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Snatcher
System(s): Sega Mega-CD , Sega Saturn
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Original system(s): PC-8801
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Justifier
Genre: Adventure
Number of players: 1
Release
Date
RRP
Code
US
1995-01[1]
T-95035
EU
1994-11
T-95035-50
UK
1994-12-15
£39.9939.99[2]
T-95035-05
AU
199x
JP
1996-03-29
¥5,8005,800
T-9508G
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Snatcher (スナッチャー) is a graphic adventure game produced by Konami . It was originally released for the Japanese PC-8801 and MSX2 computers in 1988 and later remade for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² in 1992. In 1994, a Sega Mega-CD version was made specifically for the west and released in North America and Europe without any equivalent version on the Japanese Mega-CD. In 1996, the game was re-released in Japan once again, this time on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn .
It is a graphic adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima , who would go on to become famous thanks to the success of the Metal Gear Solid series, although he was not directly involved with the Mega-CD version or the later 32-bit console versions. It was followed by Policenauts , which Kojima also wrote and directed.
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
Cast: Yusaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuo Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa, Miina Tominaga, Ryuji Saikachi, Isao Inoguchi, Goro Naya
Staff
Producer: Kazuhisa Hashimoto
Game Designer/Script Writer: Hideo Kojima
Scenario Command Compiler Programmer: Hiroki Honda
Main System Programmer: Tadaaki 'ぴょん' Tsunashima
Game Object Programmers: 〠Akinari Takaki〠, Takao 'ヤバ' Yamagishi , Kazuki 'Tails' Araki, Atsushi 'Pachi_Nakatani' Mizutani, Hiroyuki 'Gaglae' Asada
Adaptation: Kensuke Yoshitomi, Takao 'ヤバ' Yamagishi
Dot Graphics Drawers/Arrangers: Junko '❤' Koike, Mi '?' Kimura, Naoya '★' HATSUMI, Jun '6ゾロ' Asami , Takayuki '❄' 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/Performers: 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, Rieko Komatsubara, Youhei Kiyohara, Yumiko 'Arg' 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.
Magazine articles
Main article: Snatcher/Magazine articles .
Promotional material Print advert in
GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
Physical scans
Mega-CD version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
№158, p54-56[4]
85
Electronic Entertainment (US)
76
№16, p73
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
84
№65, p44[5]
GameFan (US)
93
Vol 2, №12 [6]
GamePro (US)
83
№67, p118[7]
Gamers (DE)
87
№1/95, p38/39[8]
GamesMaster (UK)
90
№24, p82
Games World: The Magazine (UK)
92
№7, p20
Mega (UK)
84
№28, p56-59
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
85
№27, p72-74[9]
Next Generation (US)
60
№1, p99[1]
Sega Power (UK)
82
№62, p84
Sega Pro (UK)
80
№40, p58/59
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
85
№2, p90[10]
VideoGames (US)
60
№72, p69[11]
Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc
Manual
Mega-CD, UK
Spinecard
Disc
Saturn version
Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard
Disc
Manual
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Reg Card
Stickers
Get The Soft Card
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
?
625,192,176
CD (UK)
T-95035-05
?
625,192,176
CD (US)
T-95035
✔
546,176,736
1995-02-13
CD-ROM (JP)
T-9508G V1.000
References
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↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995) , "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Freak , "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan , "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Game Players , "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
↑ Games World: The Magazine , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 20
↑ Game Informer , "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Game Informer , "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 112
↑ MAN!AC , "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 54
↑ Mega , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 56
↑ Mega Fun , "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 85
↑ MegaTech , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 24
↑ Play Time , "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 111
↑ Power Unlimited , "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 35
↑ Sega Magazine , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 94
↑ Sega Power , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 84
↑ Sega Pro , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 58
↑ Todo Sega , "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Ultimate Future Games , "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90
↑ Video Games , "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 94
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↑ Famitsu , "1996-04-05" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 1
↑ Joypad , "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Saturn Fan , "1996 No. 12" (JP; 1996-05-24), page 70
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