@IMmephiles Yeah, it is. I haven't beaten it yet (in fact, just began), but the beginning IMMEDIATELY pulls you into the action, as well as opening with a fruitful summarization of what happened to the world, and the intro of Gillian Seed.
Great review. I bought my copy for £44 on the first day it came out in a shop called back then rumblelows. Aka comet dixons all that group. And a cool game called corpse killer.
@EyeS2pify Yes, the shooting sections don't comprise much of the game really and are just as playable with a D-pad. Rather than have a roaming cursor, the screen is divided into 9 segments which correspond to a direction on the D-pad. So long as you shoot the targets in the order they appear these sections are fairly simple.
This was when you were limited to 10 minutes, and I really didn't want to break it into 2 parts. If you really want to hear the dialog play the game, you'll also avoid spoliers that way.
@GamerWho I think your interview was awesome. It seems like uk video game interviews are so much more indepth and interesting. Hope you continue to make more.
haha great game never played snatcher back in the day but have recently brought a mega cd and been buying all the best games, ive got hold of a copy of snatcher and must say im looking forward to playing it, old skool!!!
@Cheiftain2 your right i loved every second of it! amazing game! i am know quite intrested in playing a game called policenauts! not sure if you have heard of it or played it already but its another hideo kojima game and there is a english patch for it, looks pretty cool another game i played on the mega cd recently is a game called the space adventure cobra which is similer to both.
I'm so annoyed. I've lost my original copy of Snatcher on the mega CD and now after watching this video I realise they are going for 150 pounds on ebay!
I just got the game yesterday. I was just wondering do you actually fight anything in this game? I've just been talking ,looking and investigating so far. seems interesting though....
@Mysterious0Bob Steal of the century! Hope you enjoy the game. Wish I could find retro games in my local Gamestation. The closest they have is PS1 or GBA. Having said that, I did pick up a complete copy of Actraiser for £15 at a Gamestation in Torquay. Best camping trip ever...
@GamerWho It was about 2 years ago, they don't do retro anymore. Its funny because I downloaded the iso and played through it. I told two of my friends about it and played it again with them. A week later they told me they saw the game at GameStation. I said it was bullshit... but they were right. And it was a BOGOF deal.
Unfortunately, no... I mean, the patch just works for the PSX version, but it's all right, there's allready websites where you can dowload the game allready with the patch incorporated. If you don't have a PSX, you download a emulator and that's all...
Man, nostalgia bomb. The sega CD was one of those weird systems like the jaguar or the CDi that your typical kid around the block didnt have, but had some awesome underrated games like popful mail or lunar.
well can download it from places and burn to disc to play on the segacd but it's better the have the real thing. still good to test it and see if you like i ti guess before buying it.
id love to have this game but it is going for like $200 now, my question is that, is the gun required to play the game or can you play without it, thanks?
Yeah, basically the screen gets divided up into a grid of nine squares, so you can shoot with a joypad. Hold up to shoot up, down to shoot down or neutral to shoot centre and the same but with diagonals to shoot diagonally.
Im not complaining. But it was Phillip K Dick That really defined and influenced the future that is 'Snatcher' . William Gibson did nothing new. No disrespect intended
Yes, Philip K Dick 's novels and stories were very important to the genre.
Neuromancer helped popularize it and has been inspiration over the years, i.e. The Matrix. I'm betting Gibson was of some influence to Snatcher, as Gillian's partner was named after him, and Kojima tends to name check his influences in his games, such as Plisken in MGS2, Major Tom in MGS3, etc.
good point. its a natural progression of influences. But now again I have to also bring up the point that the matrix philosophy came straight from Philip K Dick himself. Especially his belief on deja vu - which in the Matrix the characters quote philip k dicks explaination down to a tea. But yes I agree partly with what you are saying.
Also, the Sega CD not only had the final act, but unlike all the other versions (including the Saturn and PSone ports which were based on older versions) it is way more interactive
I know a few Snatcher buffs who also know Japanese and they say that the voice-acting in the English version is way better
They also tell me Policenauts is better in every way, especially the interface which i thought bogs down the atmosphere of Snatcher.
This game needs re-releasing on one of the next gen download services or even to the DS.
I've got Policenauts on the Saturn. I know it's in Japanese, but I had to get it. I don't suppose you know anywhere where there is a good transcript of the game so that a non Japanese player could play along?
Ill ask somebody i know who happens to be a REALLY hardcore gamer, he plays plenty of Japanese games with transcripts, sometimes when there isnt one he relies just on a dictionary, so ill see what he says
But yeah, there is a translation patch coming out soon, its been completed and now going through finishing touches before it goes into bug-testing.
It could take up to a year, but itd be the ideal way of playing it
Great review, but unfortunately Kega Fusion is easily the best MD emulator out there, the only problem? It sucks when it comes to Aspect Ratio hence why it looks so stretched
Sorry I hit the wrong tab and removed your other comment by mistake. Not sure how much night trap is worth for the 32x CD but it is definitely rarer. To import it from the US is about £50, so don't let it go for much less than that! On 32X I think the video is higher res, not quite as good as the 3DO version but still better.
I never had a 32X but have played on one, the only game I'd really like for it is Knuckles Chaotix, but that's another one that goes for a wad on eBay.
Good video, I'd always wanted to play snatcher but it was just too much money. but then I used an emulator and that was that sorted. Playing the shooting scenes with a keyboard is a bitch though.
Yeah the shooting scenes were hard enough with a MD pad. The key is to shoot them in the exact order they appear so when there's 3 or more on screen it becomes more of a memory game than a reflex game. Sometimes I play it on an emulator too, to save me setting up the system. To make it a bit more authentic I bought a device that lets you plug a Playstation controller in via USB. Obviously not exactly the same as playing it on the actual console but still miles better than arrow keys!
My pc game pad wouldnt work on the game which annoyed me. I think I needed to configure it or something which I couldn't be bothered to do. And there was no save function on the emulator so I completed snatcher in one sitting from 3pm to 11pm roughly, what a pain.
Which emulator were you using? I use Kega Fusion and you can save it via the in-game save method. Good job really or the review would have been a pain in the butt!
It was kega fusion but I assumed the in game save function would not work if I closed the programme, for some reason? I had nothing better to do that day anyway. I downloaded the playsation version just for fun(only worked in black and white on my psx for some reason) those CG videos were god awful, don't know why they bothered,
Thanks David, Yeah it's Shining Force CD, which is basically remakes of 2 Shining Force games that came out on the Game Gear but with updated graphics and sound. It's a cracking game but like Snatcher it's kind of expensive. If you want to try Sega CD games you can download Kega Fusion. You can run the games straight off the original CDs, and all regions can be played which is great news as not all of the great games came out over here.
Also the games can all be burned and played on the Sega CD or I guess as you dudes would call it the Mega CD with little effort. There's no copy protection at all. While I frown on piracy (and need to have this in my collection as I have a pretty complete Metal Gear collection and this has enough refferences to MG to fit in my collection) I can't stand playing games on Emulators.
One question: using the keyboard, will I only need three buttons on top of the enter button and arrow keys to play this game?
Man1cmanMario 1 week ago
why not just download it for free and use a 360 controller on your cpu, that is what I did and this game is awesome
truthseekerdct 5 months ago
@truthseekerdct is this 1 of those story telling games? cause heavy rain was awesome!
IMmephiles 2 months ago
@IMmephiles Yeah, it is. I haven't beaten it yet (in fact, just began), but the beginning IMMEDIATELY pulls you into the action, as well as opening with a fruitful summarization of what happened to the world, and the intro of Gillian Seed.
Man1cmanMario 1 week ago
Great review. I bought my copy for £44 on the first day it came out in a shop called back then rumblelows. Aka comet dixons all that group. And a cool game called corpse killer.
Backinblack10001 6 months ago
@Backinblack10001 I remember Rumblelows. Haha!
I would so lay down £44 for this game. And a couple for eBay ;)
Not played corpse killer, but isn't it like Lethal Enforcers?
GamerWho 6 months ago
only just watched this. Nice review...just looked up the Rom for this due to your review.
ollyb111 6 months ago
If I don't have one of those light guns, should I still get the Mega CD version of this game?
EyeS2pify 11 months ago
@EyeS2pify Yes, the shooting sections don't comprise much of the game really and are just as playable with a D-pad. Rather than have a roaming cursor, the screen is divided into 9 segments which correspond to a direction on the D-pad. So long as you shoot the targets in the order they appear these sections are fairly simple.
GamerWho 10 months ago
oh fuck yea im getting this game because of Hideo Kojima
TheSaltireproduction 11 months ago
this would be so good on a mobile platform!!!
dekunutsocarina 1 year ago
I own the USA version, I had no Idea it goes for 300 USA bucks. I'll wait until the game reaches 10,000,000.
stringanime 1 year ago
A fun game but not worth 200 dollars!
communistrecords 1 year ago
GamerWho respect your work a lot. I hope one day we'll get to see another review, hopefully its another retro game review.
WindyCornerTV 1 year ago
haha im bidding for a sega cd 2 and just relised for this game goes for!!!!!!!!!!! Fail
jointbuttz 1 year ago
talking while the video is talking = bad idea. Cant listen to any of them
krux02 1 year ago
@krux02
This was when you were limited to 10 minutes, and I really didn't want to break it into 2 parts. If you really want to hear the dialog play the game, you'll also avoid spoliers that way.
GamerWho 1 year ago 3
@GamerWho I think your interview was awesome. It seems like uk video game interviews are so much more indepth and interesting. Hope you continue to make more.
jcostello117 1 year ago
The main character in policenaughts is quite obviously based off of Riggs from Lethal Weapon, Played by Mel Gibson.
GTAfan421 1 year ago
@GTAfan421
Not just him, Ed is obviously Danny Glolver
GamerWho 1 year ago
haha great game never played snatcher back in the day but have recently brought a mega cd and been buying all the best games, ive got hold of a copy of snatcher and must say im looking forward to playing it, old skool!!!
lloydy187 1 year ago
@lloydy187 you wont be disappointed man. trust me
Cheiftain2 1 year ago
@Cheiftain2 your right i loved every second of it! amazing game! i am know quite intrested in playing a game called policenauts! not sure if you have heard of it or played it already but its another hideo kojima game and there is a english patch for it, looks pretty cool another game i played on the mega cd recently is a game called the space adventure cobra which is similer to both.
lloydy187 1 year ago
@lloydy187
Yeah I got Patched Policenauts working on my PSP. It's pretty decent.
I would love to play Space Adventure Cobra as it is one of my favourite anime movies. Sadly it's hard to get hold of. I've only seen it on eBay once.
GamerWho 1 year ago
There used to be some copies of this game on Amazon, and I was going to buy it... but their all gone now,doh!
leon102 1 year ago
I'm so annoyed. I've lost my original copy of Snatcher on the mega CD and now after watching this video I realise they are going for 150 pounds on ebay!
medley 1 year ago
I just got the game yesterday. I was just wondering do you actually fight anything in this game? I've just been talking ,looking and investigating so far. seems interesting though....
JazzyJames019 1 year ago
70?! Hahaha, I got it for 3 pounds in my local GameStation. And it came with Micro Machines V3.
Mysterious0Bob 1 year ago
@Mysterious0Bob Steal of the century! Hope you enjoy the game. Wish I could find retro games in my local Gamestation. The closest they have is PS1 or GBA. Having said that, I did pick up a complete copy of Actraiser for £15 at a Gamestation in Torquay. Best camping trip ever...
GamerWho 1 year ago
@GamerWho It was about 2 years ago, they don't do retro anymore. Its funny because I downloaded the iso and played through it. I told two of my friends about it and played it again with them. A week later they told me they saw the game at GameStation. I said it was bullshit... but they were right. And it was a BOGOF deal.
Mysterious0Bob 1 year ago
One of the greatest games of all time. Done deal.
Great review man! So nostalgic even thinking about this game.
Behrudy 1 year ago
does anyone know what the adventure for sega cd is called wich has the same interface as snatcher??
IPAWNMYQUEENS 1 year ago
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fucking SHIT game
ENGLANDTHEGREATEST 1 year ago
@ENGLANDTHEGREATEST
No accounting for taste.
GamerWho 1 year ago
Outstanding review. You clearly know your stuff - I thought I was the biggest Snatcher fan out there!
mintsauce82 2 years ago
Well, I guess you are not loosing Policenaut, now that it's in English...
baseballfuries08 2 years ago
Are you talking about the patch? Would love to try and figure that one out.
I'm guessing I can't just patch a my Saturn version ;P
GamerWho 2 years ago
Unfortunately, no... I mean, the patch just works for the PSX version, but it's all right, there's allready websites where you can dowload the game allready with the patch incorporated. If you don't have a PSX, you download a emulator and that's all...
baseballfuries08 2 years ago
And if you actually read the "readme" file, it's pretty self explanatory and easy to figure out.
KazuoKiriyama666 2 years ago
amazing game and great review.. i remember the weeks i played snatcher as a little timebubble.. like i was in a movie or something..
MMASpeed 2 years ago
Well damn... now i have to go dig up my Sega CD and swing by eBay...
kickymcface 2 years ago
interactive comic ...amazing game
civilbeing 2 years ago
Man, nostalgia bomb. The sega CD was one of those weird systems like the jaguar or the CDi that your typical kid around the block didnt have, but had some awesome underrated games like popful mail or lunar.
humby123 2 years ago
Shame neither of those games came out in the UK. I'd quite like to try Popful mail.
GamerWho 2 years ago
There's always emus, but of course its never really the same.
humby123 2 years ago
well can download it from places and burn to disc to play on the segacd but it's better the have the real thing. still good to test it and see if you like i ti guess before buying it.
james42519 2 years ago
this game is BEAST... its scary and cool at the same time.
Cheiftain2 2 years ago
id love to have this game but it is going for like $200 now, my question is that, is the gun required to play the game or can you play without it, thanks?
transparencypro 2 years ago
You can play without it. If you get your hands on it, enjoy it's worth every penny.
TwigsInc 2 years ago
Yeah, basically the screen gets divided up into a grid of nine squares, so you can shoot with a joypad. Hold up to shoot up, down to shoot down or neutral to shoot centre and the same but with diagonals to shoot diagonally.
GamerWho 2 years ago
omggg, i hate these kind of games....
anon6655 2 years ago
True, they are not for everybody, although Snatcher is most likely the most accessible "interactive story" games.
GamerWho 2 years ago
Great review man!!!
Amazing, just finished the game an hour before watching this.
Behrudy 2 years ago
Great Review
1:33 = sega megadrive+mega cd
TortoiseProductions 2 years ago
This is the best review of Snatcher i have seen! great review!! you put a ton of work into this!! 5 stars!
HappyConsoleGamer 2 years ago
Im not complaining. But it was Phillip K Dick That really defined and influenced the future that is 'Snatcher' . William Gibson did nothing new. No disrespect intended
santefering 2 years ago
Yes, Philip K Dick 's novels and stories were very important to the genre.
Neuromancer helped popularize it and has been inspiration over the years, i.e. The Matrix. I'm betting Gibson was of some influence to Snatcher, as Gillian's partner was named after him, and Kojima tends to name check his influences in his games, such as Plisken in MGS2, Major Tom in MGS3, etc.
Thanks for watching :-)
GamerWho 2 years ago
good point. its a natural progression of influences. But now again I have to also bring up the point that the matrix philosophy came straight from Philip K Dick himself. Especially his belief on deja vu - which in the Matrix the characters quote philip k dicks explaination down to a tea. But yes I agree partly with what you are saying.
santefering 2 years ago
MY GOD STOP MUMBLING!
starbucks3954 2 years ago
Ummmmmmmmno.
GamerWho 2 years ago
Also, the Sega CD not only had the final act, but unlike all the other versions (including the Saturn and PSone ports which were based on older versions) it is way more interactive
I know a few Snatcher buffs who also know Japanese and they say that the voice-acting in the English version is way better
They also tell me Policenauts is better in every way, especially the interface which i thought bogs down the atmosphere of Snatcher.
Oemenia 2 years ago
This game needs re-releasing on one of the next gen download services or even to the DS.
I've got Policenauts on the Saturn. I know it's in Japanese, but I had to get it. I don't suppose you know anywhere where there is a good transcript of the game so that a non Japanese player could play along?
GamerWho 2 years ago
Ill ask somebody i know who happens to be a REALLY hardcore gamer, he plays plenty of Japanese games with transcripts, sometimes when there isnt one he relies just on a dictionary, so ill see what he says
But yeah, there is a translation patch coming out soon, its been completed and now going through finishing touches before it goes into bug-testing.
It could take up to a year, but itd be the ideal way of playing it
Oemenia 2 years ago
Great review, but unfortunately Kega Fusion is easily the best MD emulator out there, the only problem? It sucks when it comes to Aspect Ratio hence why it looks so stretched
Oemenia 2 years ago
Great stuff. You just may want to take a step back from your mic, you keep poppping it whenever you say Ps.
60 quid?! What?! I paid 3 pounds in a Gamestation for it. And it came with Micro Machines V3.
Mysterious0Bob 2 years ago
Solid review... METAL GEAR?!
xxcrysad3000xx 2 years ago
WTF??!??!?!!
Just watched the ending, sum go for £70 on ebay? that a joke, wtf!!!!
BIGFELLA123 3 years ago
Yeah, if not more. The last one I saw in good condition on eBay went for over £100
GamerWho 3 years ago
Man after seein this I wish I nva sold it at car boot few weeks ago for a fiver.
Though its not worth a lot this game brought back alotta memories, scared the crap outta me.
BIGFELLA123 3 years ago
Sorry I hit the wrong tab and removed your other comment by mistake. Not sure how much night trap is worth for the 32x CD but it is definitely rarer. To import it from the US is about £50, so don't let it go for much less than that! On 32X I think the video is higher res, not quite as good as the 3DO version but still better.
I never had a 32X but have played on one, the only game I'd really like for it is Knuckles Chaotix, but that's another one that goes for a wad on eBay.
GamerWho 3 years ago
Good video, I'd always wanted to play snatcher but it was just too much money. but then I used an emulator and that was that sorted. Playing the shooting scenes with a keyboard is a bitch though.
killik2099 3 years ago
Thanks!
Yeah the shooting scenes were hard enough with a MD pad. The key is to shoot them in the exact order they appear so when there's 3 or more on screen it becomes more of a memory game than a reflex game. Sometimes I play it on an emulator too, to save me setting up the system. To make it a bit more authentic I bought a device that lets you plug a Playstation controller in via USB. Obviously not exactly the same as playing it on the actual console but still miles better than arrow keys!
GamerWho 3 years ago
My pc game pad wouldnt work on the game which annoyed me. I think I needed to configure it or something which I couldn't be bothered to do. And there was no save function on the emulator so I completed snatcher in one sitting from 3pm to 11pm roughly, what a pain.
killik2099 3 years ago
Which emulator were you using? I use Kega Fusion and you can save it via the in-game save method. Good job really or the review would have been a pain in the butt!
GamerWho 3 years ago
It was kega fusion but I assumed the in game save function would not work if I closed the programme, for some reason? I had nothing better to do that day anyway. I downloaded the playsation version just for fun(only worked in black and white on my psx for some reason) those CG videos were god awful, don't know why they bothered,
killik2099 3 years ago
Yeah the US version would run in NTSC so it would be in black and white if your TV doesnt do it.
GamerWho 3 years ago
Shit your Sega CD game cases are way better than the crap they forced on us in the States!
JerryTerrifying 3 years ago
Yep they are, also easy to replace if they get broken. Some of the games were released in the big boxes though, like Pugsy and Ground Zero Texas.
GamerWho 3 years ago
"Yeah, it's shit" hahahaha
vint0ni 3 years ago
I don't think i've ever seen such a well researched review. nice
RichieVibeVee 3 years ago
Thanks :-)
GamerWho 3 years ago
Thanks David, Yeah it's Shining Force CD, which is basically remakes of 2 Shining Force games that came out on the Game Gear but with updated graphics and sound. It's a cracking game but like Snatcher it's kind of expensive. If you want to try Sega CD games you can download Kega Fusion. You can run the games straight off the original CDs, and all regions can be played which is great news as not all of the great games came out over here.
GamerWho 3 years ago
Also the games can all be burned and played on the Sega CD or I guess as you dudes would call it the Mega CD with little effort. There's no copy protection at all. While I frown on piracy (and need to have this in my collection as I have a pretty complete Metal Gear collection and this has enough refferences to MG to fit in my collection) I can't stand playing games on Emulators.
JerryTerrifying 3 years ago
Great review. It's really odd how certain games can come into our possession just by chance and then turn out to be all time favourites.
Was that Shining Force I say in your collection? It's great to see Mega CD reviews, I never played one in my life.
TheFinalHighlander 3 years ago 2