/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5049215
>How much does it typically cost to contract someone to do a translation job for a game?
Depends, could go from 100k to 1m if we're talking a full RPG.

>>5049215
Should have done QuoVadis instead.

Tactical RPGs were a dime-a-dozen in Japan around then. Is that one worth checking out?

It's a real shame the creator died before he could finish the final game

>>5049323
Do you like mecha?
Do you like robeasts?
Do you like tentacle rape?
Do you like 90's anime?
Do you like full fledged 90's anime FMVs?
Do you like cute anime girls?
Do you like having anime FMVs for each attack?
Do you like ridiculous 90's anime plot lines?
Do you like tactical RPGs?

Well, if you do, you're in luck!

>>5049215
i feel like you could pay a hobbyist translator $10k to do it.

>>5049215
An important detail: Do you actually just want it translated, or do you want/expect to receive a patched ISO file of the game with the full translation inserted into it from the person you hire?

>>5049867
Whichever one I can get first

>>5049914
Well you probably won't be getting the 2nd.

>>5049928
That's okay

there's a full walkthrough on nico video
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm25323619

>>5049931
How do you ensure you get an actual translation instead of made up bullshit?

Translating a game would require you to locate and extract the text files, translate them, have the translator play through the game to make sure they don't miss any context, and then edit the translation, and then have translation hacked back into the game. By the time that could find someone and have them get done, even with a professional translator, you could learn enough Japanese to play most of these games

>>5049215
>I just ordered Act 1 and Act 2 of Back Guiner for the Sega Saturn.

you got ripped off. Holy shit you're dumb.

>>5050229
It was $10 for four discs lmao

You'd be better off just learning Japanese to play your weebgames.

If you happen to be rich, then start your own localization company.

>>5049215
Rates typically range between $0.02 per character for an anime wageslave and $0.05 per character for a "real" translator.

I played V-Force and remember it being kinda OK. Is this better or worse?

>>5050276
some person paid $1 for this game at a tag sale once~ therefore you got scammed, lurk more!

>>5049215
best bet is contacting translation groups with previous experience on desired platform

>>5050119
Check the guy's credentials.

>>5051294
Yeah but were they minty fresh and still in their sealed packaging?

pls translate black matrix cross
ps1
not that ps2 shit
though ps2 version is good, its just the 2d pixel art of the ps1 is superior in every way

thx

>>5051471
What about Dreamcast Black Matrix?

lol EOPs

>>5051564
Back to Habbo Hotel with you

>>5051345
On an anonymous image board?

>>5051345
What credentials do you accept? Is JLPT N1 with an upper range score enough for you?

>>5049215
just learn weeboonese for 2 months

>>5049215
Is it any good?

It depends on if you want to hire the same writer who did Lunar. Hes like 5$

I do dreamcast romhacking and recently worked with a pal to translate and bring back the online service for golem no maigo, Sega Saturn is something I'm open to try out

>>5049215
who dis

>>5049215
>pay tens of thousands of dollars that you could invest in your education
this is why western civilization is collapsing

>>5056278
>>pay tens of thousands of dollars that you could invest in your education
I think you mean invest in your future debt that will make the government money based on interest and take you decades to pay off

>>5056623
I'm not American and already out of university
I was talking about learning Japanese anyway

>>5049215
Do I spy a bulge between the blue girl's legs?

I want to figure out how the fuck you translate an Arcade game romset without it breaking.

>>5057206
There are about a hundred romhacking tutorials on this planet. Read them and ask more specific questions in their proper places, no someone elses thread. That said virtually none of the games back in the days break if you change some bytes, I have no idea what you are doing.

>>5057430
Arcade checksum protections have been a pain in my ass, okay?

>>5056639
puffy af