My chat with Gillian Seed
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:50 pm
I recently managed to get ahold of the instant messenger screen name of Jeff Lupetin, the [S/M]ega CD voice of Gillian Seed. Just like I had done with Bill Mumy, I IMed him when he came online. Here are some excerpts from our conversation:
Jeff: So where did you see this Snatcher game?
Me: well, i downloaded it off the internet...i would have bought it but it goes for about $70 nowadays. it has a pretty big fanbase now
Jeff: interesting..yeah was a fun recording session. We did a version in English and one in Japanese..english speaking though
Me: japanese? you mean you spoke Japanese?
Jeff: No just one that was a little sexier, racier for Japan.
Me: i don't understand....you made two versions of the Sega CD snatcher?
Jeff: yeah...one for here, one for there..
Me: but the Sega CD Japanese version was never released....are you talking about the PC-Engine Japanese version that was racier, that the Americans had nothing to do with?
Jeff: probably...
Me: oh...well, it's hard to keep track of the versions...there were 6 in total
Jeff: Yeah, I just did it and really forgot about it. Now all of a sudden people are picking up on it
Me: because it's an excellent, overlooked game that had an unusually good voiceover cast for its time
Jeff: yeah...we have some good people here...
Me: it was done in Chicago, right?
Jeff: yes it was...right here...at LRS recording in Printers Row..
Me: wow...could you send me an autographed copy of the game?
Jeff: I would if I had one to send. What do you have...? Send me the box and I'll autograph it...
Me: the only copy I have is the CD-R i burned from my downloaded copy....it's not worth autographing....
That's basically the only stuff worth noting. I think this conversation uncovered an interesting point...perhaps there was at one time a Japanese Mega CD edition planned to be released in English and the cast therefore recorded two sets of dialogue...one for USA/EU and one for Japan...perhaps the Konami code has something to do with this...hmmmm....
Jeff: So where did you see this Snatcher game?
Me: well, i downloaded it off the internet...i would have bought it but it goes for about $70 nowadays. it has a pretty big fanbase now
Jeff: interesting..yeah was a fun recording session. We did a version in English and one in Japanese..english speaking though
Me: japanese? you mean you spoke Japanese?
Jeff: No just one that was a little sexier, racier for Japan.
Me: i don't understand....you made two versions of the Sega CD snatcher?
Jeff: yeah...one for here, one for there..
Me: but the Sega CD Japanese version was never released....are you talking about the PC-Engine Japanese version that was racier, that the Americans had nothing to do with?
Jeff: probably...
Me: oh...well, it's hard to keep track of the versions...there were 6 in total
Jeff: Yeah, I just did it and really forgot about it. Now all of a sudden people are picking up on it
Me: because it's an excellent, overlooked game that had an unusually good voiceover cast for its time
Jeff: yeah...we have some good people here...
Me: it was done in Chicago, right?
Jeff: yes it was...right here...at LRS recording in Printers Row..
Me: wow...could you send me an autographed copy of the game?
Jeff: I would if I had one to send. What do you have...? Send me the box and I'll autograph it...
Me: the only copy I have is the CD-R i burned from my downloaded copy....it's not worth autographing....
That's basically the only stuff worth noting. I think this conversation uncovered an interesting point...perhaps there was at one time a Japanese Mega CD edition planned to be released in English and the cast therefore recorded two sets of dialogue...one for USA/EU and one for Japan...perhaps the Konami code has something to do with this...hmmmm....