Lord_Kane: Proper English Manual for the MSX release of Metal Gear:
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/33g3lz/since_its_on_my_mind_from_a_recent_post_here_are/
The version GOG has is based on this version
You can also count MG2 in there as well, should we ever get a release of that on GOG.
ZFR: It's cases like this where I'm not sure what to do... Originally this was supposed to list the physical manuals that came with the game, so your GOG game is same as buying a boxed one. In this case? Well, technically the PC port didn't come with a manual. But I guess (like in cases of remastered games where only the originals came with a manual, e.g. Turok, Day of the Tentacle) in this case it's better to go with pragmatism over ideology and include the MSX manual since that's what the GOG release is based on.
Thanks for the links. Added.
Yeah as with most metal gear games, the manual does contain hints and you can set up the gog release to match the MSX config if you want....