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Post by bonesnapdeez on Aug 31, 2018 7:25:08 GMT -5
Lots of cool adventure games on Famicom getting translated. I got Kaguya Hime Densetsu a year or two ago and enjoyed it.
Based on this thread, I added Ripple Island to my wishlist. Doubt I'd like that mecha game though.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 3, 2018 21:43:22 GMT -5
Oh, drats. The Metal Slader Glory translation expands the ROM too much to use on the EDN8. The cart maxes out at 512K PRG and 512K CHR, and this bumps up the PRG all the way to 1024K PRG. In a way, that's a good thing, though, as they had plenty of room for the translation; I'd dig something this a lot less if it were cut down too much.
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Post by toei on Sept 7, 2018 8:55:03 GMT -5
Good news; a complete, polished translation for Laplace's Demon has finally been released, courtesy of AGTP. It's a RPG dealing with a team of paranormal investigators in 1920s Massachusetts. Definitely intriguing. I always thought it sounded a bit like a 16-bit Sweet Home. Perhaps some similarities to Koudelka & Shadow Hearts too, which we've been discussing of late.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 7, 2018 10:01:39 GMT -5
Niiiiice. Been wondering when that would drop. I know Gideon has been working on it for a while.
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Post by Ex on Sept 7, 2018 11:10:00 GMT -5
Good news; a complete, polished translation for Laplace's Demon has finally been released, courtesy of AGTP. It's a RPG dealing with a team of paranormal investigators in 1920s Massachusetts. Definitely intriguing. I always thought it sounded a bit like a 16-bit Sweet Home. Perhaps some similarities to Koudelka & Shadow Hearts too, which we've been discussing of late. This is VERY good news, thank you for bringing it to our attention. I tried playing this game via its original patch back in 2005, but hit a lot of bugs and had to stop. Maybe I can squeeze this new release into October. It's always looked like a proper Sweet Home successor, right up my alley.
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Post by nullPointer on Sept 7, 2018 11:25:13 GMT -5
Good news; a complete, polished translation for Laplace's Demon has finally been released, courtesy of AGTP. It's a RPG dealing with a team of paranormal investigators in 1920s Massachusetts. Definitely intriguing. I always thought it sounded a bit like a 16-bit Sweet Home. Perhaps some similarities to Koudelka & Shadow Hearts too, which we've been discussing of late. I've never heard of this game, but count me as definitely intrigued! Does this setting and time frame mean that it's drawing inspiration from Lovecraftian themes? This stirs my inner Cthulhu!
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Post by Ex on Sept 7, 2018 12:02:34 GMT -5
Does this setting and time frame mean that it's drawing inspiration from Lovecraftian themes? Absolutely! From Giantbomb: "Laplace no Ma (ラプラスの魔 Rapurasu no Ma, literally "Laplace's Demon") is a Japanese video game released in 1987 for the NEC PC-8801. The game was also ported to the NEC PC-9801, MSX, Sharp X68000, Super Famicom, and PC Engine CD. This video game is a mixture of the role-playing and survival horror genres and set in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, in a town called "Newcam"; it is modeled on the fictional city Arkham created by H. P. Lovecraft. The horror part of the game lies in the exploration of the fictional Weathertop Mansion, whose owner dabbled in black magic. The game's RPG features include its character classes—Dilettante, Medium, Detective, Scientist, and Journalist—and that the player can leave the mansion to walk around the town to go to shops to buy items needed to defeat the monsters and complete the game."From Mobygames: "The town Newcam, Massachusetts, 1924. On the outskirts of the town stands the Weathertop mansion. It was just an ordinary place until the last owner, Benedict Weathertop, started practicing black magic. He killed his parents and populated the mansion with all kinds of undead. Since then, nobody dared to approach the mansion. But a short while ago, two boys were found dead near this horrible place. Apparently, the boys had tried to enter the mansion. Another evidence pointed out that a girl followed them - but her body hasn't been found yet, and there is a slight hope she might be alive. This is where you, the hero of the game, decide to investigate the mystery, and to venture into the mansion...
Laplace no Ma (Devil of Laplace) is a Japanese-style RPG with horror elements, somewhat similar to Sweet Home for NES. Unlike Sweet Home, this game is more oriented towards RPG gameplay. You are not stuck in the mansion, but can leave it, visit the town, and buy supplies. Later you also visit other locations such as a castle, etc. The battles are random, turn-based, and are viewed from first-person perspective. The hero of the game can recruit three other characters to the party of five available. Each character (including the hero, to whom you assign gender and class) belongs to one of the five character classes: Dilettante, Medium, Detective, Scientist, or Journalist. Dilettante is an all-around character with defensive magic, Medium is a kind of a black mage, Detective is a melee fighter, Scientist can construct powerful machines to perform various techniques, and the Journalist can take pictures of the monsters, which is the only way to gain money in the game"
Sounds like good stuff to me.
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Post by Ex on Sept 11, 2018 9:33:37 GMT -5
A Neo Geo Pocket Color JRPG was translated into English recently: Nige-ron-pa was developed and published by Dennou Club in 2000, only released in Japan.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Sept 11, 2018 9:41:37 GMT -5
Ugh appears that game goes for several hundred dollars on eBay.
WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN!
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Post by Ex on Sept 11, 2018 9:55:02 GMT -5
WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN! One of the many reasons I gave up on collecting legit retro hardware, and just stick to emulation for fifth gen and back.
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