Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn)
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Data East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Data East | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genre: Billiards (ビリヤード)[1], Table[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Saturn) (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.
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.
Contents
Versions
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.
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| 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
also published in:
- VideoGames (US) #82: "November 1995" (1995-10-24)[5]
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Saturn version
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 Disc  Manual |
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 Spinecard  Disc  Manual |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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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