Snatcher: Sega Saturn & Playstation Translation (How can we make this happen?)

I feel that its an outrage that the game does not have an English translation patch. Is there any way we can locate someone with the expertise to make this happen, and maybe pool together to create a kickstarter to make this reality? I feel like snatcher is a popular enough game where people would be willing to fund such a project.

 

How about the PC Engine version?

 

Mega/Sega CD, right?

There is also a fan translation available for the MSX. Of course it would be nice to have a PS and/or Saturn version as well but basically if you want to play it in English you already can.

 

I know guys lol. The sega cd version I played through, but I want the Saturn/Playstation version for the graphical differences! I'm starting to sound like I'm obsessed. Like I am one of those Snatcher freaks....... I am not a snatcher, for the record! Lol

I would say better yet how about a full on reboot, but Kojima doesn't seem interested in the idea. I heard about the dreamcast port that seemed to vanish, but they weren't taking it the route I imagined they would. Oh well, maybe on the 30th anniversary in 2018 we can get something.

 

I would love a translation for the Saturn version as well. I would really like more Saturn translations in general, really

 

I could have sworn there already was a fan-translation for the PS1 version of Snatcher...

 

I really hope your right. The Saturn version has less censorship, but I would still be more than content with the Playstation version.

 

Yeah unfortunately I'm with Punch on this one for a translation of the PC-Engine version, albeit it would be nice to see the Saturn version translated (or any other of it's like 1300+ exclusives), the PC-Engine version just resonates better with me.

 

Snatcher is begging for a English translation, regardless of console. I would love to see Dead of The Brain translated for PCE.

 

I have never heard of Dead of The Brain, but will check it out right now......I'm intrigued.

 

After looking over both versions I can agree the pc engine version would be better translated over the saturn, but wish all versions would be translated. I would play through every version, snatcher is amazing! Shit blew my mind, played it through over the summer for the first time ever. Probably one of my top 5 games of all time personally. I know policenauts playstation got translated, and saturn version of policenauts is being worked on at the moment.

 

The PS1 would require some "fun" MIPS assembler hacking. I did a small bit of help in the "Policenauts" translation for PS1 and that took a LONG time, so... strap yourself in if you plan on taking this on

 

This project is far beyond my skill set. I would however be first in line to donate money towards a localization of any version of snatcher that is already not available in English. Snatcher is probably in my top 10 favorite games of all time across all platforms.

 

"Policenauts" took 6 years You should check it out at policenauts.net . If you liked/loved "Snatcher", then you'll love it.

 

That's because the had to translate the text snatcher wouldn't take that long since there is already an English version with voices out there.

 

Well, that was PART of it. Most of the issues came with the hacking itself. "Policenauts" used a bunch of different text display routines in different parts of the game that required a lot of one-off ASM hacks to display properly, on top of event handling (some times, stuff would break if you clicked on things in a certain order)

 

I'd love to have the time, the space to set up my Saturn dev gear ...and a copy of Snatcher for Mega CD! Sadly, none of the above are going to happen any time soon. Still, maybe one day...

 

Hehe, well.. all of the translation work on Policenauts was done using an emulator with a debugging module, but I'm not sure how far along the Saturn's emulation has come, nor if any of the emulators offer debugging options. Then there's writing all the tools for script and image extraction/insertion. Fun times indeed! I think I still have all of them on an old repo dump somewhere.

 

Although I've now come to the conclusion that the pc engine version would be the next best to translate, I really wish every version got translated. The Saturn version more than the Playstation 1 version due to the censoring. I think Snatcher is one of the greatest games of all time, and it should be more accessible. It would be cool if Kojima did a remake, with new light gun support for HDTV.