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[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Xanadu II Translation Development Blog]

Elmer and Sam, this looks amazing! Great job

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

Hey guys, haven't logged in a while (haven't had much to say) but I decided to stop by and say happy birthday!

/YsIV/Ys_IV_1_years_old.png

The Ys IV Dub is now 1 years old!

I'm guessing, by now, everyone here that's wanted to play this game (in complete English) has already?
I myself might attempt to replay Ys IV, since the last time was when I was bug testing the patch. I was using a hacked save file to quickly speed through the game for testing purposes, though It wasn't exactly ideal for "enjoyment" purposes. 

Anyways, cheers ye merry Turbo hooligans! It was one helluva ride!



God Bless the whole lot of thee!

[Off-Topic / Killer is Dead (Suda51's next game)]

(Trailer)

Yes! Finally, something that looks good!
Killer is Dead is the next game being made by Sudia51 (of No More Heroes fame).
As much as I would like it to be a sequel to Killer 7, it isn't.

The games about killers killing other killers......sounds good!

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

For reasons I do not fully understand myself, I ended up buying Escape From Bug Island (Wii) for $5...



...going to be great! 

[General Gaming / RIP PlayStation 2 (2000 - 2012)]

Wow, it finally happened...The PS2 has finally given it's last breath...

https://kotaku.com/5973588/rest-in-peace-playstation-2-2000+2012

dl.dropbox.com/u/47184537/RIP%20PS2.png

It actually makes me feel a little melancholy. The PS2 is my personal favorite system of all time, it quite frankly had every type of game I enjoy on it and housed many of my favorite games. Sure, it didn't quite have the same warming persona that systems made by Nintendo/NEC had, but it hit a bulls eye were it mattered most, the games. The amount of support the PS2 received is simply amazing and is what really pronounced it as this system that literally had almost everything for anyone.

While its relevance, in terms of new games, might have completely dried up in about 2010, it saddens me still to hear that it has completely lost support.

Here's to you old friend! It was an outstanding thirteen year run,



(Highlight from the kotaku article)

With over 150 million consoles sold since its release in 2000, the PS2 is easily the world's most successful home video game console of all time.

[General Gaming / Re: Wii soft modding]

The Wii has an outstanding homebrew scene! I'd go as far as saying it's the reason to own a Wii.
Seeing as how you already have WiiMednafen, I'd recommend...

Genesis Plus GX

http://code.google.com/p/genplus-gx/

This is an enhanced port of Genesis Plus. It's capable of emulating the Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega/Mega CD, Master System, Game Gear & SG-1000 (including all unlicensed or pirate known dumps), also supporting backwards compatibility modes when available.

It is, quite frankly, the most accurate 8-16bit Sega emulator ever written.

Snes9x GX

http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/

A Super Nintendo emulator based on Snes9x, ported to the Wii and GameCube. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.

FCE Ultra GX

FCE Ultra GX is an NES emulator based on FCEUX. With it you can play NES games on your Wii/GameCube. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.

RetroArch Wii


http://wiibrew.org/wiki/RetroArch_Wii

RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight and portable. This Wii port can run cores for a large number of systems, including CPS1, CPS2, and NEOGEO.
The following emulators/games have been ported to RetroArch and are included in the Wii release of RetroArch:

    Final Burn Alpha Cores (CPS1 - CPS2 - NeoGeo) [version 0.2.97.26]
    FCEUmm (Nintendo Entertainment System) [recent SVN version]
    Gambatte (Game Boy | Super Game Boy | Game Boy Color) [version 0.5.0 WIP]
    Genesis Plus GX (Sega SG-1000 | Master System | Game Gear | Genesis/Mega Drive | Sega CD) [version 1.7.0]
    SNES9x Next (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom)
    VBA Next (Game Boy Advance)
    Prboom (for playing Doom 1/Doom 2/Ultimate Doom/Final Doom)
    Mednafen PCE Fast (PC Engine/PC Engine CD/Turbografx 16)
    Mednafen Wonderswan (WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/WonderSwan Crystal)

Aside from emulation, I'd recommend installing a CIOS for running Wii games off a USB HDD,
d2x-cios

http://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/

This is a custom IOS for the Wii console, i.e. an IOS modified to add some new features not available in the official IOS.
This custom IOS has been made to be used ONLY with homebrew software.
The d2x cIOS is an enhanced version of the cIOSX rev21 by Waninkoko.

Also a Custom MIOS for running Gamecube games off a USB HDD,
DIOS MIOS

http://code.google.com/p/diosmios/

DIOS MIOS (Lite) - Play your Nintendo GameCube games on Wii from an USB device or SD card

and finally a loader for actoully loading the Wii/GC games.
USB Loader GX

https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbloadergx/

This is a program to be loaded on a Wii console. The main purpose of this program is to load Wii games from a USB hard drive, but it includes much more than that.

Make sure you know what your doing first before installing CIOS/DIOS MIOS, since you could brick the Wii if you're stupid about it.

[General Gaming / ResidualVM]

Any adventure game fans here? If so, then I might have some exciting news for you!


ResidualVM v1.0 has just been released! ResidualVM is a sister project to ScummVM that allows you to play LucasArts' Lua-based 3D adventures games on modern machines. It currently only supports one game, however that one game is one of my favorate games of all time,
Grim Fandango!


Please head on down to the site for more info!
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/ResidualVM
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/ScummVM

The edge is here: ResidualVM 0.1.0 - The Edge of the World released

The day is finally upon us, after 9 years, 4 months and 6 days, we are proud to announce the first stable release of ResidualVM, and what day would be better for this occasion, than the end of the world as we know it. (or so the Mayan Mechanical Gremlins told us).

This initial stable release of ResidualVM now opens the world of Grim Fandango to a modern audience, whether you are using Windows, Linux or OS X, you'll now be able to take your 4 year journey of the soul, and find out if that compass in the handle actually WILL come in handy.

We would like to note that, while we have tested ResidualVM quite thoroughly, there MIGHT be cases where you end up in a situation where the game is incompletable, some of these were actually also existent in the original game (while the game itself is designed to be dead-end-free, the bugs in it weren't, nor were our own). So, please follow the old adventure-game mantra of "save early, save often".

Over the past few years a lot has happened, even though the code base didn't reach a mature state until the past year. Lots of bugs have been fixed, even quite a few bugs left in the original game have been resolved. The team would like to thank all those that have been involved with getting ResidualVM to this point for their efforts.

Finally, we would like to thank:

    The LUA developers, for creating a nice compact script interpreter.
    Tim Schafer, for obvious reasons, and everybody else who helped make Grim Fandango a brilliant game; and the EMI team for giving it their best try.
    Bret Mogilefsky, for managing to create a SPUTM-style 3D LUA engine, and avoiding the horrible hack it could have been.

So, jump on over to our downloads-page, and grab a copy of ResidualVM 0.1.0 (but don't forget to download the 1.1-patch for Grim Fandango while you're there).

- somaen

[General Gaming / Re: "New" Canadian Wii]

Here's a zoomed out image of it,

Man, the thing looks like a triscuit!
I wonder if they removed SD and USB as well....

[General Gaming / Re: "New" Canadian Wii]

No WiFi?  Thats just stupid.

I think they're trying to do the European PSP.


Seriously, does removing it really make the device that much cheaper to produce or is Nintendo planning on removing their online service on the Wii soon?

[General Gaming / Re: is psx 3d retro the future?]

After thinking about it, the dirty 3D polygons during the PlayStation era weren't exactly the things that stand out in my memory during that time. It was mostly the full motion video/CG/hand animated cut scenes. The PlayStation and the Saturn were the first systems to really make the CD format main stream for consoles and I remember being really impressed with them back in the day.








(All of the Tengai Makyou The 4th Apocalypse cinemas)

Am I the only one that remembers it this way? Cut-scenes over 3D? I remember seeing Final Fantasy IX/Burning Rangers when it first came out thinking, "Video games can now become interactive anime! Holy Crap, That's Amazing!".

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

[General Gaming / Re: is psx 3d retro the future?]

Is that Burning Rangers top left? I need to get that game.

Yup it is.
Burning Rangers was the only Saturn game I really played back when the Saturn was new. Never bought/played much of anything else on the system

Burnt lasagna, what are the two on the bottom left?

You mean the "Final" screenshots?

EDIT: Wait, are you joking are you talking about these two,

[General Gaming / Re: is psx 3d retro the future?]

You know, my brother last year was talking about this same exact subject. It makes sense,




(some of these screenshots might have filters)

[Off-Topic / Re: Korean BBQ]

Japan does western food better too.

/finger.jpg

Americans make better Japanese food then the actual Japanese!
EVIDENCE!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

Just went through the server's webstats and I'm counting about 785+ downloads of the dub patch as of today - FYI.

That's good to hear!
I'm guessing you still haven't played the dub because of your component mod? I'll be interested to hear what you think of the patch once you've gotten the chance to really play it.

Cheers everyone, for the 785+ downloads!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Legend of Xanadu II Translation Patch announced!]

I'm quite impressed EsperKnight 
I always think of this project as "The Little Engine that Could". Making progress, one step at a time...



Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to playing this game for the first time!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

so it's gonna be a while before I get to play the game myself, but when I do, it's gonna be WITH component cables hooked up to my old 32" CRT, retro style with a slightly modernized Turbo Duo!!! =)

I know this option usually makes a certain type of person throw up, but for running old 16-bit games through 240p component video, on an old CRT, I generally use my soft modded Wii. Emulating Ys IV on the Wii via wii-mednafen looks as sharp as a tack, it literally displays onto to the TV like the real deal, only better since it's component 240p. Also, since it's a port of mednafen it runs essentially perfect. It's almost like....



However, it is just that, not real butter. Which I guess might seem soulless to some people.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

So, Burnt Lasagna, now that you have finished the long-awaited Ys IV dub, what are you going to do next? Any future projects in the works?

I've been working on the GameFreak TG-CD puzzle game Bazaru De Gozaru No Game De Gozaru with SamIAm. (I've mentioned it before in other threads, just never gave it's own yet)


https://www.giantbomb.com/bazaru-de-gozaru-no-game-de-gozaru/3030-37935/

I started work on it a little after the release of the Rondo of Blood patch, though work on it solidified after starting Ys IV. I plan on changing that now that it's out of the way.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch v1.1


Art By My BRO!!!!! (Timothy G.) 

(Wallpapers 1920x1080)
Wallpaper 1, Wallpaper 2, Wallpaper 3

Finally! After 8 years, the Ys IV English dub patch is now complete and ready for your TurboGrafx-CD!

-Intro-
This is v1.1 of the Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch. This patch will dub over everything into English. It requires that you apply it to an ISO/WAV/CUE archive of Ys IV; one that's preferably patched with NightWolve's text translation.

-How to apply the patch-
Place your ISO/WAV/CUE archive, that you should of ripped from TurboRip, (Included with this patch) and place the files in the root of the "Patch" folder.
Start the "Patcher.cmd" to start patching the game. If all goes well you should be greeted with a nice "The patching process is complete!" message.
A backup of the original Japanese tracks will be placed in a new folder called "backup".

If you only have access to a BIN/CUE  rip of Ys IV then please mount it to a virtual drive and rip it to ISO/WAV/CUE using the included TurboRip.

~Note for users with {HCD3051-5-1116-R1P} rips~
There are two different versions of YsIV, version {HCD3051-4-1108-R1F} and {HCD3051-5-1116-R1P}. Both versions are essentially identical; however there are a few extra sectors in some of the audio tracks in version {HCD3051-5-1116-R1P}. This dub was built around {HCD3051-4-1108-R1F} since that is the version I own. When patching the opposite version the TOC will be messed up after patching. This shouldn't affect the game when being emulated, but it will no longer be recognized as Ys IV. To fix this use the included TocFixer to fix the games TOC.

(Downloads)

ReadMe
Ys IV Dub Patch v1.1 (105 MB)
Ys IV Text Patch v.95 (442 KB)
https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1752/

(Screens)



Cast

~MALE~

Eldeel - Michael Hillard
 
Lefance - SkyeWelse
 
Garuda - Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson
 
Grandfather Jeff - Michael Hillard
 
Leo - Jess Ragan
 
Duren - SonicShadows
 
Arem - DanteWahou
 
Goban Tovah - DanteWahou

Gadis - Jess Ragan
 
Lemnos - Jess Ragan
 
Ramess - TetsuyaHikari Replacement needed, he should've been banned from the project like Jeff Nussbaum! He's a KKKFarms stalker/harasser, ban/block this troll *immediately* ON SIGHT!
 
Slano - SonicShadows
 
Schultz - SonicShadows
 
Talim - Duo_R
 
Rady - TetsuyaHikari - (Chris Hyde AKA "Psycho DildoVizor" - This is a KKKFarms . net stalker/defamer/harasser (no regrets with his membership despite Byuu/Near's suicide and other genuine harassment/extortion/defamation/stalking...)!!! He'll be removed from the dub ASAP and replaced! Mike didn't know who this openly anime porn addict and pedophile was when he somehow slipped into the project from romhacking . net, he obviously couldn't have known! Note: Stay as far away from him as possible, the creep is dangerous, vicious, mentally unstable, and will pay to dox your phone/address!!!)
 
Miyu - SonicShadows
 
Enzo - Nitro
 
Keith Fact - Nitro
 
Dr. Flair - ParanoiaDragon
 
Narrator - ParanoiaDragon 
 
Dogi - Chris Adams

Soldier B - Collin Pierce (Arjak)
 
 
~FEMALE~
 
Lillia - Bassplayerbabe

Leeza - Mizura
 
Karna - Mizura
 
Bami - deadlyrose7717
 
Tim - Dashe Troxon
 
Lair - Haushinka
 
Feena - Dawn "Usamimi" Huestis
 
Torie - Dawn "Usamimi" Huestis
 
Aria - Dashe Troxon
 
Mother - Dawn "Usamimi" Huestis

Patch Credits

Director - Michael G. (Burnt Lasagna)
Directed this dub project from start to finish and did all the voice directing/syncing/mixing/ect.

Producer/Programmer/Tech - Nicolas Livaditis (NightWolve)
Founder of Ys IV 2004 project, produced script localization/patch, found all the ADPCM addresses as well as make a new audio dumper/inserter for the project using SOX, TurboRip for easy Ys IV rips to replace Japanese waves with English, etc. Also helped by answering any technical question I had along the way.

Producer/Programmer/Tech - David Shadoff
During the 2004 project, David made the first APDCM get/put tools to help lay the groundwork to making a dub possible, which got Justus started off, but SOX was discovered in the 2012 attempt so we used that instead.

Script Translator - Shimarisu/Rachel (9X% by her, with DeuceBag finishing the rest)

Speech Translator - Jeff "DeuceBag" Nussbaum, AKA The XXXSEED CockFlasher!

-Regarding Repro Selling

I'm very much against repros!
This project was strictly an act a fandom and I do not want that to be misconstrued by the powers at be. I didn't start this project expecting to make any money out of it, nor do I want to. It was made in order to give English speaking fans of the series a method for playing the game in their native language. Nothing more. Not a physical item that you can put on your shelf, just a free file to apply to your game so you can understand it. You shouldn't expect anything else. 

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is still very much being sold today on the Japanese PSN and you can even easily import it, since the PS3 is not region locked. Which I recommend for those of you who have not bought it,
jp.playstation.com/software/title/*jpys4*.html


I'm fine with people making their own mockup case/manual that you print out yourself, just please no pressed disks/repro selling!

That is my stance on the matter, please respect it and enjoy the patch on either a CDR or your emulator of choice.

- Michael G. (Burnt Lasagna)

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Project.]

Just saw your letter art and request for help on the retronauts blog. Congrats!


Michael G. wants you to help him dub Ys IV! Go and give him a hand!

Ah, I completely forgot that I sent that! My brother who is a big fan of retronauts really wanted me to inform them about this project and he made the art for the envelop and what not.
Funny that they just now talk about it when auditions are over and I'm getting ready for its release.

In either case this very cool!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Project.]

So...how's that second play-through going?

Coming along very well.

Good news is coming shortly... ;)

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

A repro cart of what I guess was a japan only fzero 2 for sfc.

I've played F-Zero: Grand Prix 2. It came out on the Satellaview and is almost exactly like the original F-Zero, to the point where it could pass as a ROM hack.

[Off-Topic / Re: Can we summon the White Witch?]

It could be always winter and never spring, or Christmas. Isn't that the perfect world?

You betcha...

[Off-Topic / Sakura Wars, Can You Dig it!?]

Anyone here a fan of this series of half breed strategy games that have gone relatively obscured in the west?


I got into this series back in 2010 when NISA brought out the fifth game in the series, in English, on the PS2 and Wii, which they dubbed Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. I bought the game shortly after it came out for $40 purely because it was a new PS2 game (love that system!); even thought it had all the signs of a game that I would detest with a passion (cliche looking anime game that NISA published, oh joy).

After I started playing the game I immediately found out it was something more then that! The game completely took me off guard on how much of a sheer joy this game was to play and the funny thing was, in a sense, it was exactly what I thought it would be. The game is so cliche and unabashedly cheesy that it gets to the point that you just can't help but enjoy it since it's so passionate and sincere about what it does! After I finished the game for the first time I ended up importing the rest of the series,1-4, on the Dreamcast and playing through them all. Almost the same case with the rest of the series as well, but of course it's not in English so that's a big draw back. 

I highly recommend this series!
For all of you that have never heard of it I suggest you Google it right now since I did a crappy job at even describing what the game is.

[Off-Topic / Re: Listen to me, we need to stand together. Our rights is the same as woman rights?]

Regal is starting to become the guy from Red Letter Media, only there's a chance that this isn't all just an act...

[Off-Topic / Re: The Anime Thread: Finding Good Anime]

I just watched Windaria, it was decent though it had an obviously intentionally depressing ending. Thanks for the recommendation.

Glad to hear you got some form of entertainment out of it.

Also here's another recommendation from 1986.

Ai City (1986)


This movie is one of my favorite B movies!
With all personal reasons for liking it aside, it's an okay movie with allot of trippy 80's Japanese animation. Which is always a plus for me.

[Off-Topic / Re: The Anime Thread: Finding Good Anime]

Maybe I'll check it out if I can find it.

Ahem, I recommend putting this text into google

Windaria baka

Then hit enter. The top result is interesting. 

(...wait, I just realized that ATLUS's logo is in corner! Why! )
Windaria (1986)


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092218/
wayback://www.atlus.co.jp/dvd/windaria/

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Rondo of Blood English Patch (PSP to TurboGrafx-CD).]

Richter, Maria, and Alucard are playable characters. Who knows who the rumored 4th was supposed to be, might as well assume Vic Viper.

Could of been this dude...

Richters supposed rival in the canceled 32x game Castlevania: The Bloodletting.
It apparently got canceled because all of the games devlopment staff merged onto SOTN, so maybe they might have planned at one point to have him reprise his role in SOTN.
castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania:_The_Bloodletting

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Rondo of Blood English Patch (PSP to TurboGrafx-CD).]

It's out!



Check the front page!

[Off-Topic / Re: Genesis Plus GX Sega CD Support Coming Very Soon.]

Then your saving grace would be this...
(Nintendo Wii 4-in-1 Virtua Retro Adapter)

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Wii-4-Virtua-Retro-Adapter/dp/B003KMWMOW

[Off-Topic / Genesis Plus GX Sega CD Support Coming Very Soon.]

Thanks to the hard work and knowledge of ekeeke, Genesis Plus GX on the Wii (and GC) will be receiving  Sega/Mega CD support very soon! If you check out his latest progress report you will find that he has reached 100% compatibility with Sega CD games and is now working on ironing out two games that have some graphical glitches.

**********************************************************************************
GRAPHICAL ISSUES (2 GAMES)
**********************************************************************************

Adventures of Willy Beamish, The (corrupted logo)
AH3 Thunderstrike / Thunderhawk (minor graphics error)

(Source [The latest update])
https://bitbucket.org/eke/genesis-plus-gx/issues?status=new&status=open&sort=-updated_on

It's important  to note that this Sega CD emulator will not be a port of a preexisting emulator, such as Gens. It is however going to be a completely new Sega CD emulator designed from the ground up. This was mandatory so that the new Sega CD core could sync with ekeeke's very accurate Genesis core. 

Genesis Plus GX (not regular Genesis Plus)  is already the most accurate Genesis emulator ever written. With Sega CD under it's belt and the abilities of the Wii (being able to out put in 240p and classic controller) this will become the definitive emulation experience for the Genesis hardware!

(Screens from ekeeke)

(Link)
https://bitbucket.org/eke/genesis-plus-gx/
Now the only thing missing is 32x...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG16 CD Original BOX]

This is just stupid!
$400, for a cardboard box!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Project.]

I'm afraid I don't have $80 ATM to spend to volunteer my efforts to an unpaid project,

But, but, you'd be apart of history... ;)

George Washington is already on board

/George%20Oproves.png

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Project.]

OG: Download icon.png


Alright, allow me to introduce everyone to a project that I've been kicking around for over two years now. Today I'm finally going to announce the start of the Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English dub project on the TurboGrafx-CD!

More infovon Voice Acting Alliance...
http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?78229-Ys-IV-The-Dawn-of-Ys-English-Dub-Project-on-the-TurboGrafx-CD-.

Auditions end on June 1.
SPREAD THE WORD!

Fully Cast!

~Cast~

~MALE~

Eldeel - Michael Hillard

Lefance - SkyeWelse

Garuda - Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson

Grandfather Jeff - Michael Hillard

Leo - Jess Ragan

Duren - SonicShadows

Arem - DanteWahou

Goban Tovah - DanteWahou

Gadis - Jess Ragan

Lemnos - Jess Ragan

Ramess - TetsuyaHikari Replacement needed, he should've been banned from the project like Jeff Nussbaum! He's a KKKFarms stalker/harasser, ban/block this troll *immediately* ON SIGHT!

Slano - SonicShadows

Schultz - SonicShadows

Talim - Duo_R

Rady - TetsuyaHikari Replacement needed, he should've been banned from the project like Jeff Nussbaum! He's a KKKFarms stalker/harasser, ban/block this troll *immediately* ON SIGHT! (Chris Hyde AKA "Psycho DildoVizor" - This is a KKKFarms . net stalker/defamer/harasser (no regrets with his membership despite Byuu/Near's suicide and other genuine harassment/extortion/defamation/stalking...)!!! He'll be removed from the dub ASAP and replaced! Mike didn't know who this openly anime porn addict and pedophile was when he somehow slipped into the project from romhacking . net, he obviously couldn't have known! Note: Stay as far away from him as possible, the creep is dangerous, vicious, mentally unstable, and will pay to dox your phone/address!!!)

Miyu - SonicShadows

Enzo - Nitro

Keith Fact - Nitro

Dr. Flair - ParanoiaDragon

Narrator - ParanoiaDragon

Dogi - Chris Adams


~FEMALE~

Lillia - anonymous

Leeza - Mizura

Karna - Mizura

Bami - deadlyrose7717

Tim - ThatDasheKid

Lair - Haushinka

Feena - usamimi

Torie - usamimi

Aria - ThatDasheKid

Mother - usamimi

[Off-Topic / Re: Is fast food just a little unhealthy or could it put you in the hospital?]

This entire thread just makes me think of this song...

Gatto go finish up my tub of lard now.

I've been putting off eating the rest for to long. Thanks to this thread for reminding me

[Off-Topic / Re: Is fast food just a little unhealthy or could it put you in the hospital?]

Can fast food put you in the hospital?
I'll have to get back to you on that one after I'm done eating my Baconator.

hmmm, tasy.

[Off-Topic / REDLINE]

http://www.sneakpeek.ca/2012/01/redline-races-on-roboworld.html


Has anyone here seen this yet? If not I recommend you do!

It's probably the best thing to come out of anime since Akira and is also the best looking animated film to come out since...well, Akira!

You can see the trailer for it here on youtube.

You can also rent it from youtube for $4.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Rondo of Blood PSP dub for PC-Engine.]

Okay guys I'll try and make this response less of joke.

The biggest reason I'm not a fan of the idea of pressed disks being sold (whether there's profits being made or not) is because I seriously doubt Konami is going to take kindly to pressed modified versions of their game floating around and we would likely be hit with a C&D order to remove the patch if Konami ever got wind of these disks and I doubt anyone here would like that.

Some of you may be thinking "It's like a 17-year-old game on a 20-year-old system, they're not going to bad an eye at this" which might be the case but I really don't want that risk to exist and the fact that tomaitheous doesn't want his work in this patch on unauthorized pressed disks is enough of a reason not to do this.

There will probably be a guide when the final release of the patch gets completed explaining how to make a high quality burn of the game and the best way to print the packaging for anyone who wants a nice case of this patch for there collection.   
 
So to mirror my other post, if anyone does start making pressed disks...

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Rondo of Blood PSP dub for PC-Engine.]

Okay enough drama over pressed disks and popsicles, it's time for progress!

*Update*
First off, tomaitheous (AKA malducci/Bonknuts/TurboXray) has really been cranking out a lot of progress as some of you may know already. Aside from finishing the title screen he's also finished a replacement print routine for the intro scene (hopefully no more summarized text now!) which cubanraul is now in possession of and is inserting the PSP intro translation. Tomaitheous has also finished hacking the first signpost into English! 

malducci / tomaitheous / TurboXray's work


(In the actual game now!)

Pemdawg has also been hard at work translating the packaging and the manual, which we now have a high quality scan of thanks to Sadler. He wants' me to keep everything he's shown me under wraps, so no screens but I can assure you that they are very nice looking

Also, aside from managing everything I've been up to some stuff as well. I've managed to record the actual dialogue for Death and some minor voices Dracula makes in the final boss by doing the Redbook silencing trick I talked about earlier, I also found Death's laugh in the PC-Engine version so that will also be changed as well. I plan on also recording shafts battle dialogue as well.

So there will be more dubbed voices in the next release. Here's hoping the full remaining %5 will be in the next release as well!

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*update*
More progress from tomaitheous.

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*update*
We just got some help with inserting an English title screen into Rondo of Blood and that tomaitheous!
Here is a quick example of what he's got cooking.



You can follow the conversion about this on romhacking.net.

https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=13549.0

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Legend of Xanadu II Translation Patch announced!]

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So....does this mean it's off to Ys 4 we go?

It's a very high possibility, but first I have to hunt down the original sound directors for the first two attempted fandubs before officially starting anything. I think I know how to contact the first director but not the second one...yet.

Oh, here is the finished title screen, in case folks were wondering how it looks on actual hardware:

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Also, does anyone have an idea what these are? I found it when I was editing all the title cards, it looks like it belongs to stageX (I don't think ever shows up though). I also can't read Japanese so does anyone know what it says?

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Wait...honda of blood?

I have a feeling this wouldn't be too hard for somebody with some PCE ROM hacking experience.  I'd suggest asking somebody like Tomaitheous or DShadoff for some tips.

I'll try and shoot DShadoff and or Tomaitheous an Email.
Knowing how to change the title screen my also point me in the right direction for changing the text for the boat rower (which I'm also having trouble with).

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It can be hard to edit?  So.......you're saying there's a chance!!  YEAAAHHH!!

As I said, I was using a save state, not the game itself. So I still don't know how to edit it in the game's memory, but the chance of it happening is not completely out of the question.

I'm also not that big of fan of the PSP's title screen, it looks kinda of cheap to me. What do you guys think ?

(PSP)


(PCE-CD)

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*quick update!*

All level title cards are now complete! I'm praying the new patch will be out soon!
ROCKIN!

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Hey cubanraul!

I remember seeing those instructions for dumping the graphics on your website a while back but I was unsure whether you had managed to successfully modify image and inserted it back in.

I can never get feidian to work. Originally it would just blow up into mess of text whenever I tried to start it with those parameters. Luckily I was able to fix that problem by replacing every "<?" at the top of FEIDIAN's source files with "<?php" and it started working normally. Unfortunately it still gives me crap about not defining the color depth.

I was able to get better results with a tile editor called YY-CH. Here is an example of what I was able to get done in less than 3 minutes, though I'm sure feidian would be easier to use in the long run. Yeah so I guess editing the games images may not be as hard as I originally thought.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood [PC Engine CD] Patch RELEASE!!!]

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Translation Patch

Logo by fragmare

Hello and welcome to the Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo | Castlevania: Rondo of Blood English Translation Patch (PSP script port to PC Engine/TurboGrafx-CD).

After many years of leaving this project abandoned I can happily say that this patch has reached its much needed 100% status! However the credits have not made it into this release of the patch (if ever) so in order to compensate for this inconvenience we have included the translation for the credits in the ReadMe.

To make clear, this patch will translate the PC Engine CD version (Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo) of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood into English. Everything will be translated; even the voiced dialogue will be replaced with the official Konami English dub from Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP). However miscellaneous grunts will retain their original Japanese.

It also replaces the old German narrator with the new narration that was in the PSP and VC release of the game. If you, for whatever reason, do not like this you can easily swap back the original narration (Track03) after it is done patching.     

But enough talk! Have at you!

** Download links ***

• ROMHacking.net Project Page
• English Patch v1.02 (17.6 MB)
• !!BONUS!!
  Patched Dracula X ISO/WAV/CUE CD Image Fileset (448 MB) via FantasyAnime.com! Just download, unzip, then burn to CD-R with ImgBurn or mount the CUE file for emulators, it is PCE-FX ready-to-go!

Credits

Andrew (cubanraul)
Was the Director of the project back in 2004 - 2006 and worked on all text/audio hacking that was done during that point. Also worked on making the new Patcher.

Michael G. (Burnt Lasagna)
(The guy who wrote this ReadMe) I started this project back up in early 2011 and directed the project from 2011 onward. I worked on engineering the PSP dub into the voiced cutscenes in the TurboGrafx-CD version along with hacking in new English title cards for the stage names. Also made some minor changes to the Patcher, such as the OGG conversion.   

Andy (pemdawg)
Worked on some early translation and text hacking in 2004 – 2005; currently at the time of writing he's trying to translate the games packaging.     

Tom (tomaitheous/malducci/TurboXray)
Worked on hacking in the new title screen, hacked in the new English "Castlevania: Oops, Wrong Game!!!" title screen, added a new print routine for the opening subtitle system, hacked in the text in signs and added  a new text routine for the ferry man. It's very important to note that this finished version of the patch would not have been possible without Tom. He was the saving grace when all of our team members hit the wall, so please everyone give a big round of applause to Tom!   

Fragmare
Made the graphic for the new title screen and made the logo that you see at the top of this readme.

Vanya
Made the "Castlevania: Oops, Wrong Game!!!" title screen.

DarknessSavior
Did the translation for the ferryman, signs, and the error message billboard in StageX.

Reyvgm
Made the new English graphics for the signs. 

Special Thanks

David Shadoff
Made the TurboGrafx-16 ADPCM Codec that was used when inserting the English ADPCM.

Nicolas Livaditis (NightWolve)
Made the FileBySize.exe that helped stabilize the patcher. Also made the included TurboRip program, please see the ReadMe that's alongside TurboRip for more information.

AstroBlue
Made the ASCII Logo that you see in the Patcher.

romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=13549.0
http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/td/a/dx_1.htm

[PC/Console/Mobile Ports / WiiMednafen]

Finally, someone has made a port of mednafen (an acronym for "My Emulator Doesn't Need A Frickin' Excellent Name.") for the Wii, courtesy of Raz0red.

WiiMednafen is a partial port of the Mednafen emulator.

Emulators supported:

    GameBoy/GameBoy Color
    GameBoy Advance
    Game Gear
    Lynx
    Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
    Neo Geo Pocket
    PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx (Fast version)
    PC-FX
    Sega Master System
    Virtual Boy
    WonderSwan

It should be noted that the Virtual Boy emulation included with this emulator is much improved over WiirtualBoy. Most games now run at 100% speed without frame skipping. These improvements are due entirely to Ryphecha (Mednafen) who optimized the core emulation code in addition to eliminating idle loops on a per game basis. 

As you can tell Mednafen is sort of a Swiss army knight emulator, capable of emulating a variety of different systems.   
Most of the emulators included in WiiMednafen have already been done before on the Wii but were this emulator shines the most is the very solid TurboGrafx 16/CD section of the emulator, which has never been done quite right before on the Wii.

You can check out a video of the emulator running  here.

I'm very excited to see how this develops over time, spatially the PC-FX section that runs very slow at the moment.

You can download WiiMednafen here.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMednafen
 
So anyone here use their Wii for homebrew reasons? If not then this is defiantly a good enough reason to merit its use