Sim Earth / A-Train: English?

[Trenton_net]

Hey Everyone,

For the games Sim Earth and A-Train, are these playable mostly in English, or are these heavy on the Japanese? I know that a lot of English ported titles tend to be left untranslated so, I'm hoping this is the case.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

A.III has lots of moon runes, but I don't know about Sim Earth.  If it's bad, just get the nearly as cheap Turbob version.

[shubibiman]

Sim Earth was also released as a TurboDuo game but as far as I can remember, there's hardly no text at all. AIII is playable even without any knowledge in japanese as you can make out the use of each icone.

[kiketonto]

Hey Everyone,

For the games Sim Earth and A-Train, are these playable mostly in English, or are these heavy on the Japanese? I know that a lot of English ported titles tend to be left untranslated so, I'm hoping this is the case.

Sim earth was released in English.

[Trenton_net]

Hey Gang,

Thanks for the kind replies! I'm aware some of these games were released in English, but since I'm trying to collect only PC-Engine games, I'd like to see if I could get Japanese releases as much as possible. At least get away with it, without loosing much playability.

[A Black Falcon]

Those are definitely not games to play in Japanese unless you know how to read the language, A-Train particularly -- that game is all about menus and charts and stuff after all, and it's mostly in Japanese.  SimEarth looks slightly more playable, but still would be frustrating, since there is text.  You'd need to memorize what every icon and symbol represents.  Save yourself the frustration and play it in English, if you want to play SimEarth.  You'd need to play it with an English-language manual or guide for sure.  The PC version of SimEarth came with a 220-page manual that explained everything, for instance... I know the console manuals aren't nearly as thick, but that'd probably make the game harder to figure out -- it's a complex game.

[shubibiman]

That's not the kind of games you'd buy a PCE for anyway ;)