Snatcher is Blade Runner meets Terminator in a noir-tinted graphic adventure form, and it’s an excellent slice of cyberpunk that deserves a better stateside reputation than it has.Įarlier releases of Snatcher were a bit more basic: the Sega CD iteration leaned on the CD-ROM for high-quality audio that the fantastic soundtrack deserved to be heard in, and for voice acting that didn’t appear in the original release. The humor, the connected worlds- Snatcher takes place in the same universe as Metal Gear, just far into its future-and the love for film are all present. It’s a shame, too, because it’s best described as the film school version of Kojima: he hadn’t fully developed into the game designer he would become just yet, but you could see all the little bits there, rough edges and all. The graphic adventure game-an early-career Hideo Kojima title-was released on the PC-8801, the MSX2, the PC Engine Super CD-ROM, Mega CD, Sony Playstation, and Sega Saturn in Japan between 19, but only the Sega CD edition ended up in North America. Only a few thousand English language copies of Snatcher ever existed. We always get Genesis Collections each gen, but where’s the Sega CD one? Don’t make us wait for a Sega Genesis Mini 3, either.
Now, not all of that is necessarily on Sega, since rights have to be negotiated with various publishers, but regardless of the why, let’s talk about Sega CD games that should be re-released somewhere, whether it’s on the various modern consoles’ digital shops or as part of some compilation release. However, 30 years after its debut, it’s pretty clear that it doesn’t get enough credit for what it did do well: even as Sega releases a second version of the Sega Genesis Mini in late October 2022-this time with Sega CD games in the lineup-they’re missing some obvious titles that should have been included, ranging from good for the system to just flat-out great. It had some obvious problems-some self-inflicted-to contend with. Was the Sega CD a perfect peripheral? It was a Sega device made in the ‘90s, so no.
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