Snatcher

Snatcher

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Konami

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn

ROM Size: 520MB

Genre: Adventure

Number of Players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-11-30	$?	T-95035
EU	1994-11	£39.99	T-95035-50
UK	1994-12-15	£39.99	T-95035-05
JP	1996-03-29	¥5,800	T-9508G

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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.

Promotional Material

US print advert

Physical Scans

Mega CD Version

87

Sega Retro Average

Based on 19 reviews

Publication	Score	Source
AllGame	90	AllGame
Computer & Video Games	90	№158
Digitiser	85
Electronic Gaming Monthly ^†	90	№65, p44
Electronic Gaming Monthly ^†	83
GameFan	100	GameFan
GameFan	90
GameFan	90
GamesMaster	90	№24, p82
Games World	92	№7, p20
Mega	84	№28, p56/57/58/59
Mean Machines Sega	85	№27, p72-74Media:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf
NEXT Generation	60	№1, p99
RPGFan	97	RPGFan
RPGFan	95	RPGFan
RPGFan	88	RPGFan
Sega Power	82	№62, p84
Sega Pro	80	№40, p58/59
Ultimate Future Games	85	№2, p90