PC-98 translations updates (2023)

[BabaJeanmel]

Jan Jaka Jan by GAN has been released! Download it from here.

 

[Nikokaro]

Jan Jaka Jan by GAN has been released! Download it from here.

Welp, a new translation, out of nowhere, to boot.
Hmm... Anime characters plus..... Mahjong ?!? Damn, I never learned to play it; too challenging and time consuming.

 

[Ligeia]

Great idea to compile these projects in one thread ! Thank you

 

[YonatanDDS]

how do you get Jan Jaka Jan running?

 

[BabaJeanmel]

You must use editdisk (https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html) to open the Neo Kobe hdi file of "Jan Jaka Jan" and insert the files from the patch inside.

 

[YonatanDDS]

Works, Thanks you very much

 

[zonk47]

I'd like to add Zavas to the list of ongoing translation projects. RadicalR and a friend translated the first disk of the game; the second disk still needs translation. AI can't do it, too many original terms. If anyone's interested in the editing, I can provide the scripts. It's an interesting game... sorta like Ultima, very open-world with lots of choices available (you can even get married).

 

[BabaJeanmel]

Wind's Seed by Lynn has been released! Download the patch here.

 

[Nikokaro]

Wind's Seed...

Since it is a PC-98 title, it is not that kind of seed, is it? Spread by wind...

 

[PC98running]

Thx for the infos. Regarding the Xenon translation, I worked on a machine translated version, but the quality of the translation is not good enough for release. Still I made some progress locating all text in the game files and building it. Please forward to the translator if any help is required in that regard.

 

[BabaJeanmel]

Madou Monogatari II by Eight Mansions has been released! Download it from here.

 

[mister_smang_n_watch]

this list is awesome. hopefully someone translates pink sock pirates some day

 

[Nikokaro]

An anonymous romhacker has just ported the English translation of L.W.Raidy (by Jast USA) to PC-98;
https://archive.org/download/nec-pc-9801-translations/Lightning Warrior Raidy [T-En by G-Collections][Port by Anonymous].zip
Tried it on Android Retroarch (NP2 core) and it works fine, while on NP2 for PSP it unfortunately freezes during the initial memory analysis, who knows why. I'll have to study this issue a bit, I'm afraid.

 

[BabaJeanmel]

I still have to update the first page with screenshots, but there have been more releases since last time.

- Discord-only (but ended up on the Archive somehow) : Ayayo-San II (by Glazedham), Gao Gao! 1st Radical Sequence (by Valley Bell)
- Madou Monogatari 2 has been released by Eight Mansions, 3 is being worked on

 

[SwordBreaker39]

I want to know what ever happen with Slayers translation ? I mean what I can find on Matt´s messy rom a post he made from 2012 stating the script is finished. So what does that mean the game text is translated but and no one has implemented the script to the game it self.

So my question is after 12 years no one manage to put the finished script to the game ? what´s holding up the translation ?

 

[BabaJeanmel]

It's been on hiatus for some time due to technical roadblocks, but there's been some recent progress on this project...

 

[zonk47]

An anonymous romhacker has just ported the English translation of L.W.Raidy (by Jast USA) to PC-98;

Tried it on Android Retroarch (NP2 core) and it works fine, while on NP2 for PSP it unfortunately freezes during the initial memory analysis, who knows why. I'll have to study this issue a bit, I'm afraid.

Does it work on NP2Debug?

 

[Nikokaro]

Does it work on NP2Debug?

I suppose so. NP2 for PSP is an old, outdated version, so it is often incompatible and disappointing. On recent versions of NP2 for other devices it should work; just try it, and you'll see.

 

[zonk47]

Thing is, NP2Debug is itself based on an old, outdated version. Reason I asked.

If there's a need, it's features could be ported to a newer version.