (Ultra Box). Defeat them and pick up the ===SILENCER===.
  6. 6
    Use CARD 1 (F3) to enter the east wall room and acquire the ===GRENADE LAUNCHER===.
  7. 7
    Exit and head west back to the elevator area. Watch for the camera and head south. Use CARD 2 (F3) to open a door and rescue the fourth POW.
  8. 8
    Return to the elevator, defeat the two guards, and use CARD 2 (F3) to take the elevator to the second floor.
  9. 9
    Exit the elevator, avoid the two cameras on the left, and proceed south.
  10. 10
    On the screen with a wandering guard, wait for him to fall asleep, then kill him and head south.
  11. 11
    Navigate the laser traps by following these directions: From the top center, go down to a wall, turn right to a wall, then down. On the next screen, go down, passing between the second and third laser walls. Go down to a wall, right past three laser walls, up past two laser walls, then right to a door.
  12. 12
    Use CARD 1 (F3) to enter the room and rescue the fifth POW. Your star rank increases to two stars.
  13. 13
    Exit and navigate back through the laser traps to the screen with the sleeping guard. Take him out again and head up the left path.
  14. 14
    Go left again to a screen with three guards. Take them out one by one and proceed down the southwest path.
  15. 15
    Avoid the security camera and enter the door on the right to find AMMO. Exit and enter the door on the left to find PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES.
  16. 16
    Exit and head back to the elevator. Take it to the first floor.
  17. 17
    Exit the elevator, defeat the two guards patrolling the tanks, and head south.
  18. 18
    Avoid the three cameras (two right, one left) using crates and use CARD 2 (F3) to enter the room on the left. Rescue the sixth POW, who reveals Grey Fox's confinement.
  19. 19
    Exit and head south. On the next screen, do not move. Take out the left guard, then the right guard when he's not looking.
  20. 20
    Use CARD 2 (F3) to enter the door on the right and find a ===SUB MACHINE GUN===.
  21. 21
    Exit and use CARD 1 (F3) to enter the door on the left and rescue the seventh POW.
Tips
  • The Silencer allows you to use your gun without alerting guards.
  • Your star rank increases with every five POWs rescued, allowing you to carry more equipment and ammo. Killing a POW decreases your rank.
  • Laser traps cannot be detected by cigarettes in this game, unlike in Metal Gear Solid.
  • Third POW rescued.
  • Fourth POW rescued.
  • Fifth POW rescued (Star Rank increases to two stars).
  • Sixth POW rescued (learns about Grey Fox).
  • Seventh POW rescued.
  • Acquired items: CARDBOARD BOX, SILENCER, GRENADE LAUNCHER, PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES, SUB MACHINE GUN.

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