hey list,
thinking back over my years on the list, i've probably posted
something similar to this once a year or so. having seen what some of
you and others not on this list have done, and taking into
consideration my current level of japanese, i want to ask for some
hacking help. my goal is to start providing in-game translations
similar to those made by the guy who did Xak I & II, Ys IV, and another
game the name of which i can't recall. can anyone out there give me a hand? what i need is a
programming/hacking partner. basically, someone who can rip out the
japanese text, send it to me, and re-insert it via a patch of some
kind. the way Xak was done, the patch and the original rom were burned
onto one disc. recently i started playing a little known huCard called "Out
Live." it's made me again reliaze how much of the pc engine we haven't
been able to enjoy- truly enjoy. it's an interesting sci-fi adventure
game which is very cool. there's also the super CD Zero 4 Champ II which is pretty funny
and fun- one of the coolest racing sims/adv games ever. it also has
some elements later found in shenmue which i think says alot. so, if anyone out there has the skills and a little time (there's
no rush really) , i'd love to work on this. if nothing else, i'd like
to know if there's a way of doing it myself. i know almost nothing of
programming/hacking though. we've been around for a long time and i tihnk it's time to finally
unearth the jewels of the pc engine that were always- in terms of
language at least- beyond our reach. anyone?