Fast forward to the present, and Jonathan is miraculously rescued, not having aged at all during his hibernation. Assumed dead, he actually enters a state of hypersleep, suspended in time and floating through outer space. During a routine spacewalk, his suit goes haywire and sends him flying off into the yonder. Thirty years ago, he was one of the five elite policeman chosen to serve aboard a brand new space colony called Beyond Coast - the Policenauts. Jonathan Ingram is a private detective with a bit of an odd past. The price of Snatcher in the aftermarket shot up, and gamers everywhere wondered, just what the heck was that Policenauts thing? The story begins on Earth, now called HOME, in Old Los Angeles in the year 2040. It wasn't until 1998 that Kojima's name entered the video gaming world with the release of Metal Gear Solid, which not only revived interest in the old 8-bit series, but renewed interest in Kojima's other works. While 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 system's life span. Why all the hype? At the time of its release, Policenauts was advertised as 'The Next Generation of Snatcher'. It wasn't until 2009 that a group of determined fan translators at hacked the PlayStation version and released an English language patch, to elation of thousands of fans around the world. None of these were ever released outside of Japan. Although initially released in 1994 for the Japanese PC-9821 home computer, it was eventually ported to the 3DO, PlayStation and Saturn over the next few years. For the longest time, Policenauts was considered Hideo Kojima's lost masterpiece.
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