Snatcher Sample Disc at 98%

Some time ago I was able to get this Sample disc that says it is 98% of the release version. I was really doubtful of it's authenticity or value, but got it anyway. However I've been looking into it and done some superficial checks. I've also played some of it, but not all yet (I've had little time). So far I've detected absolutely no differences in the game itself and probably there are none. Nonetheless, I've only played small chunks from the beginning of the game, loaded from some saves available at the Internet (they loaded just fine) and can only confirm that the Alice scene is not censored (that was what I would have expected to change, but the build was apparently done quite close to release time). Either it is not a censored copy, or the infamous "Konami input at Jordan" code was used in those saves. Will have to play it to make sure.

Below I present the differences in size and bytes I found against the American and European versions. It must be noted that the American and European releases only differ in the IP boot sector, the file SUBCODE.BIN and 1 byte in the file SP05.bin. The dates in all the files are 1994-10-11 except for the SUBCODE.BIN one (dated 1994-10-12) in the European release and the American one has files from 1994-10-09 to 1994-10-11. The Sample disc however, has files dated from 1994-10-07 only. Being so close to release no real differences can be expected, but the total bytes that differ between all the Sample disc files is considerable enough... (adds up to 600kb roughly).

I am positive that the digitized audio didn't change a bit in all of these three disc, I have not checked with real detail the CDDA tracks except for the Mega/Sega CD difference with the European one.

Not a single bit of text was changed either.

American Release vs Sample DiscEuropean Release vs Sample Disc
FileDifferent BytesSmaller FileDifferent BytesSmaller File
DATA_D0.BIN 229456 Sample Disc 229456 Sample Disc
DATA_S2.BIN 098474 Sample Disc 098474 Sample Disc
DATA_D2.BIN 069527 Sample Disc 069527 Sample Disc
DATA_O0.BIN 064521 Sample Disc 064521 Sample Disc
SUBCODE.BIN 048404 Sample Disc 048379 Sample Disc
DATA_S0.BIN 033452 Sample Disc 033452 Sample Disc
DATA_S1.BIN 022508 Sample Disc 022508 Sample Disc
DATA_H12.BIN 022155 Release 022155 Release
DATA_H06.BIN 017609 Sample Disc 017609 Sample Disc
SP15.BIN 003690 003690
SP37.BIN 003058 003058
SP14.BIN 002970 002970
DATA_H02.BIN 000006 000006
DATA_I0.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_Q3.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_K1.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_T0.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_U0.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_H13.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_F4.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_Y05.BIN 000005 000005
DATA_F0.BIN 000005 000005
SP05.BIN ------ 000001
SP06.BIN 000001 000001
SP20.BIN 000001 000001
SP06.BIN 000001 000001
SP19.BIN 000001 000001
Total 615878 615855
601.44kb 601.42kb

Difference in SPXX.BIN files, which contain in game text, present all the differences in binary data that is not stored near the range of the text area.

Here is another difference, though it is quite minimal. The IP boot sectors of the three discs compared. The ones that differed are marked in a different color. It can be noticed that only the Time Stamp changes in these, and that it coincides with the dates of the files (Except for the Sega CD release, which has one file that was modified and the IP sector wasn't)

Sample Disc
Snatcher (T-95035)(U)(00)
American Release
Snatcher (T-95035)(U)(00)
European Release
Snatcher (T-95035)(E)(00)
Boot System SEGADISCSYSTEM SEGADISCSYSTEM SEGADISCSYSTEM
CD Type SEGAIPMENU SEGAIPMENU SEGAIPMENU
System Name KONAMI R002 KONAMI R002 KONAMI S002
System Version 100 100 100
System Needed SEGA GENESIS SEGA GENESIS SEGA MEGA DRIVE
Copyright Info (C)T-95 1994.OCT(C)T-95 1994.OCT(C)T-95 1994.NOV
Local Name SNATCHER SNATCHER SNATCHER
World Name SNATCHER SNATCHER SNATCHER
Software Type GM GM GM
Software Version 00 00 00
Supported Device(s)3-Buttons Pad 3-Buttons Pad 3-Buttons Pad
Develloped by Konami Konami Konami
Region Code U : USA U : USA E : Europe
Reference ID T-95035 T-95035 T-95035
Time Stamp 10071994 10101994 10121994

I'll try to play through it sometime soon, though I can make no promises since I've been way too busy. I am dying to find any differences.

There's an open topic at the local forums for any info you might add.

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