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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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. ^^
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!
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
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*
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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 🤣
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.
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.
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.
Thanks for making me aware of the FF7 re-translation! I'll definitely try that out sometime. Also, I'm glad to see Remote Control Dandy get a bit of a spotlight on your channel, until the day when it *eventually* wins the wheel.
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.
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
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.
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 :)
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.
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
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.
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)
Great video! Surely helps considering Internet information chaos... And knowing that unfortunately romhacking is not a complete compedium for this kind of info... Keep up the great work! Wish you could do more of these types of videos (fantranslations for different consoles...🤘🏻)
Awesome video & great list of games with translations, its great to see this as there are a lot of games as you know that many are eager to play & now we can at least gain some understanding as to the background & plot of each. I have been looking at some of these fan translations over the last while to hopefully create content on further down the line & this list will be a great help with finding more games for sure. Also, if I was to pick a game or series that I would love to see a future translation on, it would have be the Option Tuning Car Racing series as they are really cool racers but can be tough to work through the menu & upgrade systems when trying to progress. And again great video, will be interesting to see and hear about more fan translations in the future.
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.
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.
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.
I'm loving your videos. Keep up the work! A small suggestion: I often find myself rewinding after you've talked about a game in order to grab the title. Adding an overlay during commentary or at the end might help.
thank you ^^ I usually put the game titles in the description, but putting something in the video, even just at the very end can't hurt! Appreciate the advice :)
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.
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.
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.
Hilltop is killin’ it with the Translations btw: Aconcagua, Racing Lagoon, Megaman Legends: Roll’s Close Call, Harmful Park! for the PS1 have been translated in english. And they’re also releasing PS2 translated titles too: Boku No Natsuyasumi 2 and Simple Series: Maid and The Machinegun are now playable with English subs. BIG PROPS to Hilltop Translations 👌
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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.
I'm diggin the gran turismo music throughout. Retro greatness
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.
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! 😊
"Please be aware you need to provide your own copy of the game for fan translations"
*snickering*
Brave Prove looks really cool. This channel is great for game recommendations!
Being a child CEO in control of a mecha is something I didn't know I wanted but now I need.
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 :)
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)
Absolute chunky unit of a video.
Will finish this slowly.
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!
Shits so fuckin cool that all these ps1 games are getting translated
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.
I love that the fandub of Brigandine: Grand Edition is also suitably 90s cheese.
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?
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 :)
The effort that went into that brigandine translation... Wow.
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! ❤️
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 :)
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.
Outstanding video. Nice work compiling the largest fan translated PS1 game collection on TH-cam. Love the channel.
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!
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 :)
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.
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!
Every time I watch your videos man I wanna play some classic ps1! Keep up the awesome work brother. Amazing videos as always
Congratulations for this video ! I hope one day we get a fan translation of the HNK PS1 game!
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 :)
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
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!
😘 Thank you! I've been waiting for Iru for years!!! So glad I know it's out now!
Man I've never seen Brigadine before - looks right up my street!
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.
It's hilarious cause the voice dubs really do just sound like some guy in the 90's voicing them 😂
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! 🙏
Think this might be my favorite video of yours so far, thanks for the effort of recording each individual game!
Dude, fantastic video. Thank you for this.
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 🤣
I love how you mispronounced "combine together" as "combine to Getter" as the parts of the Getter Robo were on-screen. That was perfect.
I never thought i needed a video like this until now. Praise Sean... and The Wheel.
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.
I would love to see more videos like this, some of these flew under the radar for me!
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.
Excellent List! Exactly what I was looking for. About time to do a part two, maybe? Thank you!
I love all your videos so much! The quality is incredible.
❤
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.
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.
Thank you for dropping this info! Also kudos for maintaining your enthusiasm and making it sound engaging throughout such a lengthily video! 😁
Appreciate it friend! Thanks for 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.
Thanks for making me aware of the FF7 re-translation! I'll definitely try that out sometime. Also, I'm glad to see Remote Control Dandy get a bit of a spotlight on your channel, until the day when it *eventually* wins the wheel.
Subscribed. My kind of content.also, love seeing more Irish TH-camrs I can relate to.
Go raibh maith agat :)
21:45 "finger flashing" is what Michael Scott did on that Office episode
Great video! Can't wait to see more from you, gotta go through the backlog now lol.
What an incredible amount of work you did, thanks mate!
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.
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
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.
Awesome! Thank you so much for making this list!
"The video would be around 10 hours long... and also maybe kill me..."
You son of a bitch, I'm in
I wasnt even aware that was a Battle Angel game and it looks really good at that!
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 :)
I was looking for a video like this, thanks so much! Great content
This is actually a good video. Thank you!
Great video. Thanks for the overview! :)
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.
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
Great idea for a video, a few of these I didn't know had translations, going to try some of these at some point
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.
My Summer Vacation still out of sight
It'll happen someday, it's gotta!
Great video I hope you make more like this.🃏
Racing Lagoon's gotta be here. Love those GT2 OST transitions, lad.
After I seen your comment in the last video, I was like damn Zonnie is right. We need more GT2!
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)
Great video! Surely helps considering Internet information chaos... And knowing that unfortunately romhacking is not a complete compedium for this kind of info... Keep up the great work! Wish you could do more of these types of videos (fantranslations for different consoles...🤘🏻)
Appreciate you watching! Maybe someday ill cover a few other consoles too, this topic was a lot of fun to cover!
@@SeanSeanson would be great to see you covering other consoles!!🤟🏻 Cheers!
@@mariusz-845 I got a video out on Dreamcast translations to test the waters with other consoles, don't know if you got a chance to check it out?
The interstitial music in this video is sooo good. We need a playlist just for the music.
Luckily it was all taken from the Gran Turismo 2 OST, so somebody has probably already made this playlist for you on TH-cam :)
Awesome video & great list of games with translations, its great to see this as there are a lot of games as you know that many are eager to play & now we can at least gain some understanding as to the background & plot of each. I have been looking at some of these fan translations over the last while to hopefully create content on further down the line & this list will be a great help with finding more games for sure.
Also, if I was to pick a game or series that I would love to see a future translation on, it would have be the Option Tuning Car Racing series as they are really cool racers but can be tough to work through the menu & upgrade systems when trying to progress. And again great video, will be interesting to see and hear about more fan translations in the future.
Oh nice choice! Appreciate ya watching :)
my favourite racing game of all time is Gran Turismo 2 so i really appreciate the music choices for this video
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.
Master of Magic on the PS1
Would love a translation of that
Failing that, Wizardry VII would do nicely
This is really helpful hope you do this again for any other consoles next year
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.
Mizzurna Falls hype! Also all those cool Tactical RPGs.
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.
Remote Control Dandy seems like the predecessor to RAD
Wasn't aware of RAD when I did the video originaly, but you're right it is the predecessor to it. Both really cool games.
I'm loving your videos. Keep up the work!
A small suggestion: I often find myself rewinding after you've talked about a game in order to grab the title. Adding an overlay during commentary or at the end might help.
thank you ^^
I usually put the game titles in the description, but putting something in the video, even just at the very end can't hurt! Appreciate the advice :)
I really would like to see a fan translation of Elder gate
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.
Some say he's still fighting that frog to this day
Nice job. You got a new subscriber.
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.
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.
That was fantastic. Thanks!
Cant wait to play Racing Lagoon when its finished
Yes, I was the 1k like! Now let's do something with my day ;) love the channe love the vids. What a time to be alive.
great video, well done!
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.
Hilltop is killin’ it with the Translations btw: Aconcagua, Racing Lagoon, Megaman Legends: Roll’s Close Call, Harmful Park! for the PS1 have been translated in english. And they’re also releasing PS2 translated titles too: Boku No Natsuyasumi 2 and Simple Series: Maid and The Machinegun are now playable with English subs. BIG PROPS to Hilltop Translations 👌
The GOATs
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.