I just bought Snatcher.

[mother_brain]

Hey guys, I just picked up the Sega CD classic Snatcher, and wanted to know if anyone here had played it. And if so, what did you think of it?

[lordofduct]

If you're into digital classics... it's a damn great game.

I liked it.

[atm55]

I don't have it yet, what did you pay for it?

[Melf]

My impressions can be read in our review (http://www.sega-16.com/Snatcher%20review.htm). I absolutely love it, but there seems only to be extremes when it comes to this game. Either you love it or hate it.

[mother_brain]

I don't have it yet, what did you pay for it?
.99 cents. I bought it on e-bay without a case. Since I just want to play it, and don't care about resale value it was a good buy.

[lordofduct]

Have you received it? I think you got it from that asshole who sales bootlegs without telling the customer they are burned discs.

I'd be pissed.

[mother_brain]

Have you received it? I think you got it from that asshole who sales bootlegs without telling the customer they are burned discs.

I'd be pissed.

IF thats the case I'll be pissed.

[danielscheil]

an orginal snatcher ( without everything ) costs here
50 $
complete min 120 $

[mother_brain]

an orginal snatcher ( without everything ) costs here
50 $
complete min 120 $
Really, that sucks. If it's a pirated copy of the game I'm going to report the seller.

[Demonic Weasel]

Huh, I remember that guy. Be ready for his response though. He'll probably leave feedback on you saying that you're a liar. That's what he did to me.

[David J.]

Have you received it? I think you got it from that asshole who sales bootlegs without telling the customer they are burned discs.

I'd be pissed.

IF thats the case I'll be pissed.

If it's too good to be true, then it probally is.

[lordofduct]

Sorry bro, this guy has been around awhile just like a lot of others (some have been popping up selling 3DO games too as they don't need a mod chip either... part of panasonic's open license for the console).

If he gets you your out a mere dollar... give it sometime and see if he'll give you feedback first. After he does then leave your negative.

I actually used to spend nights at work bored and emailing people bidding on his stuff and letting them know. For some reason ebay doesn't shut the bugger down. They close the account and he just creates a new one. It really sucks... especially for us collectors.

I know some people don't mind the bootleg (though they should just DL it for FREE instead), but us collectors really get jipped in this deal. I noticed the guy does "Buy it now" a lot now. He used to set it 99cents and allow bidding wars to grow.

He probably got caught faster that way and decided to go another route...



oh I keep saying he i know... there most likely is a bunch of people doing it though.

[lordofduct]

really, be careful on ebay.

Go into it knowing there are dirt bags out there... I am happy to say in my 7 years of ebaying I haven't been screwed yet, but I know others have and it really sucks.

Just keep that mentality said in an earlier post.

"If it's to good to be true, it probably isn't"

[Elusive]

Sorry bro, this guy has been around awhile just like a lot of others (some have been popping up selling 3DO games too as they don't need a mod chip either... part of panasonic's open license for the console).

If he gets you your out a mere dollar... give it sometime and see if he'll give you feedback first. After he does then leave your negative.

I actually used to spend nights at work bored and emailing people bidding on his stuff and letting them know. For some reason ebay doesn't shut the bugger down. They close the account and he just creates a new one. It really sucks... especially for us collectors.

I know some people don't mind the bootleg (though they should just DL it for FREE instead), but us collectors really get jipped in this deal. I noticed the guy does "Buy it now" a lot now. He used to set it 99cents and allow bidding wars to grow.

He probably got caught faster that way and decided to go another route...



oh I keep saying he i know... there most likely is a bunch of people doing it though.

Ever considered that not everybody is a 'collector' on eBay?

I didn't want to shell out big £££ for a copy of Snatcher, so I have a CD-R version. It's the same game, jut missing a few bits of paper. Granted, I don't rip and sell, but all he's doing is selling the game. It plays the same in the end.

eBay isn't a service for collectors anyway, it's a business. Which means they have to make money. Why should they care who gets crushed in the wheels, when there are so many more willing to pay for his games?

[Drixxel]

Not everybody on Ebay is a collector, true, but that does not make the sale of bootleg merchandise (through Ebay or elsewhere) permissable.

Sellers must pay Ebay a percentage of their auctions' winning bids, so from a business standpoint Ebay is making considerably more from the sale of one $70 disc-only copy of Snatcher than a few $0.99 bootlegs that cut into the legitimate market. Not only that, but it's against Ebay policy to sell bootlegged merchandise. Now that doesn't stop people from selling their pirated garbage on Ebay (be weary of GBA carts, for the record), but Ebay at least makes an effort to reduce these activities by often pulling down auctions that Ebay users report.

It all comes down to sellers deceiving buyers, and that's not something I support in the least.

[mother_brain]

Thanks for all the tips. I wont make that mistake again.

[lordofduct]

Sorry bro, this guy has been around awhile just like a lot of others (some have been popping up selling 3DO games too as they don't need a mod chip either... part of panasonic's open license for the console).

If he gets you your out a mere dollar... give it sometime and see if he'll give you feedback first. After he does then leave your negative.

I actually used to spend nights at work bored and emailing people bidding on his stuff and letting them know. For some reason ebay doesn't shut the bugger down. They close the account and he just creates a new one. It really sucks... especially for us collectors.

I know some people don't mind the bootleg (though they should just DL it for FREE instead), but us collectors really get jipped in this deal. I noticed the guy does "Buy it now" a lot now. He used to set it 99cents and allow bidding wars to grow.

He probably got caught faster that way and decided to go another route...



oh I keep saying he i know... there most likely is a bunch of people doing it though.

Ever considered that not everybody is a 'collector' on eBay?

I didn't want to shell out big £££ for a copy of Snatcher, so I have a CD-R version. It's the same game, jut missing a few bits of paper. Granted, I don't rip and sell, but all he's doing is selling the game. It plays the same in the end.

eBay isn't a service for collectors anyway, it's a business. Which means they have to make money. Why should they care who gets crushed in the wheels, when there are so many more willing to pay for his games?


ermm, Elusive... did you READ what I said. I comment on that not all people are collectors...

"I know some people don't mind the bootleg (though they should just DL it for FREE instead), but us collectors really get jipped in this deal."

I think those were my words! The thing is they are purchasing a bootleg unknowingly. My emails only informed the buyer that the game they are purchasing is not a legitimate copy and that they are handing money to a person exploiting the ignorance of anyone with a freakin' internet connection as the game could be downloaded all over the internet and placed on a disk for a much lower price and waiting time then have this schmuck mail it to you.

And yes ebay is a business... it is also a legitimate and LEGAL business. The sale of fake games in disguise of real games is both unethical and a breech of copyright laws... aka ILLEGAL!

Why I am confused about ebay not shutting him down is that they are usually adament about shutting down bootleggers. That is why the seller avoids calling it a bootleg in any way because it will be closed.

several things I've seen shut down are:
The sale of WoW characters
The sale of Sega Saturns with a region switch (not even illegal)
The sale of Sega Saturns with mod chips (also not illegal)


I was actually told in email that if I attempted to sale another WoW character that my account would be banned. Of course I'd just have to create a new one, but lose my good rating I have. I didn't understand why they would shut it down, but then I noticed in WoW user agreement they do not allow the sale of accounts...

[Mel]

Not everybody on Ebay is a collector, true, but that does not make the sale of bootleg merchandise (through Ebay or elsewhere) permissable.

Sellers must pay Ebay a percentage of their auctions' winning bids, so from a business standpoint Ebay is making considerably more from the sale of one $70 disc-only copy of Snatcher than a few $0.99 bootlegs that cut into the legitimate market. Not only that, but it's against Ebay policy to sell bootlegged merchandise. Now that doesn't stop people from selling their pirated garbage on Ebay (be weary of GBA carts, for the record), but Ebay at least makes an effort to reduce these activities by often pulling down auctions that Ebay users report.

It all comes down to sellers deceiving buyers, and that's not something I support in the least.

Yes, if they're going to enforce my switch enabled Genesis as a form of piracy (though I dont see how) then this should definitely be booted out.

[Chris Marsh]

I just saw another copy of the fraud version of Snatcher. It said that it is one dollar. It also says that there is no case or instructions, 29 copies left along with this thread are clues that it is the fraud CD-R version some guy illegally made for a profit by using ISO's from ROM sites. I would rather pay a large sum of money than pay money to a scam artist. Somebody needs to report this issue to EBay so that loony frauds make no profits off of illegal selling. I also want to see Konami get off their lazy butts and start making good compilations with games like Snatcher on them instead of mediocre Castlevania (Except for the DS version) and TMNT (The junky version) games.

[chewy]

I have a bid on ebay for £46 at the moment. I've wanted it since I first saw reviews. I hope I get it or I'll be :( !

[Joe Redifer]

Snatcher is another one of those that I bought for $45 or so when it originally came out. Fantastic game!

[Chris Marsh]

Snatcher is another one of those that I bought for $45 or so when it originally came out. Fantastic game!
Another reason why it pays to be born in '88 :( . I wish it was more like '70-'83.

[Joe Redifer]

Screw that! I was born in '73! I planned to be born then so I could save up enough to buy Snatcher cheap when it was released!

[David J.]

Hahahaha. Who wasn't?

[Chris Marsh]

I don't choose when I am born, it just happens. I make the best of it by being a fan of classic systems.

[Elusive]

You want to be careful when buying 'eBay darlings' like Snatcher, you can end up disappointed when putting the thing in the machine and hitting 'POWER'. I'm terrified of shelling out £40-odd for a copy of NiGHTS Into Dreams... with the analogue pad, simply because I know the game's not going to live up to its massive hype for me.

[j_factor]

£40?! In the US, NiGHTS is worth like ten bucks.. unless you absolutely have to have the game + controller combo set complete in box.

[David J.]

I've seen various copies for less than $10. Just buy the game without the 3D pad, you'll save a lot of money and it's the same damn thing really.

[j_factor]

With or without NiGHTS, you should have an analog controller anyway. And you can buy them for under $10 a piece.

[chewy]

Whoo Hoo! Won my auction, can't wait to play it!!!

[Zebbe]

I got one complete PAL-version for 585 Swedish kronor (= 75,15 US$). Good deal?

[JAMMAPARTS]

Whoo Hoo! Won my auction, can't wait to play it!!!

Well, what do you think of it now that you had time to play it? I'm holding out for a mint, scratch free version...I know this will cost a pretty penny, but the game is expensive anyway, so I might as well get one in perfect condition.

[Silver28]

I've recently bought a PAL version of snatcher from my local games shop for £30. It's complete, although the discs have some scratches they play perfectly.


However, there was 2 discs of 'snatcher' in the case. Does it normally come with two? I'm asking because both have the same serial number and have the same cd base.

I've put them in seperately and they both are the same. Ideas??

[Fonzie]

Its a single disc game.

I would be happy to buy you the second one :)

[Silver28]

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd let you know, I've completed SNATCHER and I'm selling my copy on eBay (I'm saving to buy a car.)

Item number: 250153701562

I've got another copy that's just the disc that I'll put up once the one above is finished.

Both versions are PAL.

[Blaze]

Its one of the "great game achievements" of the Golden Era of gaming. U were wise to purchase it. Its also one of those games ppl barely ever heard of and key reason to put the Genesis & its add onz on top even after nearly 20 years

[Term180]

I recieved Snatcher as an early Yule (Wiccan equivalent of Christmas) present; the story lives up to the Hideo Kojima name (the mind behind Metal Gear Solid, hence your companion in Snatcher being named Metal Gear) so much so, that even after completing it I replayed it over and over.

The only story-based game I replayed as much as Snatcher, was probably Rise of the Dragon.

The Japanese version includes a nude scene with Katrina (google "Snatcher nudity" for more, preferably a Google Image search) as well as a lot more blood & gore.

Even after having completed it several times, I still put the disc in a CD player every now and then to listen to some of the dialogue from the game and relive some of its moments- the story is that freakin' good.

There was once a rumor that by inputting the name "Konami" in the Jordan computer you would get access to the uncensored version of the game; this rumor is false, however.
Though you recieve a tone for inputting the name, indicating some relevance to it other than it being the game's developer, it has yet to be discovered if it adds anything whatsoever to the game itself, in none of my playthroughs have I noticed a change.

[Joe Redifer]

There isn't a Japanese version of the Sega CD Snatcher. There is a PC Engine CD version which exists only in Japan, though. And it has the full-frontal hardcore penetrating nudity of Katrina (and she's only like 12 in that version because if you own a PC Engine you are a pedophile).

[evildragon]

There isn't a Japanese version of the Sega CD Snatcher. There is a PC Engine CD version which exists only in Japan, though. And it has the full-frontal hardcore penetrating nudity of Katrina (and she's only like 12 in that version because if you own a PC Engine you are a pedophile).
There's no penetrating! You lie! LOL

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Hey guys, I just picked up the Sega CD classic Snatcher, and wanted to know if anyone here had played it. And if so, what did you think of it?

If you've had any past experiences with adventure games, especially those of Western design, you'll be disappointed as the overall simplicity of actions you can perform along with the tedious to and fro required to execute them.

It's not uncommon to get an idea of where the story is headed or what you need to do, but sometimes the only way to advance is to repeatedly execute the same actions such as talking to a character more than once, or looking at the same clue over and over until you 'trigger' a result. While not particularly obscure, some solutions turn out to be a bit vague because of this.

I think the game's main problem is that the overly serious plot is ruined by moments where its characters don't take themselves or the situations they're in too seriously. Pseudo-philosophical, moralizing chatter can suddenly be brought down by unrelated, nonsensical or even juvenile quips from intervening characters.

If the prospect of playing an adult cyberpunk mystery which randomly decides to make fun of just about everything Konami related doesn't really bother you, you'll enjoy the game. It's more of a digital novel where turning the pages can be annoying as hell, though, but is nonetheless fun.

I wish I could drive the Turbocycle... :(