BLADE RUNNER WITH TERMINATORS | Snatcher (Sega CD) Let's Play

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Published on March 15, 2023 10:00:21 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTGCj9P9Rjc

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Snatcher (1988)

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Snatcher (1994 Sega CD) cyberpunk graphic adventure game developed and published by Konami, first written and designed by Hideo Kojima. Widely regarded as the best game released on Sega CD. This video features the intro of act 1 where Gillian Seed arrives at Junker headquarters for his assignment and learns about how the game works and the equipment he needs, just before going out on his first mission to help his partner and fellow runner, Gibson. I played this game a long time ago, but it's been so long that it's almost a blind playthrough. No walkthrough was used, only the clues given to me in-game. This game features largely static images with minimal animations and menus that you cycle through to interact with the game, some important cutscenes that include voice acting with a lot of sections that require reading text, and a handful of action sequences, making it one of the stranger adventure games of the 90s. snatcher sega cd, snatcher sega cd rom, snatcher game, sega cd games, sega cd games worth playing, retro gaming, 90s adventure games, sega cd best games, let's play video games, retro games sega, cyberpunk games, sci fi games, sega cd gameplay, adventure games 90s, graphic adventure games, best graphic adventure games,

Snatcher is a cyberpunk graphic adventure game developed and published by Konami. It was written and designed by Hideo Kojima and first released in 1988 for the PC-8801 and MSX2 in Japan. Snatcher is set in a future East Asian metropolis where humanoid robots dubbed "Snatchers" have been discovered killing humans and replacing them in society. The game follows Gillian Seed, an amnesiac who joins an anti-Snatcher agency in search of his past. Gameplay takes place primarily through a menu-based interface through which the player can choose to examine items, search rooms, speak to characters, explore a semi-open world, and perform other actions.

Kojima wanted Snatcher to have a cinematic feel, so the setting and story are heavily influenced by science fiction films, like Blade Runner, Akira and The Terminator. Development on the PC versions took more than twice as long as the average game of the time, even after Kojima was asked to trim more than half his initial story. The game was released to positive reviews, but poor sales. It garnered a cult following, and was remade as a role-playing game called SD Snatcher for the MSX2 in 1990. This was followed by a remake of the original adventure game using CD-ROM technology, released for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM System in 1992.

Snatcher is a graphic adventure game with visual novel elements. The player controls Gillian Seed as he investigates and hunts "Snatchers", dangerous humanoid robots disguised as humans roaming Neo Kobe City. The game's visuals are static images with some animations that display at the top of the screen. There is no point-and-click interface, with all actions made through a text menu with commands such as move, look, and investigate. The game's puzzles and dialogue trees are simple, lending to an emphasis on linear storytelling. Sometimes character panels are shown below the main graphics window during conversations to convey their facial expressions.

The game allows exploration of a semi-open world. There are a handful of action segments where the player shoots at enemies dispersed across a 3x3 grid. The Sega CD version supports the Justifier light gun packaged with Lethal Enforcers for these segments.

Snatcher is set in the mid-21st century, fifty years after a biological weapon known as Lucifer-Alpha killed much of the world's population. In Neo Kobe City, a metropolis on an artificial island in eastern Asia, humanoid robots dubbed "Snatchers" have been recently discovered killing humans, donning their skin as a disguise, and replacing them in society. The Neo Kobe government quarantines the city from the outside world and establishes JUNKER, a task force to hunt Snatchers. The player takes on the role of Gillian Seed (Yusaku Yara/Jeff Lupetin), an amnesiac who can only remember that his past, along with that of his estranged wife Jamie (Kikuko Inoue/Susan Mele), is somehow related to Snatchers. He starts working at JUNKER in hopes that hunting Snatchers will bring his past to light.

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