I was excited but it's freaking impossibly difficult. I cannot beat the very first starter cars to save my life and my already shitty car just keeps losing more parts. I gave up after a week.
@@Freshbrood Wha- how is it difficult? My guy, i finished the game in a week, collected the top notch engines and parts and got my cars to go as high as 1200hp while having the body of only 750+ KG- that's super light like the Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak. You should play it again and try to familiarize yourself with the racing maps. And also, there's an option to buy accessories from the Spencer's shop that could boost up your car. Just play it, mf
Finally being able to play the *real* version of Electrosphere was one of the best things I have ever experienced on PSX... Truly an eye-opener for a fan like myself.
Translation of Echo Night II had largely stalled/was in hiatus after/when Devil Hacker's Nest was attacked by fAtlus and gone under. When that happened, Tom and Gemini largely lost any means of communication and...I had to contact Tom directly to inform him of Gemini's whereabouts, before they managed to get back together to finish this project/release. So...I take great relief in the fact that I was personally the one who essentially forced the Echo Night II translation project to be completed and released to the public in it's final form, because I just couldn't stand there and do nothing when I knew that the translation was almost-complete (but never released) by the time DHN died. I just can only hope that someday this might also be the case with Marl Oukoku 2 Little Princess+1, as that one was nearly complete as well back in the days, but was never released due to a game-freezing bug in just one mini-game.
Then I must thank you. I loved Echo Night when I was a teen and never thought I'd play the sequel. Turns out it's just as good as the original if not better! 😊
A thing you missed about Tales of Phantasia PSX translation is that there are actually two versions made by two different groups, and they are quite different, since one feels like a translation faithful to the original script and the other feels like a full adaptation work. Quite interesting to be honest
Yeah there's a few games with multiple patches like Tales and Mizzurna Falls, I hadnt really planned to go into the differences of mutli patch games in this video since it was just to highlight what games could be played in English, but I'll likely cover the differences of each patch in a future video, so all the bases are covered :)
Some of upcoming PS1 fan translation too! - Linda Cubed Again - PopoloCrois Monogatari - Iblard Laputa No Kaeru Machi - Racing Lagoon - Gunparade March - Gunnm: Martian Memory - Ancient Roman - Planet Laika - kowai shashin - Robin Lloyd and the rest is PS1 was ported to PSP getting english patch project - Yarudora Kisetsu wo dakishimete - Yarudora Sampaguita - Yarudora Yukiwari no hana - Boku no natsuyasumi *the first yarudora double cast already have english patch its on rhdn*
Thank you for making this video. Fan translations are awesome. Goes to show how passionate fans of games can be. A lot of cool games here, and as a big Deadly Premonition fan, Mizzurna Falls has me intrigued.
I've been binging a bunch of your videos lately. I really have been enjoying them, especially as a PS1 fan and collector. And the way you cover/review games is a joy to consume! Can't wait to see more in 2022!
I've been making a Finnish translation of Tail Concerto for the PS1 AND fully dubbed as well. The game had quite amount of voice acting, so it actually took me longer to dub it, then to translate the game itself. When it's finally done, I could also make a English subtitled version of it for those that want to play it.
@@SeanSeanson Yeah! It's one of my favorite games. I have made a few videos of it to show progress. Basically only two characters are left to be recorded and then the game is finally done. ^^
Echo Night for the PSX is one of my favorite game of all time; i discovered thanks to a thor´s video. When i realized that there was a english patch for the second one, it was like a dream come true.
yo i found your channel via your ps1 club mixes (also making a ps1 mix myself😊). Very nice channel you got here! great place to discover the almost infinite psx library
Thank you so much! I love your mixes, I discovered them not too long after I made my first two, and your stuff is actually on another level it Inspires me to work harder on mine! Appreciate the comment and keep up the great work man! (ps. your cat is an angel)
I'm here catching up on the back-catalogue as a latecomer while this channel becomes bigger & just wanna say Sean didn't sell out or cop out, he just keeps getting better.
My choice for a game that should get a translation is Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke. This game got a sequel for the ps Vita called oreshika tainted bloodlines that was released in english and it would be cool to see it's predecessor get translated.
Choro q 2 is still pretty good. Some tracks are better than 3’s. It even has choro q 1 tracks, so its a neat package. 3 does seem like the most polished game in the tamsoft trilogy.
Man what I wish would get ported over from 7th Heaven is New Threat. A ff7 mod that's adds a RIDICULOUS amount of content. Google it if you're curious and praise be to SegaChief. Edit: Do a Part 2 of this a few years later, maybe cover other platforms too? ;) And yes my wish would be Racing Lagoon for the next big translation.
Not a ps1 game but i helped with a translation patch for a 3ds game and it really does make me happy that there's groups out there dedicated to patching these games into english. And i'm glad to also be part of one
Unbelievably happy that you mentioned Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden here. If you ever want to sink your teeth into ones that are probably easier for you to follow (since Alpha Gaiden is a sidestory/sequel to Alpha 1), you could try SRW J for the GBA (full translation patch is available), Super Robot Wars OGs for the PS2 (Original story using only SRW-original characters, aka no knowledge of mecha anime needed, English patch released this year), or you could try out Super Robot Wars V, Super Robot Wars X, or Super Robot Wars T, all of which are available on PS4 and the Switch, with V and X being available on Steam as well. (These three games are officially released in English, but only in Southeast Asian, so you'd have to either import the PS4/Switch releases or pirate the Steam ones). And of course, if the series appeals to you, Super Robot Wars 30 is releasing this October globally on Steam for the first time in the franchise's history.
Ah thank you for this! It's a series thats always been on my radar but it is VERY difficult to know what's a good jumping-on point for the series. I love my portable strategy games so I think I may give some of the Switch games a look. I try to collect physical games if I can anyway, so at least it's no hassle to import the Asia releases :)
@@SeanSeanson Have fun jumping down the rabbit hole, especially in terms of Original Generation games, since a couple of their characters canonically meet Ryu, Megaman X, Yuri Lowell, Frank West, etc. due to the events of Project X Zone.
This is a super resourceful video to come back to whenever I'm looking for a new import to play! As someone who's been following fan translations a lot more the past couple years I wish more people would make videos like this!
Definately, I only made this due to the lack of their already being one and the PS1 has one of the smaller roster of translated games, imagine one for the SNES of Gameboy. Hundreds of new games! 😅
@@SeanSeanson Oh man, SNES would be an absolutely massive undertaking. I feel like almost every import worth playing has been translated at this point. I hope to see more on the PS1 side in the coming years too!
Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride reminds me so much of Sakura Wars, I figured it must've come out a year or two after Sakura Wars but it only came out two months after which means they were developed at the same time
We don't deserve your top quality retro gaming content ,you are by far one of the most dedicated content creators in the whole TH-cam👏👏 This video is the reason that you deserve 1 million subs 😁 Sean you are a Legend 😍 P.S. thank you for reminding me to download ...Iru's English patch 🤣
nice video I didn't even know translating ps1 games was a thing. I have played super Nintendo translated games. I cant believe they made a translation of Tales of Phantasia I have to play this game now. A goeman game on the ps1 wow that brings back memories of when i was a kid. one other thing I didn't know about persona two being split into two games.
With regard to the Fire Emblem Court case, this also happened in America in the early 80s, with a pac man clone vs Pac man itself, with much the same conclusion
Literally no idea how many hours I’ve spent watching your channel since discovering it a couple weeks ago. I need you to blow up on TH-cam so you can post videos all the time. I love how you write/narrate. Also I hate drag race but for whatever reason I love straight guys that watch it.
As a huge fan of the PSX, fan translations and obscure and not so obscure Japanese games I have to say I absolutely love your channel. Extremely high quality and enjoyable content. For my money, I would absolutely love a completed Front Mission 2 translation. I just recently played through the fan translation and while it was certainly playable it did suck the wind out of my sails a bit to have to hop back on my phone every time I completed a battle to figure out what was going on. Excellent game, though. Wish it had gotten an official localization back in the day. And since I love Front Mission in general, a Front Mission Alternative fan translation would be wonderful, too.
This was a fun overview of the PlayStation's fan translations library! As someone who follows the scene pretty closely, it was nice to see all these projects highlighted in one spot. So thanks for making this. As for your final question: my answer changes all the time but I would love to play a fan translation of the PS1 version of Kamaitachi no Yoru. The game was translated for the iPhone in 2014 as "Banshee's Last Cry" but it is no longer available and its script was heavily altered from the original (changing the setting from 90s Japan to modern day Canada). I missed my chance to play the iPhone version since I didn't have an iOS device at the time and I've heard that the PS1 version is considered the definitive release of the game so it would be awesome if someone made a fan translation with a more faithful script.
Great choice, I've only recently got into Chunsofts visual novels and adventure games and I'd love to see some of the older stuff get the translation treatment. Thanks for the comment and appreciate you watching :)
Remote Control Dandy - I never even knew this game existed. It's from the same team who created R.A.D. Robot Alchemic Drive on the PS2, which is the same type of game.
I only recently discovered your content, but man has it been a treat! Usually I'd be digging through forums to try and find the information that you've compiled into these videos, it's been really educational! Keep up the good work!
Great video, a bunch of these look like must-plays (I should hurry up and play Front Mission). I've played Ace Combat 3 through before with that fan translation, and as a fan of Ace Combat it's a godsend that I can play the 52 mission original and know what's actually happening, it's kind of amazing that they were able to make such a great AC game with the PS1.
It amazes me at how there just so many English translations for obscure games but yet we still don't have a translation for the second part of the Persona 2 PSP remake. I own the PS2 version of Chorq and kind of just put it off as a mediocre but quirky game but maybe I'll take another look at it.
This is one of my favourite retro gaming video content so far . A lot of information about games I've never heard about . Thank you very much and will definitely check those translated games
Glad you enjoy the videos! And to answer your question its just a regional linguistics thing. I'm from Dublin where we would commonly say our R sounds as OR rather than AR. But if you add an A infront of the letter i'll use the A variant. I'm sure you dont peel an Ar-ange afterall :)
Banger of a video my dog. Great stuff. Thanks again for including footage of the game and a description, plus indicating if the translation was complete or in progress. Thanks for putting time and effort in your work.
That was a fun video! I will definitely come back and Download some games. It must have taken forever to make. Also where are you from? I had a chuckle every time you pronounced the R in RPG as "or"
Seeing all the Tac RPGs just make my Shining Force tears all the saltier that it was left out of the resurgence….nothing to do with this video really but I’ll mention OG SF whenever I can 😂😂
The criticism of Dracula's lines always baffled me. To be fair I'm not a native English speaker but I learnt it as a child and never noticed anything grammarly wrong with it nor it ever sounded nonsensical to me, I always assumed it meant to represent a poetical and philosophical side of the new deeper villain of the PS1 era, but also "what's a man but a miserable pile of secrets" always felt like a great and deep line to me that belonged in some classical poem. Not sure I ever saw "have at you" ever again though.
To answer your question: Moonlight Syndrome. I believe this was Goichi Suda's last game before he formed Grasshopper Manufacture. From what little I was able to understand through visuals, this seems like a typical Suda 51 trip: strange, but more in-depth that one might think.
I had to watch some footage immediately since Suda 51 is involved. Looks really cool, especially liked the game's opening. Has some great music. Definitely a good candidate for a future translation.
Hey, I'm actually playing through FFVII in both Classic and Remakes form as of this typing, and for Classic, I'm playing with the Reunion mod, which not only features QOL fixes and new FFVIII-inspired models, but also comes with a similar fan retranslation to the one featured!
Still patiently waiting for a fan translation of Yuuyami Doori Tankentai and Kamaitachi no Yoru... Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is a 2D semi open-world horror adventure game with the characters represented by digitized actors. It's sort of like the Twilight Syndrome games, and was developed by some of the staff that worked on said games. You play a group of junior high school students who explore their city in order to solve various supernatural mysteries. Kamaitachi no Yoru is a cool murder mystery visual novel that takes place at a winter resort, which gradually devolves into increasingly mysterious occurrences depending on what decisions you make. 1. I think the main problem hampering Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is that it uses handwritten text which is drawn pretty clumsily (since the main characters are still children) and so the text is barely legible to non-native Japanese speakers. 2. Kamaitachi no Yoru DID get an official translation, but because the literal translation of the title "Night of the Sickle Weasel" might sound silly to western ears, and because a "sickle weasel" might not sound as creepy as it would in Japan, the title was changed to "Banshee's Last Cry." Not only was the title changed, but the setting and the names of the characters were also changed. The resort was moved to either North America or Canada, and because the original game included a lot of photographs of a Japanese ski resort serving as the background images, those photographs were thrown out and replaced with photographs of a US/Canadian ski resort. The names of the characters were also westernized, and the music was reworked. So the actual localized version of the game is pretty much a full on westernized remake that you would expect from a Hollywood studio bringing a Japanese horror franchise to the west and trying to make it apply to western values and storytelling tropes. We still don't have a true translation of the game.
Great video! Lots to digest here for fans of japanese games. One of my picks for new translations would be the Fuuraiki (風雨来記) series, which is basically a virtual travel through Japan on a motorcycle, with visual novel elements. They have real photos and descriptions of the places they go. The latest, Furaiki 4 for PS4/Switch, even has 360 degree video footage where you can manually look around in every direction. It completely wowed me when i saw some footage. It's also Japanese-only. But it all started on the PS1 with Hokkaido, then Okinawa for Fuuraiki 2, Fuuraiki 3 (PSVita) goes back to Hokkaido, and Furaiki 4 plays in the rural Gifu prefecture. Note: The spelling of the game differs according to source, usually Fuuraiki (vndb) or Furaiki in English, while the literal Japanese transcription should actually have three "u"s in a row! Fuuuraiki, or ふううらいき. (風雨 = fuuu = wind and rain) Thankfully, i've been learning Japanese for a while, so i'll definitely try the originals at some point, but it would be much easier and faster in English ^^ though it must be hard to translate, i guess.
@@SeanSeanson You're welcome, glad to contribute something back ^^ It should be noted though that the Fuuraiki games are probably not very fun if you don't know Japanese, because it's basically visual novels (with management elements i believe), and descriptions of the places visited in Japanese, so, a lot of text. That's why a translation would be great (= (though Furaiki 4 may be fun to try even without Japanese knowledge, just for the 360 degrees video footage through Japan)
Thanks for your work. Anyway, there's no way that I'd ever use dubbed version over original, so I'm glad that Castlevania not only got undubbed, but also retranslated. Btw, Choro Q3 has one of the best sountractks that I've ever heard.
Some games can be a real bother to translate from what I gather. Might be worth checking out a translator fourm or discord to see if anybody has any info to help overcome your issue. Best of luck!
I would like to see Choro Q Wonderful translated. It was the first Choro Q that was an actual adventure rpg, developed by E-Game who later went to make Road Trip and Gadget Racers (PAL). There used to be a english Lets Plays done by a Japanese guy, but he deleted them.
Nice list with a lot of games I didn't know about being translated. There are actually two fan translations for Tales of Phantasia PSX. You missed the one done by Phantasian Productions.
I got suggested 'Iru by YT during the week after looking up Aconcagua and listening to your mixes, it knows me well. I love Cardcaptors, would love a proper game.
@@SeanSeanson i do know theres a guy on twitter claiming that hes doing fan translations of the first 2 except boku will be the psp version cause it has more content and as for iblard theres a forum claiming that its almost fully complete but ill believe it when i see it. Just crossing my fingers.
Sean also unreleased prototypes: Baldur's Gate is available and it's amazing! Buggy but using emulator save states it's fully playable and the closest thing to a 2d Elder Scrolls of the era.
@@SeanSeanson The cool thing is, if you wanted to cheat and do a semi speed/playthrough (because it's massive) the prototype also has some debug cheats left in. Press Select in the inventory screen for $50,000 gold (saves grinding, beat bosses the first time) press Select on Spellbooks to instantly fill them all with recommended spells, hold an item from your inventory and press Circle, Square, L1 or R1 to change it to anything else.
Thanks for covering both of my projects. I'm extremely excited for people to finally experience Racing Lagoon.
I really can't wait! Thanks so much for the work you guys do :)
ITS AMAZING, TY !!!
I was excited but it's freaking impossibly difficult. I cannot beat the very first starter cars to save my life and my already shitty car just keeps losing more parts. I gave up after a week.
@@Freshbrood Wha- how is it difficult? My guy, i finished the game in a week, collected the top notch engines and parts and got my cars to go as high as 1200hp while having the body of only 750+ KG- that's super light like the Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak.
You should play it again and try to familiarize yourself with the racing maps. And also, there's an option to buy accessories from the Spencer's shop that could boost up your car.
Just play it, mf
Oh btw, thank you so much Hilltop & the team for the English translation. Racing Lagoon is my top favorite game now
I am VERY excited for the Racing Lagoon translation. It’s something that I wanted, and I hope to experience it in my lifetime.
It's just out now.
Finally being able to play the *real* version of Electrosphere was one of the best things I have ever experienced on PSX... Truly an eye-opener for a fan like myself.
Translation of Echo Night II had largely stalled/was in hiatus after/when Devil Hacker's Nest was attacked by fAtlus and gone under. When that happened, Tom and Gemini largely lost any means of communication and...I had to contact Tom directly to inform him of Gemini's whereabouts, before they managed to get back together to finish this project/release. So...I take great relief in the fact that I was personally the one who essentially forced the Echo Night II translation project to be completed and released to the public in it's final form, because I just couldn't stand there and do nothing when I knew that the translation was almost-complete (but never released) by the time DHN died. I just can only hope that someday this might also be the case with Marl Oukoku 2 Little Princess+1, as that one was nearly complete as well back in the days, but was never released due to a game-freezing bug in just one mini-game.
Then I must thank you. I loved Echo Night when I was a teen and never thought I'd play the sequel. Turns out it's just as good as the original if not better! 😊
For such a small amount of views this is a really well-put together and detailed video! Definitely got a new follower out of me!
A thing you missed about Tales of Phantasia PSX translation is that there are actually two versions made by two different groups, and they are quite different, since one feels like a translation faithful to the original script and the other feels like a full adaptation work. Quite interesting to be honest
Yeah there's a few games with multiple patches like Tales and Mizzurna Falls, I hadnt really planned to go into the differences of mutli patch games in this video since it was just to highlight what games could be played in English, but I'll likely cover the differences of each patch in a future video, so all the bases are covered :)
The pain of wall to wall Kanji is real, my friend. This a fantastic video and I'm so glad I just watched it.
Ay glad you enjoyed it man! Don't worry you'll be a kanji master in no time :)
Some of upcoming PS1 fan translation too!
- Linda Cubed Again
- PopoloCrois Monogatari
- Iblard Laputa No Kaeru Machi
- Racing Lagoon
- Gunparade March
- Gunnm: Martian Memory
- Ancient Roman
- Planet Laika
- kowai shashin
- Robin Lloyd
and the rest is PS1 was ported to PSP getting english patch project
- Yarudora Kisetsu wo dakishimete
- Yarudora Sampaguita
- Yarudora Yukiwari no hana
- Boku no natsuyasumi
*the first yarudora double cast already have english patch its on rhdn*
Great info! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you for making this video. Fan translations are awesome. Goes to show how passionate fans of games can be. A lot of cool games here, and as a big Deadly Premonition fan, Mizzurna Falls has me intrigued.
I've been binging a bunch of your videos lately. I really have been enjoying them, especially as a PS1 fan and collector. And the way you cover/review games is a joy to consume! Can't wait to see more in 2022!
Really appreciate it friend! Thank you so much watching :)
"Please be aware you need to provide your own copy of the game for fan translations"
*snickering*
I've been making a Finnish translation of Tail Concerto for the PS1 AND fully dubbed as well.
The game had quite amount of voice acting, so it actually took me longer to dub it, then to translate the game itself.
When it's finally done, I could also make a English subtitled version of it for those that want to play it.
Oh wow you're dubbing it too? That's awesome!
Good luck with the project, great game to choose too! :)
@@SeanSeanson Yeah! It's one of my favorite games.
I have made a few videos of it to show progress.
Basically only two characters are left to be recorded and then the game is finally done. ^^
How is it going now?
Echo Night for the PSX is one of my favorite game of all time; i discovered thanks to a thor´s video. When i realized that there was a english patch for the second one, it was like a dream come true.
yo i found your channel via your ps1 club mixes (also making a ps1 mix myself😊). Very nice channel you got here! great place to discover the almost infinite psx library
Thank you so much!
I love your mixes, I discovered them not too long after I made my first two, and your stuff is actually on another level it Inspires me to work harder on mine!
Appreciate the comment and keep up the great work man! (ps. your cat is an angel)
Actually, this is a really interesting video. So people *should* watch it.
Actually, an opinion can't be fact, but it is an interesting video.
I love that the fandub of Brigandine: Grand Edition is also suitably 90s cheese.
I just wanna say I was here before this channel got big. Thanks.
I'm here catching up on the back-catalogue as a latecomer while this channel becomes bigger & just wanna say Sean didn't sell out or cop out, he just keeps getting better.
Shits so fuckin cool that all these ps1 games are getting translated
My choice for a game that should get a translation is Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke. This game got a sequel for the ps Vita called oreshika tainted bloodlines that was released in english and it would be cool to see it's predecessor get translated.
My current personal pick for a ps1 game to get a translation patch would be either "Love & Destroy" or that one 3D Fist Of The North Star game.
"The video would be around 10 hours long... and also maybe kill me..."
You son of a bitch, I'm in
It's hilarious cause the voice dubs really do just sound like some guy in the 90's voicing them 😂
Brave Prove looks really cool. This channel is great for game recommendations!
Choro q 2 is still pretty good. Some tracks are better than 3’s. It even has choro q 1 tracks, so its a neat package. 3 does seem like the most polished game in the tamsoft trilogy.
Absolute chunky unit of a video.
Will finish this slowly.
Man I've never seen Brigadine before - looks right up my street!
Every time I watch your videos man I wanna play some classic ps1! Keep up the awesome work brother. Amazing videos as always
Man what I wish would get ported over from 7th Heaven is New Threat. A ff7 mod that's adds a RIDICULOUS amount of content. Google it if you're curious and praise be to SegaChief.
Edit: Do a Part 2 of this a few years later, maybe cover other platforms too? ;)
And yes my wish would be Racing Lagoon for the next big translation.
Not a ps1 game but i helped with a translation patch for a 3ds game and it really does make me happy that there's groups out there dedicated to patching these games into english. And i'm glad to also be part of one
Thank you for your service! ❤️
I love how you mispronounced "combine together" as "combine to Getter" as the parts of the Getter Robo were on-screen. That was perfect.
Unbelievably happy that you mentioned Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden here. If you ever want to sink your teeth into ones that are probably easier for you to follow (since Alpha Gaiden is a sidestory/sequel to Alpha 1), you could try SRW J for the GBA (full translation patch is available), Super Robot Wars OGs for the PS2 (Original story using only SRW-original characters, aka no knowledge of mecha anime needed, English patch released this year), or you could try out Super Robot Wars V, Super Robot Wars X, or Super Robot Wars T, all of which are available on PS4 and the Switch, with V and X being available on Steam as well. (These three games are officially released in English, but only in Southeast Asian, so you'd have to either import the PS4/Switch releases or pirate the Steam ones).
And of course, if the series appeals to you, Super Robot Wars 30 is releasing this October globally on Steam for the first time in the franchise's history.
Ah thank you for this! It's a series thats always been on my radar but it is VERY difficult to know what's a good jumping-on point for the series.
I love my portable strategy games so I think I may give some of the Switch games a look. I try to collect physical games if I can anyway, so at least it's no hassle to import the Asia releases :)
@@SeanSeanson Have fun jumping down the rabbit hole, especially in terms of Original Generation games, since a couple of their characters canonically meet Ryu, Megaman X, Yuri Lowell, Frank West, etc. due to the events of Project X Zone.
This is a super resourceful video to come back to whenever I'm looking for a new import to play! As someone who's been following fan translations a lot more the past couple years I wish more people would make videos like this!
Definately, I only made this due to the lack of their already being one and the PS1 has one of the smaller roster of translated games, imagine one for the SNES of Gameboy. Hundreds of new games! 😅
@@SeanSeanson Oh man, SNES would be an absolutely massive undertaking. I feel like almost every import worth playing has been translated at this point. I hope to see more on the PS1 side in the coming years too!
Liked the video but you saying "O"rpg for 1 hour when you could have just said rpg was really getting to me.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
It's just the Dublin accent, I assure you the "O" R's are the least of my worries :P
Subscribed. My kind of content.also, love seeing more Irish TH-camrs I can relate to.
Go raibh maith agat :)
Excellent video. My pick would be one of the Koei strategy games. Any one of them really.
Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride reminds me so much of Sakura Wars, I figured it must've come out a year or two after Sakura Wars but it only came out two months after which means they were developed at the same time
are you a new channel or something? I can't believe you don't have more views, your videos are killer. also interesting.
Aw thank you! Still relatively new, but I'm just happy anybody watches, appreciate you stopping by!
We don't deserve your top quality retro gaming content ,you are by far one of the most dedicated content creators in the whole TH-cam👏👏 This video is the reason that you deserve 1 million subs 😁 Sean you are a Legend 😍 P.S. thank you for reminding me to download ...Iru's English patch 🤣
Aconcagua had really impressive in-engine cutscenes for its time. Also enlgish voiceacting that's decent in a japanese game.
Master of Magic on the PS1
Would love a translation of that
Failing that, Wizardry VII would do nicely
Great video I hope you make more like this.🃏
nice video I didn't even know translating ps1 games was a thing. I have played super Nintendo translated games. I cant believe they made a translation of Tales of Phantasia I have to play this game now. A goeman game on the ps1 wow that brings back memories of when i was a kid. one other thing I didn't know about persona two being split into two games.
With regard to the Fire Emblem Court case, this also happened in America in the early 80s, with a pac man clone vs Pac man itself, with much the same conclusion
I'm shocked there isn't a translation for any of the Densha De Go! games given how popular they are. This list is still pretty current btw.
Congratulations for this video ! I hope one day we get a fan translation of the HNK PS1 game!
Literally no idea how many hours I’ve spent watching your channel since discovering it a couple weeks ago. I need you to blow up on TH-cam so you can post videos all the time. I love how you write/narrate. Also I hate drag race but for whatever reason I love straight guys that watch it.
As a huge fan of the PSX, fan translations and obscure and not so obscure Japanese games I have to say I absolutely love your channel. Extremely high quality and enjoyable content.
For my money, I would absolutely love a completed Front Mission 2 translation. I just recently played through the fan translation and while it was certainly playable it did suck the wind out of my sails a bit to have to hop back on my phone every time I completed a battle to figure out what was going on. Excellent game, though. Wish it had gotten an official localization back in the day.
And since I love Front Mission in general, a Front Mission Alternative fan translation would be wonderful, too.
Been on a spree of PS1 game burning, definitely downloading Slump, Brigandine and Dandy.
This was a fun overview of the PlayStation's fan translations library! As someone who follows the scene pretty closely, it was nice to see all these projects highlighted in one spot. So thanks for making this. As for your final question: my answer changes all the time but I would love to play a fan translation of the PS1 version of Kamaitachi no Yoru. The game was translated for the iPhone in 2014 as "Banshee's Last Cry" but it is no longer available and its script was heavily altered from the original (changing the setting from 90s Japan to modern day Canada). I missed my chance to play the iPhone version since I didn't have an iOS device at the time and I've heard that the PS1 version is considered the definitive release of the game so it would be awesome if someone made a fan translation with a more faithful script.
Great choice, I've only recently got into Chunsofts visual novels and adventure games and I'd love to see some of the older stuff get the translation treatment.
Thanks for the comment and appreciate you watching :)
Thank You.
My Summer Vacation still out of sight
It'll happen someday, it's gotta!
Remote Control Dandy - I never even knew this game existed. It's from the same team who created R.A.D. Robot Alchemic Drive on the PS2, which is the same type of game.
Amazing video! I'm playing Berwick Saga, the sequel to Tearring Saga at the moment. I wish Shozo Kaga had continued making games but oh well.
I only recently discovered your content, but man has it been a treat! Usually I'd be digging through forums to try and find the information that you've compiled into these videos, it's been really educational! Keep up the good work!
Cdromance for repository of translated games (multiple languages as well as eng)
Great video, a bunch of these look like must-plays (I should hurry up and play Front Mission). I've played Ace Combat 3 through before with that fan translation, and as a fan of Ace Combat it's a godsend that I can play the 52 mission original and know what's actually happening, it's kind of amazing that they were able to make such a great AC game with the PS1.
Mizzurna Falls hype! Also all those cool Tactical RPGs.
Holy shit there was a R.A.D. game on the ps1? I can't believe I never knew this, the ps2 game is a goddamn gem.
It amazes me at how there just so many English translations for obscure games but yet we still don't have a translation for the second part of the Persona 2 PSP remake. I own the PS2 version of Chorq and kind of just put it off as a mediocre but quirky game but maybe I'll take another look at it.
Outstanding video. Nice work compiling the largest fan translated PS1 game collection on TH-cam. Love the channel.
If your interested in more Goemon definitely check out the snes ones they are the best of the series & the last 3 have full translations
Your consistent quality uploads indicates youre going to get a whole load of views soon enough
21:45 "finger flashing" is what Michael Scott did on that Office episode
I wonder if Front Mission 2 could receive better translation today.
This is one of my favourite retro gaming video content so far . A lot of information about games I've never heard about .
Thank you very much and will definitely check those translated games
Appreciate the kind words friend! Thank you :)
Being a child CEO in control of a mecha is something I didn't know I wanted but now I need.
Of all the things I had thought this video might have been about. It was absolutely not this. But I am glad it now exists
Great video! Can't wait to see more from you, gotta go through the backlog now lol.
I still want to know if there's a tutorial on how to translate PS1 games.
doctor slump look remarkably similar to megaman legends...
Hello hello, this is an instant sub from me.
One thing though. Why do you say "Or-PG", but not "Cor-PG"?
Glad you enjoy the videos!
And to answer your question its just a regional linguistics thing. I'm from Dublin where we would commonly say our R sounds as OR rather than AR.
But if you add an A infront of the letter i'll use the A variant. I'm sure you dont peel an Ar-ange afterall :)
I keep on hoping that fist of the north star will get a good fan translation.
I never thought i needed a video like this until now. Praise Sean... and The Wheel.
I'm diggin the gran turismo music throughout. Retro greatness
Banger of a video my dog. Great stuff. Thanks again for including footage of the game and a description, plus indicating if the translation was complete or in progress. Thanks for putting time and effort in your work.
Thank you, appreciate you watching! 🙏
That was a fun video! I will definitely come back and Download some games.
It must have taken forever to make. Also where are you from? I had a chuckle every time you pronounced the R in RPG as "or"
Thank you!
I'm from Dublin, Ireland. A place where we butcher the English language on a day to day basis 😅
Think this might be my favorite video of yours so far, thanks for the effort of recording each individual game!
Seeing all the Tac RPGs just make my Shining Force tears all the saltier that it was left out of the resurgence….nothing to do with this video really but I’ll mention OG SF whenever I can 😂😂
They translated all three of the Sega Saturn SF games.
You gotta get on that ASAP. I hear they're unreal!
The criticism of Dracula's lines always baffled me. To be fair I'm not a native English speaker but I learnt it as a child and never noticed anything grammarly wrong with it nor it ever sounded nonsensical to me, I always assumed it meant to represent a poetical and philosophical side of the new deeper villain of the PS1 era, but also "what's a man but a miserable pile of secrets" always felt like a great and deep line to me that belonged in some classical poem. Not sure I ever saw "have at you" ever again though.
Have at you was also used in first Metal Gear Solid by one of the bosses. I think it's the English equivalent of En Guarde.
To answer your question: Moonlight Syndrome. I believe this was Goichi Suda's last game before he formed Grasshopper Manufacture. From what little I was able to understand through visuals, this seems like a typical Suda 51 trip: strange, but more in-depth that one might think.
I had to watch some footage immediately since Suda 51 is involved. Looks really cool, especially liked the game's opening. Has some great music.
Definitely a good candidate for a future translation.
Someone translate UFO a Day in Life...
Dude, fantastic video. Thank you for this.
Hey, I'm actually playing through FFVII in both Classic and Remakes form as of this typing, and for Classic, I'm playing with the Reunion mod, which not only features QOL fixes and new FFVIII-inspired models, but also comes with a similar fan retranslation to the one featured!
Cant wait to play Racing Lagoon when its finished
Still patiently waiting for a fan translation of Yuuyami Doori Tankentai and Kamaitachi no Yoru...
Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is a 2D semi open-world horror adventure game with the characters represented by digitized actors. It's sort of like the Twilight Syndrome games, and was developed by some of the staff that worked on said games. You play a group of junior high school students who explore their city in order to solve various supernatural mysteries.
Kamaitachi no Yoru is a cool murder mystery visual novel that takes place at a winter resort, which gradually devolves into increasingly mysterious occurrences depending on what decisions you make.
1. I think the main problem hampering Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is that it uses handwritten text which is drawn pretty clumsily (since the main characters are still children) and so the text is barely legible to non-native Japanese speakers.
2. Kamaitachi no Yoru DID get an official translation, but because the literal translation of the title "Night of the Sickle Weasel" might sound silly to western ears, and because a "sickle weasel" might not sound as creepy as it would in Japan, the title was changed to "Banshee's Last Cry." Not only was the title changed, but the setting and the names of the characters were also changed. The resort was moved to either North America or Canada, and because the original game included a lot of photographs of a Japanese ski resort serving as the background images, those photographs were thrown out and replaced with photographs of a US/Canadian ski resort. The names of the characters were also westernized, and the music was reworked. So the actual localized version of the game is pretty much a full on westernized remake that you would expect from a Hollywood studio bringing a Japanese horror franchise to the west and trying to make it apply to western values and storytelling tropes. We still don't have a true translation of the game.
Great video! Lots to digest here for fans of japanese games.
One of my picks for new translations would be the Fuuraiki (風雨来記) series, which is basically a virtual travel through Japan on a motorcycle, with visual novel elements. They have real photos and descriptions of the places they go. The latest, Furaiki 4 for PS4/Switch, even has 360 degree video footage where you can manually look around in every direction. It completely wowed me when i saw some footage. It's also Japanese-only.
But it all started on the PS1 with Hokkaido, then Okinawa for Fuuraiki 2, Fuuraiki 3 (PSVita) goes back to Hokkaido, and Furaiki 4 plays in the rural Gifu prefecture.
Note: The spelling of the game differs according to source, usually Fuuraiki (vndb) or Furaiki in English, while the literal Japanese transcription should actually have three "u"s in a row! Fuuuraiki, or ふううらいき. (風雨 = fuuu = wind and rain)
Thankfully, i've been learning Japanese for a while, so i'll definitely try the originals at some point, but it would be much easier and faster in English ^^ though it must be hard to translate, i guess.
Wow that sounds incredibly interesting, I'll be sure to look into the series some time. Thanks for sharing!
@@SeanSeanson You're welcome, glad to contribute something back ^^
It should be noted though that the Fuuraiki games are probably not very fun if you don't know Japanese, because it's basically visual novels (with management elements i believe), and descriptions of the places visited in Japanese, so, a lot of text. That's why a translation would be great (=
(though Furaiki 4 may be fun to try even without Japanese knowledge, just for the 360 degrees video footage through Japan)
Thanks for your work.
Anyway, there's no way that I'd ever use dubbed version over original, so I'm glad that Castlevania not only got undubbed, but also retranslated.
Btw, Choro Q3 has one of the best sountractks that I've ever heard.
Dem Choro Q soundtrack's are INCREDIBLE.
Kowloon's Gate is in desperate need of a translation.
Man, I'm super glad YT recommended your channel to me. Your videos are so snackable, I can't stop watching them. Praise the wheel!
I try to translate Panzer Bandit but the whole text goes blank!!! Wtf...
Some games can be a real bother to translate from what I gather. Might be worth checking out a translator fourm or discord to see if anybody has any info to help overcome your issue. Best of luck!
Tanks dude!
The effort that went into that brigandine translation... Wow.
I would like to see Choro Q Wonderful translated. It was the first Choro Q that was an actual adventure rpg, developed by E-Game who later went to make Road Trip and Gadget Racers (PAL). There used to be a english Lets Plays done by a Japanese guy, but he deleted them.
Great video. Thanks for the overview! :)
Nice list with a lot of games I didn't know about being translated. There are actually two fan translations for Tales of Phantasia PSX. You missed the one done by Phantasian Productions.
I got suggested 'Iru by YT during the week after looking up Aconcagua and listening to your mixes, it knows me well. I love Cardcaptors, would love a proper game.
Nice job. You got a new subscriber.
This is actually a good video. Thank you!
All I want is a fan translation of Boku no Natsuyasumi, Germs, and Iblard. It's a damn shame we don't have those.
I bet we'll see a translation for at least one of those games in the future, all three of em have a lot of fans so I feel it's only a matter of time.
@@SeanSeanson i do know theres a guy on twitter claiming that hes doing fan translations of the first 2 except boku will be the psp version cause it has more content and as for iblard theres a forum claiming that its almost fully complete but ill believe it when i see it. Just crossing my fingers.
Sean also unreleased prototypes: Baldur's Gate is available and it's amazing! Buggy but using emulator save states it's fully playable and the closest thing to a 2d Elder Scrolls of the era.
I noticed that on my travels! Seems like its something worth a full length video someday... keep your eyes peeled 👀
@@SeanSeanson The cool thing is, if you wanted to cheat and do a semi speed/playthrough (because it's massive) the prototype also has some debug cheats left in. Press Select in the inventory screen for $50,000 gold (saves grinding, beat bosses the first time) press Select on Spellbooks to instantly fill them all with recommended spells, hold an item from your inventory and press Circle, Square, L1 or R1 to change it to anything else.