If you haven"t already had your fill with the announcements of Metal Gear Solid Rising, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Metal Gear Solid Arcade, Konami has one more surprise in store. The company announced today that it will be releasing the original PS1 Metal Gear Solid to the PlayStation Network on June 18, for $9.99.

This seems like part of a larger push lately to release several seminal franchise titles as downloadable on PSN, as both Final Fantasy VII and Medal of Honor were just put out to align with Sony"s E3 press conference. Let"s hope the flood of classics continues.

[Images courtesy of VG Museum.]