Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)

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Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Data East (JP), Data East USA (US)
Developer:
Licensor: Hunter Game Corporation (US)[1]
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (20 tracks)
Genre: Billiards (ビリヤード)[2], Table[3]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-1301G
Sega Saturn
US 		$59.9559.95[5] T-1302H
ESRB: Kids to Adults

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Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend is a Sega Saturn billiards game developed and published by Data East as a sequel to Side Pocket. In Japan the game was renamed Side Pocket 2: Densetsu no Hustler (サイド・ポケット２ ～伝説のハスラー～).

It was followed by Side Pocket 3, also released for the Saturn, but only in Japan.

Gameplay

Unlike its Mega Drive counterpart, Minnesota Fats on the Saturn features a different story mode with full motion video cutscenes. Characters were all played by American actors alongside the the real Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone of which the game is named after. In Japan, all the cutscenes are dubbed over in Japanese (including Minnesota Fats).

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend
Japanese サイド・ポケット２ ～伝説のハスラー～ Side Pocket 2: Densetsu no Hustler

Production credits

  • DATA EAST presents
  • A DMP Entertainment Production
  • in association with THE CREATIVE IMAGE GROUP
  • THE POOL MASTER
GAME DEVELOPMENT
  • Programmed by: FUJIMARU HIROYASU, MATSUDA YASUHIRO, OHTA HISATADA
  • Graphics by: YOKOI MANABU, SHIRAIWA YUKIE, KODAMA YOUICHI
  • Game Design by: OTANI AKIRA
  • Visuals edited by: ISHIMAKI SHUJI
  • Sound and Music by: Cincinnati Shogo, Buffalo Koremasa, Oww Furukawa
FILM DEVELOPMENT
  • Written by: AKIRA OTANI, DAVID HOFFMAN
  • Produced by: ETSUKO ADELMAN, AKIRA OTANI
  • Directed by: KENT RUSSELL
  • Production Assistan: ROBIN SOHNEN
  • SFX & Music selections by: DAVID PLATSHON
  • Audio Recording by: THE CREATIVE IMAGE GROUP
  • Casting by: TITUS & THE CREATIVE IMAGE GROUP
CAST
  • "Minnesota Fats": JOE GADANO
  • "Junior": J.S. GILBERT
  • "Big-G": RICHARD CONTI
  • "Fred": ALAN BRUCE
  • "Tina": RACHEL FYFFE
  • "Diamond": CHUCK L. HILBERT
  • "Bouncer": ALEXIA SMIRNOFF
  • "G's Girl #1: ELLEN HALDEMAN
  • "G's Girl #2": CHRISTINA ABLAZA
  • Special Thanks to: ERIC WONG, LUIS & All the gang all at THE GREAT ENTERTAINER, SAN FRANCISCO, PAVEL, ED MONGIOVI, JEFF, PETE, FRANCIS & STEVE, HIDEO FUKUDA, YUKIHIRO KAWAI, MASATO NOGUCHI, JIM YAJIMA, YASURO KOIDEYA, NORIKO SINOHARA

1995 © DATA EAST CORPORATION

日本語版 スタッフ
声の出演
Source:
In-game credits[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Fusion (US) #0102: "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR)
76
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
55
[5]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
70
[10]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
80
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
58
[12]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
21
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
75
[16]
Última Generación (ES)
68
[17]
Sega Saturn
 64
Based on
11 reviews

Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Sidepocket2 sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, JP
SidePocket2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpgSidePocket2 Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
SidePocket2 Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
SidePocket2 Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Side Pocket 2 Legend Of Hustler 1995 J color.pdf
Manual

Technical information

Main article: Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:MinnesotaFats Sat US backcover.jpg
  2. ↑ File:SidePocket2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)
  4. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/c_DHy5ipnQA/m/8-uYpQB7YwoJ
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 80
  6. ↑ File:Side Pocket 2 Saturn credits.pdf
  7. ↑ VideoGames, "November 1995" (US; 1995-10-24), page 53
  8. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 108
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-04-07" (JP; 1995-03-24), page 1
  10. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 47
  11. ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 74
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 78
  13. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 38
  14. ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-11), page 81
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 105
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14
  17. ↑ Última Generación, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 92


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