Snatcher

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Snatcher

Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Designer(s)	Hideo Kojima
Release date	NES PC-8801: November 13, 1988 (JP) MSX2: December 13, 1988 (JP) PC-Engine Super CD: October 23, 1992 (JP) Sega CD: December 15, 1994 (NA) December 15, 1994 (EU) Playstation: February 12, 1996 (JP) Sega Saturn: March 29, 1996 (JP)
Genre	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Age rating(s)	N/A NEC PC-8801 MSX2 PC-Engine Super CD Sega Saturn Playstation ESRB: T Sega CD
Platform(s)	NEC PC-8801 MSX2 PC-Engine Super CD Sega CD Sega Saturn Playstation
Media	5 Floppy disks: NEC PC-8801 3 Floppy disks: MSX2 Compact disc PC-Engine Super CD Sega CD Sega Saturn Playstation
Input	PC-Engine Controller Sega Genesis Controller Sega Saturn Controller Saturn Stunner PlayStation Controller Konami Justifier Sega CD Playstation
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Snatcher is an adventure game that was released by Konami and was directed by Hideo Kojima. In Japan, it was released on the NEC PC-8801, MSX2, PC-Engine Super CD, Sega Saturn, and the PlayStation. In North America and Europe, the game was released only on the Sega CD. The event was later known as The Catastrophe.

[edit] Story

On June 6, 1996 a chemical weapon known as Lucifer-Alpha under development in Chernoton, Russia, is released into the atmosphere which killed 80% of Eastern part of the world. The contaminated area becomes uninhabitable for a decade, when Lucifer-Alpha mutates into a non-lethal form.

Years later, a mysterious half-machine, half-human life form known as Snatchers started to appear and killed people of high class society and taking their place undetected.

You play as Gillian Seed, a man who has the misfortune of having amnesia for the past three years along with his wife, Jaime, who starts out as a JUNKER, a force of people who terminate the Snatchers. As you get accompanied to your position at JUNKER HQ, fellow JUNKER gets murdered and Gillian takes up his investigation and investigates his murder.

[edit] Gameplay

The game is an interactive adventure, you choose what to do and what to investigate. There are also battles in which you have to shoot enemies, the battle consists of nine grids where you use the Directional pad to choose a grid. The Sega CD, Sega Saturn and PlayStation versions feature light gun support.