No, I am not referring to that Guy Ritchie film, what this is is one of Hideo Kojima’s early games, you know, the guy behind METAL GEAR SOLID. It’s called SNATCHER and appeared on many many systems, including a single American instance on the Sega-CD. It is more digital comic than rpg, and if you live in the states, then you know it is like the only game of it’s kind to ever be released here. that, and it’s freakin’ great.

It’s sequel POLICENAUTS was never released here, and I seem to remember it had something to do with the main character’s smoking habit. But Hideo Kojima was persistent wasn’t he, and eventually one of his smoking characters broke thru. Now nobody cares, just like they wouldn’t have cared then if they had released his other game. Oh well. Here is the opening to the Sega-CD version of SNATCHER. I get chills every time I watch this…