Difference between revisions of "Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)"

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For the Sega Mega Drive version, see Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Mega Drive).

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Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Data East (JP), Data East USA (US)

Developer: Data East, DMP Entertainment

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
JP	1995-03-31^[3]	¥6,8006,800	T-1301G
US	1995-09-14^[4]	$59.9559.95^[5]	T-1302H

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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

脚本: 大谷明
コーディネーター: 酒井省吾
翻訳: 樋口雅敏
MA: （株）キューテック

声の出演

ミネソタファッツMinnesota Fats: 大塚周夫
ジュニア: 江川央生
ビッグ−G: 飛矢馬剣
フレッド: 柴山由崇
ティナ: 合志真理
ダイヤモンド: 木内達也 (データイースト)
用心棒: 酒井省吾 (データイースト)
（株）青二プロダクション, 劇団21世紀FOX

Source:

In-game credits^[6]

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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

VideoGames (US) #82: "November 1995" (1995-10-24)^[7]

Physical scans

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]

	64
Based on 11 reviews

Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Technical information

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

References

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

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Side Pocket games for Sega systems
	Side Pocket (1992) \| Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (1995)
	Side Pocket: Special Edition (unreleased)
	Side Pocket (1994)
	Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (1995) \| Side Pocket 3 (1997)

[:File:MinnesotaFats_Sat_US_backcover.jpg_p-1] File:MinnesotaFats Sat US backcover.jpg

[:File:SidePocket2_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:SidePocket2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230433.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2Fc_DHy5ipnQA.2Fm.2F8-uYpQB7YwoJ-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/c_DHy5ipnQA/m/8-uYpQB7YwoJ

[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p80-5] 5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:Side_Pocket_2_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Side Pocket 2 Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:VideoGames_US_82.pdf_p53-7] 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

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-06.pdf_p47-10] MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 47

[:File:Migr_4_RU.pdf_p74-11] Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf_p78-12] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 78

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-06_19950615.pdf_p38-13] Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 38

[:File:SegaPro_UK_46.pdf_p81-14] Sega Pro, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-11), page 81

[:File:SSM_JP_19950401_1995-04.pdf_p105-15] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 105

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p14-16] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_07.pdf_p92-17] Última Generación, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 92

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-{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (サイドポケット2) is a billiards game developed and published by [[Data East]] as a sequel to ''[[Side Pocket]]''. It was released for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Sega Saturn]] in 1995.
+{{stub}}'''''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～).
-When brought to North America, the game was renamed '''''Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend''''' (though was known as '''''Minnesota Fats: The Pool Master''''' during development). It was followed by ''[[Side Pocket 3]]'', also released for the Saturn, but only in Japan.
+It was followed by ''[[Side Pocket 3]]'', also released for the Saturn, but only in Japan.
-==Versions==
+==Gameplay==
-While the Mega Drive and Sega Saturn versions of ''Side Pocket 2'' share similar gameplay, the Saturn version has an entirely different story mode, complete with [[full motion video]] cutscenes. The two versions also have different soundtracks.
+Unlike its [[Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Mega Drive)|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 [[wikipedia:Rudolf Wanderone|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===
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 |us_name=Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend
 |jp_name=サイド・ポケット２ ～伝説のハスラー～
-|jp_trans=Side Pocket 2: Densetsu no Hustler}}
+|jp_trans=Side Pocket 2: Densetsu no Hustler
+}}
+==Production credits==
+{{multicol|
+{{creditstable|
+*'''DATA EAST presents'''
+*'''A DMP Entertainment Production'''
+*'''in association with THE CREATIVE IMAGE GROUP'''
+*'''THE POOL MASTER'''
+{{creditsheader|GAME DEVELOPMENT}}
+*'''Programmed by:''' {{rolloverText|FUJIMARU HIROYASU|Hiroyasu Fujimaru}}, {{rolloverText|MATSUDA YASUHIRO|Yasuhiro Matsuda}}, {{rolloverText|OHTA HISATADA|Hisatada Ohta}}
+*'''Graphics by:''' {{rolloverText|YOKOI MANABU|Manabu Yokoi}}, {{rolloverText|SHIRAIWA YUKIE|Yukie Shiraiwa}}, {{rolloverText|KODAMA YOUICHI|Youichi Kodama}}
+*'''Game Design by:''' {{rolloverText|OTANI AKIRA|Akira Otani}}
+*'''Visuals edited by:''' {{rolloverText|ISHIMAKI SHUJI|Shuji Ishimaki}}
+*'''Sound and Music by:''' Cincinnati Shogo, Buffalo Koremasa, Oww Furukawa
+{{creditsheader|FILM DEVELOPMENT}}
+*'''Written by:''' AKIRA OTANI, DAVID HOFFMAN
+*'''Produced by:''' ETSUKO ADELMAN, AKIRA OTANI
+*'''Directed by:''' [[Kent Russell|KENT RUSSELL]]
+*'''Production Assistan:''' ROBIN SOHNEN
+*'''SFX & Music selections by:''' [[David Platshon|DAVID PLATSHON]]
+*'''Audio Recording by:''' THE CREATIVE IMAGE GROUP
+*'''Casting by:''' TITUS & THE CREATIVE IMAGE GROUP
+{{creditsheader|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
+© DATA EAST CORPORATION
+{{creditsheader|{{rolloverText|日本語版 スタッフ|Japanese Version Staff}}}}
+*'''{{rolloverText|脚本|Script}}:''' 大谷 明
+*'''{{rolloverText|コーディネーター|Coordinator}}:''' 酒井 省吾
+*'''{{rolloverText|翻訳|Translation}}:''' 樋口 雅敏
+*'''MA:''' [[Q-Tec|（株）キューテック]]
+{{creditsheader|{{rolloverText|声の出演|Voice Actors}}}}
+*'''{{rolloverText|ミネソタ ファッツMinnesota Fats}}:''' 大塚 周夫
+*'''{{rolloverText|ジュニア|Junior}}:''' 江川 央生
+*'''{{rolloverText|ビッグ−G|Big-G}}:''' 飛矢馬 剣
+*'''{{rolloverText|フレッド|Fred}}:''' 柴山 由崇
+*'''{{rolloverText|ティナ|Tina}}:''' 合志 真理
+*'''{{rolloverText|ダイヤモンド|Diamond}}:''' 木内 達也  ([[Data East|データイースト]])
+*'''{{rolloverText|用心棒|Bouncer}}:''' 酒井 省吾  ([[Data East|データイースト]])
+*[[Aoni Production|（株）青二プロダクション]], {{rolloverText|劇団21世紀FOX|Gekidan 21 Seiki Fox}}
+| source=In-game credits
+| pdf=Side Pocket 2 Saturn credits.pdf
+| console=SAT
+}}
+}}
 ==Magazine articles==
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 ==Physical scans==
-===Mega Drive version===
-{{ratings|MD}}
-{{Scanbox
-| console=Mega Drive
-| region=US
-| front=SidePocket2 MD US Box.jpg
-| cart=MinnesotaFats MD US Cart.jpg
-}}
-===Saturn version===
 {{ratings|SAT}}
 {{Scanbox
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 ==Technical information==
-===ROM dump status===
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
-{{romtable|
-{{rom|SAT|sha1= |md5= |crc32= |size=603,001,056|date=1995-02-20|source=CD-ROM (JP)|comments=T-1301G V1.001|quality=good|prototype=}}
-}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{MinnesotaFatsSaturnOmni}}
+{{SidePocket}}

Difference between revisions of "Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)"

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Contents

Gameplay

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References