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But happy to let someone else have a go.

Pining for a sequel to Hideo Kojima's cyberpunk detective adventure Snatcher? Tough – the veteran designer has far too much on his plate.

The Metal Gear Solid creator told the PlayStation Blog that he currently doesn't have time to revisit the IP, however, he would be happy for another developer to take it on.

"This idea of an open world in 3D is very good, and I would love to do something like Snatcher, but I do not have the time or the means to do so. But if anyone else would like to develop it, I would love it," he explained.

The graphic adventure first came out on the NEC PC-8801 and MSX 2 back in 1988, before being ported to the Mega-CD, Sega Saturn and PSone in the mid '90s.

For the time being at least, it seems Snatcher fans will have to make do with Sdatcher - a radio drama being put together by games industry weirdo Suda51.

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metalangel #1 10 months ago

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What a shame... Snatcher in the style of an openworld game would be incredible. Hell, forget the open world (it was a waste of time in LA Noire)... just give us each location as a block or two or buildings we can poke around. People still want cyberpunk stuff, Deus Ex is proof.

Perhaps my favourite Sega CD title.
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yoomazir #2 10 months ago

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hello, Mercury Steam?
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Nithron #3 10 months ago

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I'm not busy at all at the moment. Anyone wanna fund me to make a Snatcher sequel?
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hiddenranbir #4 10 months ago

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He's too busy with MGS45?
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gm914 #5 10 months ago

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Eurogamer why do you let your comments section be used as a fucking toilet for these spamvertisers?
Get on it.
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cawley1 #6 10 months ago

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How odd, I just bought the PC Engine version off eBay yesterday!

And also, EG sort out these message spamming twats!
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JayKwon #7 10 months ago

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The spamming is REALLY annoying, please ban these guys Eurogamer. Maybe there is even a way to solve it once and for all.
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richarddavies #8 10 months ago

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Shame I really would've liked a proper sequel to this. There's a fan that's been making a full 3d game using the Crysis engine for while now. He posts all his vids and pics on here.

http://forums.junkerhq.net/viewtopic.php...
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Nithron #9 10 months ago

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I think the spam problem would be severely reduced with the addition of captchas to the comment box. I'm not sure if they're already on the Create Account page; if they're not, that'd help too.
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metalangel #10 10 months ago

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@richarddavies: thanks for the link, I hope he succeeds!
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jag10 #11 10 months ago

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the MGS remakes are enough for now.
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P1GEONPOO #12 10 months ago

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@gm914 Too true.
If I ever meet anyone who says they work for fullmalls/madeshopping/famellgoods im going to punch them in the face then walk away. Unless they are six feet+ beef head then I'll kick them in the nuts then run away.
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Kaminari #13 10 months ago

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"The graphic adventure first came out on the NEC PC-8801 and MSX 2 back in 1988, before being ported to the Mega-CD, Sega Saturn and PSone in the mid '90s."

Fred, Fred, Fred...

You had it almost right until you failed to mention the seminal PC Engine version, on which all the later ports (Mega CD, etc) are based. The PC Engine version was released in 1992 and is the last one Kojima directly worked on.

Facts, Fred. Facts.
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GozuTennai #14 10 months ago

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He's busy with the recycling process he's started unfortunately.
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sourc0r #15 10 months ago

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give those snakes a break already and bring out the real shit.
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natureboy #16 10 months ago

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Surely he can't be too busy to create what would most likely become a great selling cash cow?
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darkmorgado #17 10 months ago

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"This idea of an open world in 3D is very good, and I would love to do something like Snatcher, but I do not have the time or the means to do so because I am too busy milking the last drop from the tits of Metal Gear Solid. But if anyone else would like to develop it, I would love it," he explained.

Fixed.
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Ikaros_O #18 10 months ago

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Suda isn't a weirdo, he's a fecking genius! (Despite the weird ass radio drama, that's pretty strange...)
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Deckard1 #19 10 months ago

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Oh just someone make a fucking blade runner game will you.
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Diabeu #20 10 months ago

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too busy with what?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?
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