Snatcher
Snatcher is a graphic adventure game produced by Konami. It was originally released for the Japanese PC-8801 and MSX2 computers in 1988 and later remade for the Super CD-ROM in 1992. In 1994, a Sega Mega-CD…
Snatcher is an adventure developed by Konami, released 12 February 1996 on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
What Snatcher is
Snatcher is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 1996. It is available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On June 6, 1996, "Lucifer-Alpha", a deadly biological weapon under secret development at the Chernoton Research Facility in Russia, was released into the atmosphere, killing millions of people on the Eurasian supercontinent and half of the people in the world. Panic, chaos, and lack of resources eventually resulted in a destructive war that engulfed the planet. This incident becomes known simply as "The Catastrophe." Asia is no longer recognizable from the viewpoint of a person living in the 20th century. Japan, though not as severely affected by the Catastrophe, still suffered due to the disruption of the trade with its neighbors and the rest of the world. In order to fix this problem, the…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Snatcher launched on 12 February 1996, within three weeks of Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Soul Edge and Street Fighter Alpha 2.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Soul Edge, Street Fighter Alpha 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
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Quick answers
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