Policenauts (Video Game 1994)

Johnathan Ingram is one of "policenauts" assigned the task of upholding the law on a space station called "Beyond Coast". Ingram was lost in the space after an accident left himn out of ... See full summary »

Director:

Hideo Kojima

Writers:

Hideo Kojima (story), Hideo Kojima (screenplay),

Stars:

Hideyuki Tanaka, Shôzô Iizuka, Kikuko Inoue

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hideyuki Tanaka	...	Jonathan Ingram (voice)
Shôzô Iizuka	...	Ed Brown (voice)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Karen Hôjô (voice)
Osamu Saka	...	Gatse Becker (voice)
Kôhei Miyauchi	...	Victor Jurgens (voice)
Kyôko Terase	...	Meryl Silverburgh (voice) (as Megumi Terase)
Kaneto Shiozawa	...	Tony Redwood (voice)
Yumi Tôma	...	Anna Brown (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima	...	Chris Goldwin, Lorraine Hôjô (voice)
Bin Shimada	...	Dave Forrest (voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	Salvatore Toscanini (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Jun Ishida (voice)
Nobutoshi Kanna	...	Michael Saitô, Bob (voice) (as Nobutoshi Hayashi)
Yukimasa Kishino	...	Dr. Collins (voice)
Junko Hagimori	...	Marc Brown, Stewardess (voice)

Storyline

Johnathan Ingram is one of "policenauts" assigned the task of upholding the law on a space station called "Beyond Coast". Ingram was lost in the space after an accident left himn out of control in his spacesuit. But the suit was equipped with a cryogenic-life sistem and 25 year later his frozen body was recovered. The new world arround him is very different, all his friends are old men and his wife has remarried and had a daugther. Johnathan returns to the Earth and become in a private eye but when is ex-wife's new husband goes missing and she visiting Johnathan to ask for his help, Ingram returns to "Beyond Coast". Helped by is old friend Ed Brown, he will discover many things about is past and the tragic accident that changed his life...

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Plot Keywords:

space | betrayal | cryonics | adopted son | conspiracy | 

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Taglines:

The next generation of Snatcher

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Konami [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

29 July 1994 (Japan)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Konami Corporation

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The four "EMPS" mecha suits that appear in the game (the Urey, Goddard, Oberth and Von Brawn models) were named after Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard; and German rocket scientists Hermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun.

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Crazy Credits

The Saturn version of the game has a different ending theme played during the closing credits after each of the first three playthroughs. They are (in order) the original Policenauts ending theme, an image theme and a collection of voice-overs from the game.

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Connections

Referenced in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

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