bishopcruz Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 From Joystiq While most American gamers know Hideo Kojima as the man behind the blockbuster Metal Gear Solid franchise, the two games he worked on before breaking out with MGS are considered forgotten masterpieces. One, Snatcher, saw a limited U.S. release on the ill-fated Sega CD. The other, Policenauts, has never been available in English. That seems poised to change, though, as Kojima fan-site Junker HQ has just announced the completion of a five-year project to translate the game's text. Only some technical work remains before the translation is released as a patch on the newly relaunched policenauts.net, currently targeted for the second half of 2007. Theoretically, the patch will require a CD-R, an official Japanese version of the game and a modded PlayStation to work, but emulator-compatible ISOs are sure to leak out for the less scrupulous among us. While you wait, check out the game's Wikipedia entry to get some idea of what made the game so special. One of the best games we never got, I got the Saturn version years ago, and the game was pretty cool, I couldn't understand shit though, it is the next evolution of Snatcher. Where Snatcher was an homage to Blade Runner, Policenauts is more an homage to Lethal Weapon and all those cool buddy cop films from the late 80's early ninties. I have been waiting over 10 years to play this game, so I am psyched as shit. Anyone else care? If you liked Snatcher, you should. Here's the original trailer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 OMG...that is so awesome. You have no idea how long I've been wanting to play this game but.. Theoretically, the patch will require a CD-R, an official Japanese version of the game and a modded PlayStation to work, but emulator-compatible ISOs are sure to leak out for the less scrupulous among us. Which suck for me cause I don't the Japanese version or a modded PlayStation and I have no idea on how to use an emulator. :ded: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 OMG...that is so awesome. You have no idea how long I've been wanting to play this game but.. Which suck for me cause I don't the Japanese version or a modded PlayStation and I have no idea on how to use an emulator. Shouldn't be too bad, there are a ton, ePSXe is probably the best one. Then again a chipped PS1 has got to be dirt cheap nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 I found a guide to getting policenauts to work well in emulation: Here you go! Go here for ePSXe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Given that i never got to play this one or Snatcher, im hyped. Just gotta learn about the PSX emu's, apparently. PS if anyone's interested in getting this working on your PS2: using the memory card exploit, or getting a device called the breakerpro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 Torrent for the Sega CD Snatcher: Right here here's the best Sega CD emulator (does SMS, Genesis and 32X too): Kega Fusion Anyone who is a fan of adventure games, or Hideo's work needs to play this shit. Right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 ill get it this week then. how long's the game? i gotta double check tho man, i coulda sworn one of the games emu'd on my dreamcast was Sonic CD. if i can somehow get fusion or whichever one the DC's using to run Snacher, id be all over that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 game's about 6-8 hours I think. Less if you know what you are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 ...how did this turn out? i havent seen any news on it, and i did wanna play this game. also, i just saw this topic and remembered i need to go back and download that stuff. with my illogical abhorrent fear of gaming on the PC, is there anyway i can play this on a console? im still salty i knew nothing of this somehow whilst actually having a Sega-CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 holy shit its finally done! So the thing is after a lot of effort between people from México, England and the US, finally the fan made translation for Policenauts is complete. It will be available in 1 hour or so. I hope you enjoy it For more info check http://policenauts.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 So yeah, played the hell out of this patch, been waiting for about 14-15 years, ever since I got the Saturn version when I was in High School. In either case, lotta fun, feels a lot like Snatcher, which is good. I didn't think it was quite as good, but that one would have been hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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