/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7739860
Are PCE games censored?
How is Doukyuusei series in PCE?
>>7740037
Talking about DK series, are there any PC98 games with NTR?
NTR was not that popular in the 90s but DK4 has NTR by his future self.

>>7740459
.... Sex 2? I have been stuck on Sex? When I could have had Sex 2?????

>>7740459
Is OP straight? No need to discuss - the answer is no.

If you're stealth trying to have a general then this bone is going to need more meat.

Has shipments from Japan resumed? Last I saw you could get a system for $100 before fees. Did these old hardware even have copy protection?

>>7740459
>Are all fantranslations scams for filthy eops
Yes. They are fanfiction. In fact, so are official ones.

My favourite PC-98 game is the one with the huge tits girl.

>>7740570
I translated an old PC-98 game for anon a while back, but ultimately ended up having to make an account to post it on reddit instead, because you always derail the translation threads so badly.

>>7740459
> Sex 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi-6kU-aY3o

>>7740597
what game?

Making little progress...
The main menu is mostly done. Character profiles are complete, so are stats.
Moving onwards to in-battle menus.

>>7741127
How tall is the male protagonist? (Akira?)

>>7741127
Hawt.

>>7741143

Play it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj0-KvV0SC0

>>7741173
Thanks.
He is tall!
I had recently read about the height of retro Rance's characters, and I was surprised that Rance was only 1,73 tall.
I was beginning to think that the male protagonists were all manlets. (and the female are under 1,70/1,65)

>>7741176
This is not like my eroge.

>>7741156
Chiaki is best girl since Lakes 2.
Her hair style looks weird in Lakers 1.

>>7741247

>>7741250

>>7741252

>>7741127
Good job, anon!

>>7741247
>Chiaki is best girl
Yes. Badass girls with long ponytails are my jam. Same reason I love Variable Geo's Yuka and Taimanin Murasaki.

>>7741247
Lakers 2 and 3 leaning more on "tough sukeban girl" rather than "the Chinese one" was a smart move

>>7736501
>>7737246
>playing Angels 2
Just got isekai-ed a few missions before, it became tedious because the terrains are hard to travel.
Most non flying/horse units travels 1-2 square(s).
And the NPCs are retarded, either they go suicide attacking a large cluster of enemies or they keep resting instead of running away when their HP are low.
>frequent crash during the attack animation of the dinosaur knight
I'm using DOSBox with savestate so I don't think it will be trouble.
And I can turn off the animation if it keep crashing.

>>7741365
I like sukebans who have girly side.
Like Reina from Yandere Kanojo and Echizen from Tanaka-kun.

>>7741365
>>7741398
I like sukebans who have girly side.
Like Reina from Yandere Kanojo and Echizen from Tanaka-kun.

>>7741173
Dag, no wonder all the girls want that D.

>>7743150
Thirsty JK

>>7741173
>Daidajou Akira
Daidouji Akira

Just in case (from the artbook):
Kagurasaka Reiko - Star Laker
Kurata Chiaki - Kunfu Laker (it's up to you if you want to use Kungfu/Kung Fu)
Tachibana Natsune - Judo Laker
Hikawa Yayoi - Soul Laker
Moriyama Yuka - Bunny Laker
Daidouji Akira - Blade Knight

I'm not sure how to spell the side characters.
All of them use katakana so their names are foreign names.
Translating foreign names is tricky (Aerith/Aeris).

>>7743358
I remember someone many threads back wondered why they chose to render Blade as ブラード, rather than ブレイド. Even with the accenting, it's just kind of odd. It's part of the reason the book's english spelling decides the logical way to transliterate that is "Blarde"

Not that anyone should Blarde, ever.

>>7741127
>>7741173
Bless you, anon!

>>7743380
>Blarde
Yes, I was wrong.
It's Blarde in the artbook.

>>7743358
I used the furigana included in profiles for everyone (I think it was Kagurazaka for Reiko, but other names match). As for Akira, my bad. I'll correct that asap.

>>7743436
Kagurazaka is the spelling Kantori uses in the group shot he illustrated for one of his art packs, and is the spelling Google returns a lot more matches for as a real word.

>>7743436
It's Kagurasaka in the artbook.
But google translate & jisho.org say Kagurazaka.
坂 saka さか can become zaka ざか when it's part of compound words.
It's called rendaku in Japanese.
However when it's in a Japanese name, this rule becomes tricky.
It's up the person who has the name how he wants his name be pronounced.
My Japanese teacher said that when you receive a name card from a Japanese, it''s a good idea to ask how to say his name if the name card doesn't have furigana or romaji.
It's very rude if you mispronounce his name.
Famous example of ridiculous reading of a name is Yagami Raito 夜神月 from Death Note.
There's no way 月 can be read raito, but Ohba (the artist) wanted it that way.
夜神 means night god so Raito (Light) is a nice name for him.
So I treat the artbook as Words of God.
But it's up to you if you want to use Kagurazaka.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku
https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/38549/why-is-there-no-rendaku-occurring-in-the-word-ふかふか

>>7740525

Fuck you, I don't even have Sex.

>>7740525
>>7743594
Y'all need Jesus.

>>7743601
Not just Jesus, but Jesus II

>>7743621

There's only one true Jesus. Jesus II is the false one. I still waiting for remake of original Jesus.

>>7743627
>I still waiting for remake of original Jesus.
Should call it Muhammad.

>>7743627
>I still waiting for remake of original Jesus.
Dude, you just missed it. It came out during Easter.

>>7743750
I came.

How do I into PC-98 games, I wanna play YU-NO but im retarded

>>7743974
Just download an emulator and done.

>>7743974
The YU-NO best way to play YU-NO is the Windows version with the tlwiki English patch. There's a torrent of the whole thing with patch somewhere, I don't have it myself right now but I'm sure it's not too hard to track down.

>>7743742
inshallah it shall be

>>7743380
BLAR :DDDD

>>7743553
Here is the original profile for ref (with かぐらざか). I'll check how it's written in Lakers 1 and 3 before sticking to either version (I plan to do a menu patch for all games in the trilogy if it's doable at my humble level).

"Kung Fu" and "Blade" are no-brainers for me. No reason to stick to engrish !

Correction made for Akira (dunno why I made a gross misspelling like that...).

Thanks for your input Anon ! I haven't taken Japanese classes (I'm learning alone with a few books and anki) so this kind of info is actually very useful for me.

>>7744119
>original profile
It seems there's inconsistency of her name between the game and the artbook.
>check how it's written in Lakers 1 and 3
Good idea.

>>7744119
Do you have a blog or something so we can see that sweet WIP when the thread dies?

>>7744604
I honestly don't think waiting too much before a first release. I already figured out where most of the menu text is, so it's just a matter of days. If the thread dies during that time, I'll just make another !

>>7744709
I thought it would have been a good way to get in touch with you... not that I have much to say beside cheering on you, but still... I'm happy to see PC-98 games translated.

>>7744716
I appreciate it Anon. But really, it's not a big deal, just a little menu patch.

I've managed to translate most in-game menus. Here is another small WIP :

>>7744924
Compared to the chinese version, the original one has a lot of menu text stored in the exe. Fortunately, there's not any kind of integrity check, so direct edit is possible.

There's not much left to put everything on par with the chinese to english patch. After that I'll give the first game the same treatment (there's a good chance the engine is very similar)

>>7744924
Looks good.

>>7744119
>夜神月 Yagami Raito
A little thing to add.
夜神 Yagami means night god.
月 means moon, but the artist made it pronounced Raito instead more common pronunciation like Tsuki (there are others).
Raito is an English loan word Light.
So his name means moonlight (moon from the kanji + light from the weird reading raito).

>>7740525
Sex 2 is fine but the original is better. Still not as bad as Sex 3, though.

>>7744929
I gave a shot (no pun intended) to the sex scenes. Turns out it's really easy to edit commands, too. This way, no need to blindly click everywhere hoping to trigger the next cg, you'll at least know what you're doing.
There are 6 h scenes total, so it should be done quickly. Because of the short space to write, except some profanity (because "fuck" is a shorter term than "penetrate", and because I doubt the average eroge player would be offended). Some (censored) screencaps this evening.
Other than that, I must go through all files to find where the in-battle stats are written, hoping they're not compressed graphics. It's the last step before I release a beta. Then I'll play through the whole thing to track any bugs and make a 1.0 release afterwards. It goes without saying, all feedback will be welcome.
I have a few days off work so I should be able to finish pretty soon.

>>7746816
Is the patch for PC-98 only?
Can I use it for the DOS Chinese port?

>>7744924
I wonder what those words off on the right side are about. Ah well, this isn't a full translation so whatevs. Thank you for your efforts.

>>7746836
Hint:
Compare the kanji in >>7744119 with the translation in >>7741173

>>7746835
Nope sorry, file structures and adresses are different in the chinese port.

>>7746836
They're stats. And it's the last part of the main game interface I haven't figured out yet.

OK it's done guys. Here is a preview of what h-scenes look like with the new interface.

I'm trying to send the link but it's dismissed as spam...

>>7748123
anonfiles dot com slash 36NcM6v3u4 slashLakers2-English_zip

>>7748123
DON'T

>>7748123
>Don't

>>7748128
>>7748146
No room to write "don't lick", sorry... Could use "back" instead.

>>7741127
wait you doing a lakers translation romhack?

>>7748127
I've got one or two games before I can play this, but thanks a ton, anon!
Can I just blindly click until there's a battle or sex?

>>7748160
Pretty much, check a few posts higher to download a beta. It wil remain a menu translation, though.

>>7748206
Yes, the event scenes are just making text scroll.

Just found out that I missed one of the h-scenes (the students attempting rape at Yuka) beause it's in the "event" and not "sex" subcategory of data files. I'll add it to the next release because there's interactivity, even if it's short.

>>7740459
such awesome graphics in this thread, but pc98 sure is awesome like that. really detailed art and pleasant colour palettes in a lot of games and demos.

>>7740570
how much weeaboo kool-ade does one need to consume to believe Japanese is such a powerful and information-dense language that a faithful translation is impossible?

>>7740597
hot take: reddit is fine if you avoid default subs and stick to small hobbyist subs. i usually find out about new translations, mister cores etc on reddit and twitter before i see them on here.

>>7748415
>reddit is fine

>>7748127
Thanks, anon.
Will you do Lakers 1 & 3 too?

>>7748537
i sincerely hope you stay mad about it

>>7748123
>>7748128
>>7748146
>Don't
This could become a new /vr/ meme.

>>7748123
Neat

>>7748123
The files not working.

>>7749705
Downloading or patching ?
If the anonfile link is down, try romhacking.net. I uploaded it yesterday
If the patching doesn't work, did you use the neo kobe dump ?

>>7748817
Fair enough. I must admit that on second though, it actually is hilarious.
I changed it to "go back", so time for you guys to make some screencaps I guess !

>>7748789
It's planned, yes. 1 for sure, 3 depends of the way text is stored.
1 and 2 have almost all text in uncompressed Shift-jis, so it's easy to edit with an hex editor supporting it. Hence the quick release.
As for 3, I haven't looked at the files closely, but the engine is different so it's uncertain if such a quick edit is possible. But I really hope to be able to do so.

>>7748123

I really like the character design in these titles. The bodies of the girls are drawn to be smooth and soft, like bread dough.

>>7750562
Bigger dough in Lakers 3.

>>7748127
Excellent. Thanks, bro.

>>7740525
>tfw can't afford Sex
Fucking coomlectors getting all the Sex.

>>7750693
CHADlectors

A little update on Lakers trilogy translations.

I went through the data files of Lakers 1. There is actually much less to translate. Some menu commands even are already in english (or at least have some official english equivalents avaliable to pick up). So expect a full menu patch quite quickly.

I also located and translated choices for h-scenes. Turns out you have many more verbs, but can't be so specific on body parts. You can't "don't" either.

As for Lakers 2, I made a few corrections and added a missing h-scene. Still no luck in finding the compressed menu text. Guess I'll eventually have to learn how to properly use a debugger !

Next release will come with a 100% save so you can explore the database menu and check out profiles and CG without having to finish the game.

>>7750934
Menu mostly done for Lakers 1. Needs a little more testing but a beta should be ready soon.

>>7750934
>>7751365
Noice

>>7750934
>Next release will come with a 100% save so you can explore the database menu and check out profiles and CG without having to finish the game.
you know what the masses want my friend

Lakers on the front page of romhacking.net sure is something I never thought I'd see the day for

Sex is mostly overrated and that's not a joke.

>>7752341
Let's hope kurt kalata can get that taken down too for offending his sensibilities.

>>7752347
Too late Natsune on the front page

>>7750693
Just have

>>7752341
>>7752497
Tried many browser extensions to save full page into jpg/png, but all are not good.
Tried print to pdf using chrome too.
Resort to good ol' printscreen.
Any tips for full web page saving to images?

>>7752669

>>7752669

>>7752347
Don't

>>7752347
>Cuck Kalata
Fuck this guy.

>>7752669
shift-f2
screenshot --fullpage lakers.png

OK, here is the first beta for Lakers 1.

anonfiles dot com slash bfdbcdw4u0 slash Lakers1-English_zip

And the update for Lakers 2

anonfiles dot com slash z1d3cbw7u0 slash Lakers2-English_zip

Enjoy !

>>7753418
God dammit how can I thank you?

>>7753401
I read an answer (2012) in StackOverflow (or StackExchange) about it before posting here.
Tried it but nothing happened.
Checked the doc about keyboard shortcut and found nothing about shift-F2.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Keyboard_shortcuts
>>7753418
Thanks, anon.

>>7753427
>>7753443

You're welcome. Feel free to send me bug reports or errors if you encounter some. A 100% save for Lakers 1 would be fine too if you happen to have one !

I've been looking at the Lakers 3 files and it's waaaay more difficult to edit. Event and CG text is uncompressed, but everything related to battle menus is in a weird format that doesn't seem to have any shift-jis in it. So it's beyond my modest skills, sorry. I'll pass on this one.

However, I may work on some other PC-98 games in the future and make a few more menu translations for games having a simple structure such as Lakers 1/2. As long as it can expand a little the community of PC-98 players, and maybe give some experienced romhackers the motivation to check some of these games, it may be worth it !

Has anyone ever translated Mechwarrior 1 for PC-98/Sharp X68000?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8-Oq3G9CI

this port puts the original release into shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuxySqjb5X8

>>7754438
per sarna.net
>Its a 1:1 translation of the original Mechwarrior release for DOS, nothing was changed outside visuals.

>>7750562
Best soft. If you have ever squished on a girl you will know.

>>7753443
lmao, fucking mozilla replaced it with ctrl+shift+k
also: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Taking_screenshots

>>7754273
Still, good on you for the effort

>>7754552
>ctrl+shift+k
It opened a console, but i couldn't enter that command.
>screenshot --fullpage lakers.png
Uncaught SyntaxError: unexpected token: identifier

>>7752669
Vivaldi has that option
It's a pretty great browser if you don't mind the fact that it's another chrome reskin

>>7753418
bless

>>7748123
Rank the girls

>>7748123
>Don't

>>7748123
> Don't

>>7758763
For me it's Reiko > Natsune > Yayoi > Chiaki > Yuka

In Lakers 3, it would be Reiko > Chiaki > Natsune > Yayoi > Yuka.

What games like Dead of the Brain can I try? Something that's not too text-heavy, with a nice atmosphere.

>>7758763
Chiaki > Reiko > Natsume > Yuka > Yayoi

>>7761842
Check the guide from the last thread

>>7763313

>>7765457

>>7763313
>>7765457
Thank you anon, I'll look into it.

>>7765462
>>7765467

>>7765478

>>7765478
>>7765482
Very nice.

>>7765482
and done

>>7765528
Thanks again.
I hope we will have some of those nice games translated in the upcoming years!

>>7765538
One day, hopefully. I'm honestly more concerned about 8-bit J-PC games for PC-88 and the like. Those ones don't have even basic file systems on their disks, unlike PC-98 games with that + non-compressed ASCII text you can easily edit.

>>7748123
Don't

>>7748123

>>7748123
D O N ' T
O
N
'
T

>>7741127
>>7741173
cool

>>7752641
I have Sex2

DON'T

>>7767752
>>7767403
>>7766102
>>7759392
>>7758765

I never though it would make such an impression... but seriously, when my playthrough for both games is complete and the next patch version released, I think I'll make a special "don't" /vr/ edition. I discovered Lakers on a PC-98 thread there, so I think you guys deserve at last that !

Anyway, hope everyone here is enjoying the games. I'll let you know for any future developments !

>>7769171
I gotta ask man, you emulating or doing this on a real pc98? Looking into getting one.

>>7769306
Emulating, but it should work on real hardware without hassle.

Just a little token of appreciation after I've managed to finish the horrible mission 7 again.
Iif you get there, make sure to max EVD for both characters, to have the healing technique for Akira (with the ultimate sword), and to throw Akira in the melee, attacking at distance with Chiaki's punch. Cross your fingers for Akira's body armor and sword to survive the longest time possible to avoid re-transfering equipment, and heal at each turn. You'll gain so many experience from dodging hits that your MP should refill on a regular basis.
Also, kill the black knight as quick as possible. Then concentrate on goons, the samurai tends to miss a lot wile the pig ninjas are annoying as fuck.
I managed to win on my 5th try. Not too bad, previous attempt was way longer...
You're rewarded with 2 sex scenes (2 CG each) and another sex CG. Then the rest of the game is a cakewalk.

>>7769370
Oh yeah, so far the game never crashed. And no more typos. Just a little alignment problem in equipment menu.

>>7769350
Sounds good mang, thanks for your hard work.

For me? it's a card game where if you win, a cute big tiddy anime girl will remove her clothes called Dai Hinmin

>>7748123
I remember horny sweeper had something like this except you had to click on the spot and do it in a certain order. Just like the old Meet n' fuck flash games.

>>7769714
Yeah, I remember Horny Sweeper. I managed to be stuck on sex scenes trying to figure out how to get to the next CG longer than playing the battles (that were slow, boring and way too easy to be enjoyable). It may be more "immersive" but it's still a chore imo.
The Lakers scenes are way quicker (most of the time, you run through each option 2-3 times and you unlock the last needed option). Plus if you understand the dialogue, you will quickly figure out what are the girls' preferences and go quicker to the point.
For both Lakers 3 and Horny Sweeper, interactive sex scenes were replaced by traditional H-scenes. That was for the best.

>>7769461
NP. It's actually pretty fun to do, and it's a good excuse to replay the franchise.

>>7769751
I got to the 3rd map of horny sweeper and gave up, it has to be one of the worst fire emblem clones I ever played. For a game with a really simple system it's just way too much length to complete a map.

>>7769860
Yes it's quite bad. The worst part is the auto-level up and regen. You're basically rewarded from not managing anything.
There are far better games even in the hentai department. Other than lakers, Magical Jam is cool, so is Beast Breeders.

>>7748415
Not its not, go back or lurk moar

>>7774138
once again: stay mad and suck my dick

>>7773197
what happened to PC's PM2 English translation?
why did they cancel it?

>>7774145
no one wants that filthy reddit infested noodle

>>7774541
They thought nobody would play DOS games after 1997 and were wary about the press.

>>7774556
>They thought nobody would play DOS games after 1997

>>7774541
Company that owned the rights went under before it could release. You can read it right from one of the translators here: http://www.softegg.com/products/pm2/pm2.php

thread is risen

>>7743601
>>7743621
>>7743627
God will it!

>>7776914
Do you know Chris? You may be Chris.
Funny how they got Christ's name wrong

>>7777008
Kirisuto?

>>7776914
The game kept me amused for something like 5 minutes, but I must admit the concept for it is pretty awesome. Alien Jesus is based as fuck.

>>7777348
>Alien Jesus
Nani?

>>7776914
>The player's objective is to have Jesus heal as many civilians as possible while avoiding enemies like soldiers or demons. If Jesus bumps into an enemy three times, the game will prematurely end. Healing earns points for the score tally and is required in order to reach subsequent levels.
LMAO

>>7777623
It's an alternate Jesus from another planet

>>7740579
i see your a man of culture as well

>>7740579
That's like saying your favorite rap song is the one with the word "nigga" in it.
That being said, you're obviously a man of taste.

>>7769171
Yes, please leave the 'don't'. I really needed this laugh today, anon

>>7743974
I literally just finished Yu-No. Found it to be a bit of a slog to get through, but ultimately very worth it. Here's a magnet to download it as mentioned by >>7744001

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:c64dae455beec386bd38266f3c78d142e117c826&dn=YU-NO.zip&tr=http%3a%2f%2fsukebei.tracker.wf%3a8888%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fopen.stealth.si%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fexodus.desync.com%3a6969%2fannounce

Updated Lakers translation. This is a proper 1.0, I've played through the whole thing. And as promised I included a "don't" version aside the regular one.
I don't think I will work any more on it, aside for fixing bugs (if you happen to find some). If anyone more skilled wants to contribute, be my guest !

>anonfiles dot com slash BeJdv0xdu8 slash Lakers2-English-1.0_zip

>>7779436
tyvm

>>7779301
>>7779436
based

mwah

>>7740579
It was a different era

>>7783513
Mwaahhahhh the Japanese eroge has always been celebrated for its excellence.