The predecessor snatcher was on sega cd and had an official english localization. Ingram was lost in the space after an accident left himn out of control in his spacesuit. He is the acclaimed creator and director of famous games like the metal gear series and snatcher. Policenauts might be, first and foremost a thriller, a detective story with all of the miss marplestyle trappings youd expect. Hideo kojimas uncut policenauts is finally available in english. A hard science fiction story, policenauts is set in the mid 21st century and follows jonathan ingram, an astronaut recently recovered floating in space in cryosleep after an accident at a space colony sent him drifting into space 24 years. Building on many of snatchers strengths the visual novel interface with shooting segments sprinkled in for good measure, policenauts was first released for the nec pc9821 computer platform in 1994, with console ports for the 3do, playstation, and sega saturn following soon after.
Poster jonathan policenauts ingram, gift for home decor wall art print. Will need a way to play copy cd on the hardware but you could just use an emulator to play. The game centers on jonathan ingram, one of the five policenauts, astronauts with police training, assigned to ensure the safety of beyond coast, mankinds first fullyfunctional space colony in the year 20. Policenauts by the policenauts translation project. It was written and directed by hideo kojima, and originally released for the pc9821 in 1994. A freak accident occurs while testing a new space walking suit and.
The policenauts paradise and snatcher shrine a site dedicated to hideo kojimas games policenauts and snatcher. The game, originally planned for official release on the sega saturn in 1996, was never released in english by konami, so a group of fans worked to localize and patch the files. English sega saturn policenauts fan translation released segabits. There has been an english patch for policenauts ps1 for a few years now. This includes gameplay text, voiceover dialogue subtitles, the ingame glossary new to the saturn version, and bonus videos also new. Policenauts is a japanese style adventure game that received a sega saturn release september th, 1996.
We also host a gallery of policenauts game versions, soundtracks, magazines, translations, trading cards, and information. Msx, pc8801 mkii, sega cd, psx and sega saturn dumps of snatcher available, also mgs for the psx and the full script dump from metal gear solid 2. Kojimas masterpiece was released on playstation and the sega saturn. After five years of hard work the group at announced that they have completed translating the text into english and a patch should be ready in the second half in 2007. Policenauts was never ported to the platform, and only saw release on nec pc9821, 3do, playstation, and finally the sega saturn. Thankfully, due to the efforts of the team at policenauts. Junker hq view topic policenauts sega saturn translation. Policenauts is written and directed by hideo kojima. An english sega saturn policenauts fan translation has been released today, which is certainly not the october surprise you were expecting to.
This ranks as perhaps the most anticipated english game translation since secret of mana 2 and having taken some three years to accomplish the script is of a high quality and the patch bug free. Heres a complete and patched english translation for the sega saturn version of hideo kojimas last text adventure masterpiece, policenauts. Fans created a full english translation for the saturn version of. Recently a full english ps1 translation patch was released by policenauts. If any of you followed the fan translation scene back in 2009 youd remember how huge of a deal the psx translation of policenauts was. The game has not been released outside japan, despite. Policenauts sega saturn, 1996 for sale online ebay. More bonus content from policenauts, either stuff i didnt show in the main playthrough or exclusive saturn version stuff. Foxhound metal gear solid patch pvc hook and loop from policenauts.
Is it possible to get english versions of snatcher and. A hard science fiction story, policenauts is set in the mid 21st century and follows jonathan ingram, an astronaut recently recovered floating in space in cryosleep after an accident at a space colony sent him drifting into space 24 years ago. The following is a list of changes made to the original game. Policenauts porisunotsu is a graphic adventure game with a hard science fiction storyline, written and directed by hideo kojima, and published by konami. Policenauts codex gamicus humanitys collective gaming. According to hardcore gaming 101, policenauts was announced for an english release on the sega saturn, but for unclear reasons was cancelled.
The sega saturn port of policenauts features several additional scenes, a slightly modified story and light gun support effectively making english fan translation patch in development for sega saturn version of policenauts page 4. Packaged as rar5 comes with all 3 disc already prepatched and the disc covers as a scan based on thisplease login or register to see this link. Policenauts is a graphic adventure game developed and published by konami. I did own snatcher for the sega cd back then, so i was excited to hear that its sequel prequel whatever was also coming to na as well. Konami announced an english localization of the sega saturn version in 1996 two years before metal gear solid. It was initially released for the nec pc9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions, for the 3do in 1995, and the playstation and sega saturn in 1996. I own and have played every version policenauts possible and, in my opinion, the saturn version is indeed the definitive one. But the suit was equipped with a cryogeniclife sistem and 25 year later his frozen body was. The game has never been officially released outside japan. English version on ps3 official firmware quick pointers thethrillness.
While snatcher was released in english for the sega cd, it gained a cult audience in america and europe, although the sales were beyond dismal, mostly due to it being released at the tail end of the systems life span. Policenauts sega saturn translation heres the last update from the sega saturn version. So as im sure many of us know, someone has been translating policenauts since 20, and provided a video of proof that year. Policenauts for sega saturn with english patch pixel glitch. This port was the last revision of policenauts by kojima and arguably the finest iteration. Policenauts is a graphic adventure game with a hard science fiction storyline, written and directed by hideo kojima, and.
Sons of liberty regarding policenauts, we have released a patch to play the playstation version. How to english patch policenauts the hideo kojima point and click. Fans created a full english translation for the saturn. It wasnt until 1998 that kojimas name entered the video.
The game has never been officially released outside japan, despite plans for an english. A spritual successor to snatcher and one of hideo kojimas best games. Borrowed a friends japanese import to patch and have been in complete bliss playing on the real hardware. Policenauts translation site, with full glossary in english. And snatcher got an english segacd official release. Policenauts is a cinematic adventure game published by konami, written and directed by hideo kojima. Now, its not definitive by a huge amount, mind you, its just that it has a few extras the psone version doesnt, otherwise the psone version and saturn are nearly identical.
It was initially released for the pc9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by versions for the 3do in 1995, and playstation and sega saturn in 1996. It is now revealed that a downloadable english language translation patch has been created for the adventure game with a scifi based storyline. Hideo kojimas uncut policenauts is finally available in. Hongpinktee shirt policenauts glitch classic tshirt. At the time of its release, policenauts was advertised as the next generation of snatcher. Earlier this month, the junker team finished work on a patch for the complete sega saturn edition, making it possible to finally play policenauts in its entirety without a working knowledge. Zip files containing the bincue pair for all three discs of policenauts for the sega saturn, preparched with the english translation. Several sega saturn games that have english language patches already applied. Policenauts english patched is a actionactionadventure video game published by kceo, konami released on january 19, 1996 for the sony playstation. If you are looking for sega saturn bios for openemu. The actual platforms are playstation, saturn, msx2 and pcengine tg16. Johnathan ingram is one of policenauts assigned the task of upholding the law on a space station called beyond coast. It was initially released for the pc9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions for the 3do in 1995, and the playstation and sega saturn in 1996.
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