It takes its gameplay style from the sd gundam series and adds political and military management to the one year war. It seems very likely that they finalized it as much as they wanted to. Sakura wars taisen english translation patch for the. It sounds like we are going to get a full translation of sakura wars for the sega saturn and windows pc in 2019. A labor of love spanning almost a decade, this project united the talents of twenty dedicated story translators, an additional nine gameplay text translators, a professional programmer, and a small army of fans who contributed in. Policenauts translation site, with full glossary in english. Far too few people owned cd burners at that point for them to have to bother, the medium alone was copy protection. I just cant get myself motivated to do so, as im just not a fan of text heavy rpg games sorry shining force 3 and having to translate puts me off. Yes, thats true every cd console before the saturn and playstation, and some after them too like the jaguar cd and neogeo cd, have no copy protection. The fan translation patch can be found via the link here.
Fan translation on september 5, 2009, the freelance translators devil hackers released a translation patch that fully translates the japanese version of castlevania. Sakura wars for the sega saturn is now available for the first time ever to be played in english. Kamisarishi daichi ni is a turn based strategy game for the sega saturn. Do not attempt any other activities while the patch is running.
Policenauts, hideo kojimas 1996 interactive scifi detective story, wasnt available in english until 2009 when a group of dedicated fans at junker hq released a. Giren no yabo, is a series of turnbased strategy video games produced by bandai, based on the mobile suit gundam franchise. The playstation translation and glossary on were used as a base. History originally released in 1996, sakura wars has remained one of segas most popular and beloved games that never made it over to western shores. Sakura wars is the work of noahsteam and cjiwakura, with precious help from. This ranks as perhaps the most anticipated english game translation since secret of mana 2 and having taken some three years to accomplish the script is of a high quality and the patch bug free. Sega saturn sakura wars fan translation is completed and. Heres a complete and patched english translation for the sega saturn version of hideo kojimas last text adventure masterpiece, policenauts. This was taken from guyvers interpretation from his russian translation. Introduction the shining force iii translation project. Ill also be providing an option to play with xseeds dub.
The saturn and playstation versions are censored too playstation is censored more and so is the north american sega cd version. The sega saturn port of policenauts features several additional scenes, a slightly modified story and light gun support effectively making english fan translation patch in development for sega saturn version of policenauts page 4. How are the turbo cd turbo duo in the west, pc88 and msx 2 msx 2 is the only version to have junker hqs english patch versions of snatcher. The sega saturn was awesome i suppose that these games were released too late. It can be played on an emulator, or a playstation modified to read cdrs by ripping the game files from retail discs, applying the english patch, and burning the patched game to cdrs. A remade version of yuno was released in 2017, and published internationally in 2019. If you find one that doesnt work, please let me know. The japanese title, giren no yabo, is derived from that of nobunagas ambition, although the. Apr 06, 2019 its time for yet another saturn fan translation, this time for the classic jrpg grandia. Whats not complete is getting it running in the saturn code. Dec 15, 2019 fan translation projects for sakura wars have been going on for a long time, and as of today, a full english translation of the sega saturn version is now available. Packaged as rar5 comes with all 3 disc already prepatched and the disc covers as a scan based on thisplease login or register to see this link. Welcome to my thread with translations for games destined on sega saturn system.
While all the ps1 scripts are converted and in the game for this disc 1 patch, theres instances every now and then where the ps1 version used a different control code that will cause the saturn game to crash. Sakura wars released on sega saturn, before being ported to dreamcast, playstation 2, and pc. I sunk some time into princess crown a few years ago, and found it to be a fun game. Fans created a full english translation for the saturn. As a first print downloadable bonus, ports of the pc98 version were released for the playstation 4 and vita, though these were. It has never received an international release but is available at many import stores and on the. Sakura wars english patch ot a storm of romance under. Patch instructions the shining force iii translation project. Fan translation, feature, jrpg, sakura wars, saturn, sega, sega saturn ps4 has shipped 110. I understand that the following 21 rpgs are all playable in english. Noah has been working on this project since 2018 but several other groups had been attempting to translate this game for years. Project to localize saturn version of grandia retrorgb. Because some fans consider the sega saturn version a superior port, fans released.
View this page in english french german indonesian italian japanese korean portuguese russian spanish thai. Feb 25, 2018 hey guys, i figured with the rash of saturn translation projects ive been seeing of late maybe it was best to start posting some info and progress. At long last, dragon force ii is accessible to english speakers. While all the ps1 scripts are converted and in the game for this disc 1 patch, theres instances every now and then where the ps1 version used a different control code that will cause the. The shining force 3 translation project is a fanbased project engaged in the translation of the sega saturn game shining force iii. The translator of the playstation patch edited their work, and then updated the playstation translation and glossary text.
Its time for yet another saturn fan translation, this time for the classic jrpg grandia. Now after the end code however, there seems to be varying bytes of data. Hideo kojimas uncut policenauts is finally available in. Grandia english translation patch sega saturn youtube. Although sega did release shining force iii in english in the us and uk, it was actually only the first scenario. How much progress has been made for snatchers english. After a long silence, i am proud to present the full translation for the partially undercover project.
The other day noahsteam and the many other volunteers that worked on this project uploaded the first public release of the sakura wars english translation patch for the original sega saturn version of the game. Recently a full english ps1 translation patch was released by to coincide with hideo kojimas 46th birthday 24th of august. Cue file and run with an emulator or burn the cuebin to a disc for use in a modded saturn. Mar 05, 2018 heres a complete and patched english translation for the sega saturn version of hideo kojimas last text adventure masterpiece, policenauts. Ive also been working on translating silver star story. Here is a full english translation for the nes title, f1 circus. The size of bytes seems to be the same in the japanese and korean saturn versions, and in many cases the same values. Sep 05, 2009 recently a full english ps1 translation patch was released by to coincide with hideo kojimas 46th birthday 24th of august. Alternatively, buy a japanese copy, burn disc to pc, apply patch to iso, run in an emulator. The reason for this release is the notoriously low quality of the official translation.
Packaged as rar5 based on this please login or register to see this link. History originally released in 1996, sakura wars has remained one of sega s most popular and beloved games that never made it over to western shores. Sep 09, 2018 the ps1 sometimes uses 0e00 where the saturn version uses 090f, but then theres instances where both are using the same values. Apr 06, 2012 yes, thats true every cd console before the saturn and playstation, and some after them too like the jaguar cd and neogeo cd, have no copy protection. Use virtual clone drive or daemon tools if you prefer to mount the. Translation page and simple translation patch utility for windows platform only. Dec 15, 2019 grandia english translation patch sega saturn duration.
Sega saturn sakura wars fan translation is completed and now. Fan translation projects for sakura wars have been going on for a long time, and as of today, a full english translation of the sega saturn version is now available. Because some fans consider the sega saturn version a superior port, fans released a translation patch for it in 2016. Grandia english translation patch with instructions. Oct 17, 2016 policenauts, hideo kojimas 1996 interactive scifi detective story, wasnt available in english until 2009 when a group of dedicated fans at junker hq released a translation patch for the game. Well, the only update psx policenauts translation got was a month after the saturn hack was released, which is likely due to either something found while doing the saturn hack, or having the motivation to clean something up after the saturn hack was finished. As i mentioned in my other thread, ive been working on translating magical school lunar. The translated games i have decided to focus only on english translations here, simply because english is the world language today that everyone should know, including jealous frenchmen.
Download section for sega saturn roms isos of rom hustler. This tool is a saturn region patcher srp for sega saturn images. English fan translation patch in development for sega saturn. Sakura wars for the sega saturn is now playable in english for the first time. Here is a full english translation for the nes racing game, family. This is it, the most wanted fan translation of all mega drive games. Oct 07, 2016 the playstation translation and glossary on were used as a base.
So technically the translation is complete since its being pulled from the playstation version. How much progress has been made for snatchers english patch. Noahsteam then goes on to list several tables of text which have been completed. Amiga arcade dreamcast famicom disk system game gear gameboy gameboy advance genesis msx nec pc 8801 nec pc9801 neo geo pocket nes nintendo 64 nintendods pc pc engine playstation playstation 2 playstation portable sega master system sega saturn snes wonderswan x68000 xbox.
Im planning on using the original translation from the ps1 version, including wds english dub. I bought a copy of grandia a while back to at least try and give it a try and enjoy the graphics a bit. Policenauts for sega saturn with english patch pixel glitch. When this patch is complete, everything will be translated. Sakura wars english fan translation patch version 1.
Jul 18, 2019 project to localize saturn version of grandia posted on july 18, 2019 by samson7point1 over on the segaxtreme forums a member by the name trekkiesunite118 has started a thread about using the english translation from the playstation version of grandia to localize the japanese saturn version. Its not all about the translation though the sega saturn version of the game was also much better graphically. The only question is when it will happen, as it has stood still for quite some time. This patch is 100% complete with a proper title screen now. English fan translation patch in development for sega. Ive always wanted to play the sega saturn version of sotn, ive got a modchipped console, and a handful of games i play every now and again, but i dont speak. Sakura wars sega saturn fan translation in final testing. Sakura wars taisen english translation patch for the sega. Use an action replay cart with patch applied or the red cart to enable playing backups on your saturn. We also host a gallery of policenauts game versions, soundtracks, magazines, translations, trading cards, and information.
Project to localize saturn version of grandia posted on july 18, 2019 by samson7point1 over on the segaxtreme forums a member by the name trekkiesunite118 has started a thread about using the english translation from the playstation version of. Sakura wars english patch ot a storm of romance under the. Additional text new to the saturn version was translated by two additional translators. The ps1 sometimes uses 0e00 where the saturn version uses 090f, but then theres instances where both are using the same values. The original sakura wars is finally getting an english fan. Princess crown was released for the sega saturn in 1997 and then again for the psp in 2005.