Snatcher

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Snatcher
System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
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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 before being ported to the Sega Mega-CD and later, Sega Saturn. The Mega CD version is the only version of the game released outside Japan.

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.

Physical Scans

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №158
85 №27, p72/73/74
82 №62, p84
80 №40, p58/59
85 №2, p90
Sega Mega-CD
84
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
[1]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
67
[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
84
[3]
Freak (IL)
85
[4]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
93
[5]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[6]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Gamers (DE) PAL
87
[8]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[9]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[10]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
92
[11]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
83
[12]
Mega (UK) PAL
84
[13]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[14]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
91
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
85
[16]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[17]
Play Time (DE) PAL
77
[18]
Power Unlimited (NL)
83
[19]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
82
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[22]
Todo Sega (ES)
94
[23]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
85
[24]
Video Games (DE) PAL
85
[25]
VideoGames (US)
60
[26]
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, EU
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Cover

Saturn Version

Saturn, JP
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Cover
Snatcher Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
  1. Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 54
  2. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  4. Freak, "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  5. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  6. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
  7. GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 120
  8. Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 40
  9. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 20
  10. Game Informer, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
  11. Game Informer, "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 112
  12. MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 54
  13. Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 56
  14. Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 85
  15. MegaTech, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 24
  16. Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 72
  17. Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105
  18. Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 111
  19. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 35
  20. Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 94
  21. Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 84
  22. Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 58
  23. Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
  24. Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90
  25. Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 94
  26. VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 69