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 (Saturn)

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Data East

Developer: Data East

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (20 tracks)

Genre: Billiards (ビリヤード)^[1], Table^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-03-31^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-1301G
US	1995-09-14^[3]	$59.9559.95^[4]	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

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)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

76

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[4]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

70

^[8]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

80

^[9]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

58

^[10]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

21

^[12]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[14]

Última Generación (ES)

68

^[15]

	64
Based on 11 reviews

Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

603,001,056

1995-02-20

CD-ROM (JP)

T-1301G V1.001

References

↑ File:SidePocket2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 80
↑ 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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[:File:SidePocket2_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:SidePocket2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230433.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)

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[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p80-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:VideoGames_US_82.pdf_p53-5] VideoGames, "November 1995" (US; 1995-10-24), page 53

[6] Consoles +, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 108

[7] Famitsu, "1995-04-07" (JP; 1995-03-24), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-06.pdf_p47-8] MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 47

[:File:Migr_4_RU.pdf_p74-9] Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf_p78-10] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 78

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-06_19950615.pdf_p38-11] Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 38

[:File:SegaPro_UK_46.pdf_p81-12] Sega Pro, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-11), page 81

[:File:SSM_JP_19950401_1995-04.pdf_p105-13] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 105

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

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_07.pdf_p92-15] Última Generación, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 92

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+{{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).
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+|jp_trans=Side Pocket 2: Densetsu no Hustler
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 ==References==
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+{{MinnesotaFatsSaturnOmni}}

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Contents

Gameplay

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References