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Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:35 pm
by Elijah Modnar
Games Tm a uk magazine who also covered the Policenauts translation about 8 months have placed a full page picture of Snatcher in the magazine with a paragraph about the game, for those who arent able to get Games tm they do this every issue and each issue has about 6 games in it which deserve a mention for just being great games. The Screenshot take is from when you enter outer heaven and there is several Konami characters in the room (sega cd version) the paragraph reads.

HIDEO KOJIMA is well known for indulging the odd intertextual reference throughout the Metal Gear series and his other less well-known games, have also been peppered with such references. Take his cyber-punk adventure Snatcher, for example. Released on MSX in 1988, it ignored all trademark rights by filling the in-game nightclub, Outer Heaven, with creatures clearly taken from popular sci-fi films like Alien, Guyver, and Planet Of The Apes. Yet by the time the game made it to the West, on Mega CD Konami#s lawyers had clearly stepped in and insisted the characters be removed. Never one to be dismayed, Kojima replaced the characters with mascots from old Konami games like Contra, Castlevania and Rocket Knight Adventure. And seing Bill Rizer sipping a dry Martini somehow managed to look even cooler.

Re: Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:05 pm
by JimboKudo
I don't really think that's true about Kojima changing the characters himself or even having the idea to change them to Konami characters. I'm pretty sure that it was just the people in charge of localization.

Re: Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:46 pm
by Artemio
Yes it has been mentioned before they simply thought it would be for the best. And Blaustein has mentioned that Kojima had practically no involvement on the Sega CD version.

Re: Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:54 pm
by snatcher1988
Why do people keep saying that Snatcher was originally on the MSX2? It wasn't, it was originally on the PC-8801, and it's miles better than the MSX one for obvious reasons, but not better than SD Snatcher, and the PCE and SCD versions of the original game obviously.

Re: Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:06 pm
by Dick Motorman
snatcher1988 wrote:Why do people keep saying that Snatcher was originally on the MSX2? It wasn't, it was originally on the PC-8801, and it's miles better than the MSX one for obvious reasons, but not better than SD Snatcher, and the PCE and SCD versions of the original game obviously.
I assume it's because the PC-8801 and MSX2 versions where released literally 2 weeks apart (well technically 17 days)

Re: Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:06 pm
by Letiumtide
Snatcher was also mentioned in this months Play Magazine. I can take scans if anybody would like me to.

Re: Snatcher mention in this months games tm

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:12 pm
by Marc
Letiumtide wrote:Snatcher was also mentioned in this months Play Magazine. I can take scans if anybody would like me to.
That would be great!