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Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:27 pm
by nickdaring
Okay another research thread.
I've recently been going over video of the different versions of Snatcher and thought it'd be interesting to chronicle the different Snatcher skeleton design changes over the different ports.
There seem to be three main versions of the Snatcher skeleton.
Original Design- All silver with Red right eye and Human Left eye and highly asymmetrical face panels-
msx
pc88
This design was also used in SD Snatcher-
The first design change filled in the gap under the left eye and Turned the human eye into a regular metallic Terminator style eye with a red pupil-
PCengine-
Saturn-
Then we have the English Sega CD version where they decided that the SNatcher design was too derivitive of the Terminator Endoskeleton design and added green panels to various sections and made the eyes glow GREEN.
Interesting progression. I'm not sure which is my favorite. I really like the weird asymmetrical face elements of the first design but the green aesthetic of the sega version is a great way to seperate it visually from the character's Terminator roots. That weird human eye was such a fun choice too. Sorry to see that go.
Nick
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:07 am
by el_ash
Me again...LOL!
I personally prefer the Snatchers with the "green plating"...I'll be using that design for the mod!
Konami had to change the eye color and add that plating when Snatcher came to the states to avoid copywrite issues with "The Terminator" endoskeletons.
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:36 pm
by Solidé
nickdaring wrote:
msx
Wow, havent seen this picture before. Very nice, the snatcher looks actually better on MSX than in Sega.
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:28 am
by nickdaring
I'm really surprised that there aren't more MSX Snatcher pictures and videos online. It was really hard trying to find any MSX SNatcher images for these comparisons. There seems to be a lot of different artwork used for the MSX/PC88 versions that were drastically changed for the later versions. Characters in different poses nad slightly different scenarios, things like that.
When I get a little free time I think I'll finally give the MSX version a playthrough. I'll try and make a lot of screen caps for posterity.
Nick
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:35 pm
by Solidé
Actually i was about to play MSX Snatcher from start to finish and take lots of screenshots of it. But... it just freezes in one point of the game and i have not been able to play the game to finish.

Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:52 am
by AwesomeBrand
Hi guys, new here!
I was going to play through this again, and have a working version of the MSX Snatcher ROM. I suppose It'd be possible for me to take pictures of everything the MSX version's got to offer!

I think I should learn what posts images first... >.>
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:47 pm
by best name ever
AwesomeBrand wrote:
I think I should learn what posts images first... >.>
I use
ImageShack to upload photos, or you could use
Flickr. You can keep better track of your photos on Flickr since they use accounts.

(and of course you can post a picture as an attachment also)
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:37 pm
by Solidé
If you choose to upload to imageshack then i suggest you to register there. You can upload 100 images at once!
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:46 pm
by AwesomeBrand
I took a lot of pictures! A lot too many in fact O_O Since we all know the story I guess I won't show all the text and such... maybe just all images.
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:47 pm
by Artemio
you can also attach them here, with no expternal dependencies if you like.
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:15 pm
by AwesomeBrand
http://img714.imageshack.us/i/snatche10003.png/
Can anyone find what to do from here? I've got a few up
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:12 pm
by Solidé
In imageshack:
Go to your images. Select by clicking images which you have uploaded, then click add to album link which is in the right side of the site. After that you can see link list for those images on the right side of the site, below the options links. Choose BBcode and it gives you a list of links which are coded with [IMG] tags and thumbnails.
=)
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:28 am
by nickdaring
I went ahead and started a new thread concerning the MSX playthrough and the collection of it's images-
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2858
Nick
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:38 pm
by AwesomeBrand
I guess as soon as I figure out how to post images, I can put them there
Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:56 pm
by best name ever
AwesomeBrand wrote:I guess as soon as I figure out how to post images, I can put them there
All you have to do is get the direct link of the image you want to use, copy it and then click the "Img" button when your posting a reply here and paste the link in between the two image blocks. (here's an example)
when you click the "Img" button this will appear
paste your link in between the two blocks
Code: Select all
[img]http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1253/snatche10003.png[/img]
and it should come out like this

Re: Snatcher Skeleton Research
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:07 pm
by nickdaring
mmmm.... images
Sent you a pm saying basically the same thing above.

It's kinda tricky at first but a helpful skill.
Nick