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{{sub-stub}}'''''Snatcher''''' (スナッチャー) is a graphic adventure game originally developed for Japanese computers of the late 1980s. It was originally released for [[NEC]]'s [[wikipedia:PC-8801|PC-88]] in 1988, before being ported to the [http://www.giantbomb.com/turbografx-cd/3045-53/ Turbo CD], then the [[Sega Mega-CD]], and later, the [[Sega Saturn]]. The Mega CD version is the only version of the game released outside Japan.
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{{sub-stub}}'''''Snatcher''''' (スナッチャー) is a graphic adventure game originally developed for Japanese computers of the late 1980s. It was originally released for [[NEC]]'s [[nec:PC-8801|PC-8801]] in 1988, before being ported to the [http://www.giantbomb.com/turbografx-cd/3045-53/ Turbo CD], then the [[Sega Mega-CD]], and later, the [[Sega Saturn]]. The Mega CD version is the only version of the game released outside Japan.
  
 
It was [[wikipedia:Hideo Kojima|Hideo Kojima]]'s first adventure game. He followed it with his second adventure game, ''[[Policenauts]]''.
 
It was [[wikipedia:Hideo Kojima|Hideo Kojima]]'s first adventure game. He followed it with his second adventure game, ''[[Policenauts]]''.
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Snatcher
System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

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Snatcher (スナッチャー) is a graphic adventure game originally developed for Japanese computers of the late 1980s. It was originally released for NEC's PC-8801 in 1988, before being ported to the Turbo CD, then the Sega Mega-CD, and later, the Sega Saturn. The Mega CD version is the only version of the game released outside Japan.

It was Hideo Kojima's first adventure game. He followed it with his second adventure game, Policenauts.

Production Credits

Mega CD Version

Producer: Tomikazu Kirita, Yutaka Haruki
Creator: Hideo Kojima
Character Design: Tomiharu Kinoshita
Supervisor: Jeremy Blaustein
Director: Yoshinori Sasaki
Assistant Director: Mitsuhiro Togo

Staff:

Main Programmer: Masahiko Saito
Sub Programmer: Yoshinori Sasaki, Hidenari Inamura
Utility Program: Mitsuhiro Togo, Hidenari Inamura
Sound Programmer: Osamu Kasai, Akira Souji
Main Graphic Designer: Satoshi Kushibuchi
Graphic Designer: Keita Nose, Yuichi Kobayashi, Keiichirou Toyama, Sakura, Junko. K, Mihoko
Sound Design: Keizou Nakamura, Masanori Adachi, Kazuhito Imai, Masanori Ouchi, Akira Yamaoka
Scenario Command Compiler: Toshiya Adachi
Scenario Command Interpreter: Hidenari Inamura
Scenario Rewrite: Mitsuhiro Togo, Jeremy Blaustein
Package Design: Shogo Kumasaka, Satoshi Imaeda
Package Illustrator: Yuji Kaida
Translator: Scott T. Hards, Intac

Cast:

Gillian Seed: Jeff Lupetin
Metal Gear: Lucy Childs
Random Hajile: Ray Van Steen
Jamie Seed: Susan Mele
Mika Slayton: Kimberley Harne
Katrina Gibson: Lynn Foosaner
Snatcher: Jeff Lupetin
Napoleon: Jim Parks
Harry Benson: Ray Van Steen
Jean Jack Gibson: Jim Parks
Elijah Modnar: Ray Van Steen
Ivan Rodorigez: Jim Parks
Lisa: Lynn Foosaner
Chin Shu Oh: Ray Van Steen
Female Employee: Lucy Childs
Narrator: Ray Van Steen
Telephone Operator: Lynn Foosaner
Ramen Guy: Ray Van Steen
Fortune Teller: Susan Mele

Special Thanks: Michael Blaustein, Atsushi Fujio, Taeko Hayasaka, Kazuki Muraoka, Yoshihiko Oota, Motoaki Furukawa, Yoshikazu Matsuhana, Kenji Shinohara, Shinya Inoue
Produced By: Konami Co., Ltd.

Saturn Version

SNATCHER for SEGASATURN
Cast:

Yusaku YARA
Mami KOYAMA
Kikuko INOUE
Kaneto SHIOZAWA
Miina TOMINAGA
Ryuji SAIKACHI
Isao INOGUCHI
Goro NAYA

Staff:

producer: Kazuhisa HASHIMOTO
Director: Tadaaki TSUNASHIMA
Game Designer/Script Writer: Hideo KOJIMA
Original Character Designer: Tomiharu KINOSHITA
Scenario Command Compiler Programmer: Hiroki HONDA
Main System Programmer: Tadaaki '(Japanese here)' TSUNASHIMA
Game Object Programmers: (Frog symbol thing)Akinari TAKAKI(Frog symbol thing), Takao '(Japanese here)' YAMAGISI, Kazuki 'Tails' ARAKI, ATSUSHI 'Pachi_nakatani' MIZUTANI, Hiroyuki 'GAGLAE' ASADA
Adaptation: Kensuke YOSHITOMI, Takao '(Japanese here)' YAMAGISI
Dot Graphics Drawers/Arrangers: Junko '(Heart Symbol)' KOIKE, Mi '?' KIMURA, Naoya '(Star symbol with an "F"in the middle)' HATSUMI, Jun '(Japanese here)' ASAMI, Takayuki '(Some kind of symbol)' ANDOU
3D Graphics Modelers/Animaters: Masaya SHIRAISHI, HAGGY, Tachan
Movie Data Editer: Yukito KOMORI, Akinari TAKAKI
Sound Programmer: AKIROPITO
Sound Mixer: Masanori ADACHI
Music Composers/Arrangers/Perfomers: KIDA Sun, Syouichirou HIRATA
Sound Effects: Keizou NAKAMURA
Guest Composers: Akira YAMAOKA, Hiroshi TAMAWARI
Guest Performer: Tappy
Original Score Composers : Kazuki MURAOKA, Motoaki FURUKAWA, Akira YAMAOKA, Hiroshi TAMAWARI, KIDA Sun
Package & Manual Designer: Kazuhiro IWASAKI
Package Illustration: Tomiharu KINOSHITA
Public Relations Officers: Nobuko TSUBOI, Hiroki TABATA, Taro Miyake
Special Thanks: H. 'SPARK' UEDA, Masayuki AIZAWA, Mitsuhiro TOGO, Hidenari INAMURA, Makoto TOYAMA, Reiko KOMATSUBARA, Youhei KIYOHARA, Yumiko 'AR6' TAKAHASHI
Executive Producer: Kazumi KITAUE
Developed By: KONAMI COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT TOKYO co., Ltd.
Presented By: KONAMI co., Ltd.
(c) 1988 1996 KONAMI ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Promotional Material

  • Snatcher MCD US PrintAdvert.jpg

    US print advert

Physical Scans

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 AllGame
90 №158
90 November 27, 2004
100 Defunct Games
85
84 №65, p44
100 November 25 1994
100 2003-04-25
93 GameFan
83 №67, p118
87 №1/95, p38/39[1]
90 №24, p82
100 GameSpy
92 №7, p20
84 №28, p56/57/58/59
85 №27, p72-74[2]
60 №1, p99
95 02/15/1998
97 05/31/2000
90 December 16, 2004
82 №62, p84
80 №40, p58/59
85 №2, p90[3]
100 2002/3/12
Sega Mega-CD
 89
Based on
24 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
[4]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
67
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
84
[6]
Freak (IL)
85
[7]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
93
[8]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[10]
Gamers (DE) PAL
87
[11]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[12]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[13]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
92
[14]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
83
[15]
Mega (UK) PAL
84
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[17]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
91
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
85
[2]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[19]
Play Time (DE) PAL
77
[20]
Power Unlimited (NL)
83
[21]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[22]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
82
[23]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[24]
Todo Sega (ES)
94
[25]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
85
[26]
Video Games (DE) PAL
85
[27]
VideoGames (US)
60
[28]
Sega Mega-CD
 83
Based on
26 reviews

Snatcher

Mega-CD, US
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Cover
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Disc
Snatcher mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, UK
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Cover
Snatcher MCD UK spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Snatcher MCD UK Disc.jpg
Disc

Saturn Version

Saturn, JP
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Cover
Snatcher Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Snatcher Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Snatcher Saturn JP Manual.pdf
Manual
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Reg Card
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Stickers
Snatcher Saturn JP GetTheSoft.pdf
Get The Soft Card
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  1. ↑ File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf, page 40
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ File:UltimateFutureGames UK 02.pdf, page 80
  4. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 54
  5. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  7. ↑ Freak, "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  8. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  9. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
  10. ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 120
  11. ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 40
  12. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 20
  13. ↑ Game Informer, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
  14. ↑ Game Informer, "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 112
  15. ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 54
  16. ↑ Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 56
  17. ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 85
  18. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 24
  19. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105
  20. ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 111
  21. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 35
  22. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 94
  23. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 84
  24. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 58
  25. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
  26. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90
  27. ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 94
  28. ↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
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