Japanese Exclusives

[Anonymous No.1552942]

And fan translations general

Previous thread:
http://archive.foolz.us/vr/thread/1525485/#1525485

The Adventure of Little Ralph is a really good game. Nice graphics, environments, action. Has a down stab, which I'd like to see more of. Really nice game. The goal isn't so much to beat it, but to get the high score. To do that, you need to beat the levels as fast as possible, get as many combos as possible, and find all the fruit.

[Anonymous No.1552982]

There was this one RPG for the famicom that had an OPLL sound chip added into the cartridge, like what was included in Japanese master systems - Lagrange Point.

[Anonymous No.1552993]

>>1552982
That game will also likely never be translated due to serious technical limitations. The text in the game was already heavily compressed, so translating the entire script with English would be next to impossible.

[Anonymous No.1553776]

Super MOTHER FUCKING Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium

[Anonymous No.1553826]

>general
>>>/vg/

[Anonymous No.1553897]

Fortunately for this thread, I'm having to re-download some of these type of games on my desktop since they didn't pocketiso correctly on my mobile. I'll go ahead and post about them as I download them.

These first couple do work pocketed so they're good places to start. The first is called Gungage. Even though I play it the most (on the go) it's hard for me to remember the title because of that Gungrave game. It's not technically a Japanese exclusive since there's a PAL version too but US bros may have missed it and you should get the NTSC-J version anyway since what little text it has is English.

It's like a free-roaming Space Harrier or 3D World Runner (since you run & jump, not fly) right down to the enemy design. The missions have different flavors of (simple) level layouts, so it has light platforming elements but the emphasis is 90% on action. There are unlockable characters with different main and secondary weapons and it's just generally a good time. Easy to pick up and immediately start having fun for short bursts with enough depth to let you feel like you're gaining toward long-term goals. All in all, a great choice for mobile gaming and a game no one ever mentions here (PSX has a LOT of hidden gems)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjyUaa_kUg0

[Anonymous No.1553908]

This next one is apparently a whole fucking thing in Japan that led me to add it to my manga backlog but I literally just discovered it through this Playstation game. OP might like it though since it's a Playstation platformer like Ralph. It's like some chibi-horror character sort of a Pugsley/Wednesday combined I guess. The game has a bunch of story text that's all Japanese but since it's a platformer it's pretty self explanatory. Either it's really hard or I'm not grasping some kind of upgrade mechanic though.

Gegege No Kitaro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAGM80EVHVM

[Anonymous No.1553927]

Blade Arts is the first one that didn't PocketISO correctly or something. Plays the whole (unskippable) intro then hangs with my dude just standing there looking around, uncontrollable like some event is supposed to happen but doesn't.

Basically, this Enix game is kind of like Tomb Raider with a Resident Evil lookin' dude who has a sword, hopefully with the right sprinkling of light RPG elements to suit my taste.. But I won't know for sure until I get it running right.

Judgemental hardcore types, have no fear - if one of these pocket games really hooks me and is too deep for me to play seriously in the pocket I'll definitely burn them and play them on real hardware. If I end up loving them, I usually even get a real copy for my collection...

But I've come to a point where I've almost completely separated gaming and collecting into two different hobbies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaAIaeMA4rM

[Anonymous No.1553937]

This one is the biggest bitch. 800 meg 2 disc download and the pocketISO conversion plays the sweet (but meaningless) intro, then freezes when you pick start. On top of that I honestly expect this game to be too hard to play in Japanese and there's no English translation but lately I kind of get off on playing extremely difficult games and there's a slim possibility I might get enough of a feel for it and be drawn in enough to plod through. I've been known to do such things.

It's some kind of RE clone but with more of a mystery angle. Enigma.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_C9iES_hE

[Anonymous No.1553940]

>>1553937
Whoops wrong video there. I have no idea what that flying shoe game is. Crazy ass Playstation games, I swear.

Here's Enigma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGppuQHZ2mM

[Anonymous No.1553953]

I've already "beat" bad ending Devilman for Playstation but I'll mention it because it's pretty fucking sweet - or at least I think it is but I love Devilman. If you're familiar with the manga or the anime either one you can follow the story for the game, although it isn't exactly the same as either.

The first part is like a stealth/survival horror game where you have to play fetch and avoid the demons. After you become Devilman the second part is like a tank-controls beat-em-up collection game and then after that you get RE style graded on your performance before you're allowed to do the third part. I didn't do well enough when I did it (C rank) and I haven't run through it again yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZrWnvw2aao

[Anonymous No.1553967]

Aconcagua does get talked about here some but I'll still mention it. It's a survival game that involves a plane crashed on a mountain, kind of like the 1972 Andes disaster and it has some kind of Evita Perone style South American political angle too. Spoken dialogue is all English, real easy to play for non-moonspeakers. It's a point & click, which I expected to really turn me off but the part that played before the pocketISO crapped out on me were totally tolerable and I was into it. I have no idea why it isn't a tank controller though. Maybe they wanted to be different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OquKMnTlo04

[Anonymous No.1553979]

Iru! is another mystery/survival/horror type of game that plays from the first person and controls like King's Field. It's definitely less complex than Enigma and feels like it could be stumbled through despite the language barrier.

I don't know what it is about me that enjoys these horror games even when I have no idea what's going on. Makes it seem that much more horrible maybe.

I feel like this cover is a Greatest Hits version or something but you'll just have to deal with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWsr8WYZug

[Anonymous No.1553992]

I really hate when dudes insist on talking all over gameplay videos so I apologize for posting this in advance but it's the best game play video of this PC-FX game that actually got ported to Playstation, and I've been playing a bit of. It's an RPG with dating sim elements. I'm wondering if I should be playing the PC-FX version since it's much more likely to have adult content but so far I haven't really gotten far enough for it to matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgFd89KPWiI

[Anonymous No.1553997]

Wow I've actually covered all the games I'm having to re-download and I'm about to go look up some more to sample and I guess I'll post about them as I download them.

Is there anybody who's actually interested in this or am I wasting my posts? I know a lot of you think these games are 3DPD but I figured OP at least would appreciate them. I admit there's probably a certain amount of nostalgia at work for me to appreciate their style.

[Anonymous No.1554007]

>>1553776
mother fucking why? returns is 100x better and available in english

[Anonymous No.1554012]

>>1553997
I'm taking notes here, thanks for them games.
Kinda known and there's a localized remake, but the saturn/ps1 Baroque is really an amazing game.

[Anonymous No.1554020]

>>1553997
Yeah, dude. I'm interested. I'm sure other people are as well. This is /vr/, so we enjoy learning about retro games that we have never heard about before.

[Anonymous No.1554023]

>>1554012
Yeah, I agree and I wish there was an English patch for the PSX version to make it easier to play mobile, not to mention making it less of a BARELY /vr/ danger zone game. Seems like it wouldn't be too hard since there's an official translation already, but I don't know much about romhacking.

Speaking of romhacking I'm assuming that we're all already aware of the English version of King's Field 1j right? It's pretty weak compared to KF3j or Shadow Tower 1 but definitely worth making a note of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxCAdLg8tXk

[Anonymous No.1554031]

The hot blooded series has
alot that didnt make it to america
River city randsom is from this series

[Anonymous No.1554051]

I didn't download this game but it's popped up on my radar a number of times. It seems like some people would probably like it...People who are trying to have an easy, psychedelic 90s experience. It's a crazy roller coaster simulator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgFKgoek74I

[Anonymous No.1554052]

>>1553992

It doesnt have adult content, just some jokes here and there, but nothing dirty. PC-FX only has like four games with adult content and nowadays only two of them are actually worth it.

[Anonymous No.1554194]

>>1554052
Thanks, Man!

Ended up getting a little busy but I'll post more PSX-Js soon.

[Anonymous No.1554263]

Seiya Monogatari - Anearth Stories

It's a multi-scenario RPG, you decide the main class of your character at the beginning of the game and according to that class the firsts parts of the game are a little different and your party will change.

Unlike other JRPG's, it's dungeons are more based on puzzle solving instead of battles, the game has battles, but the number is fixed so once you beat an enemy it wont respawn, instead of grinding like crazy the main objective of the game is finding the secrets and exploring the different dungeons for equipment. The game also has a remake on Saturn.

[Anonymous No.1555006]

Bump. Don't be dying on me before I get my DL back on.

[Anonymous No.1555078]

>>1553927
>>1553937
>>1553953
>>1553967
>>1553979
>>1553992
>>1554023
>>1554051
Man, I absolutely LOVE Japanese PSX game covers. It seems like they had so much more creative freedom to do what they wanted with them.

[Anonymous No.1555207]

Mahou no Shoujo Silky Lip

This is more curious than good, but the game has some interesting mechanics for something released in 1992. It's an adventure game with some RPG elements, using the typical magical girl theme from the late 80's and 90's, Lip is a girl from another world sent to the Earth to study for a year and become the next queen of the magic world.

The game is structured like an anime series, so each chapter features the opening (it's really catchy) and ending with the credits. The game consists of 12 episodes, in each one of them Lip has to interact with different characters and earn points to become the next queen. This game popularized the term LIPS (Live & Interactive Picture System) and it uses a system where you have to pick an emotion (sad, angry and happy) in order to answer to other characters.

Mahou Shoujo Silky Lip was supposed to receive an enhanced port on PC Engine CD, sadly the port never came to be. Still, in 2008 an eroge company bought the rights of the game and released a VN-like game that uses the same plot as the PC Engine CD version.

Riot also used the concept of this game for a Tokusatsu inspired game that was released on Sega CD, the only bad part about that one is that they only released the first part.

[Anonymous No.1555335]

Mizzurna falls needs mentioning. It's an open world detective game reminiscent of Twin Peaks. It really needs an english patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puzDxJdRFHQ

[Anonymous No.1555350]

wtf..................

[Anonymous No.1555358]

Project Gaiaray is a high speed Virtual On style mech combat game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuGTMKQ8M8

[Anonymous No.1555362]

>>1554051
Looks pretty fukkin noice.

Would like a remake with better framerate.

[Anonymous No.1555459]

>All these PS1 games
Oh boy, once I'm getting a new batch of CDs it is on.

[Anonymous No.1555464]

>>1555459
I just saw a 100 spindle of Verbatims at Sam's Club for $18

[Anonymous No.1555663]

>>1555464
I just need to go to the mall and pick some up. Maybe later. I wish PSIO would come out already so I don't have to bother with CDs anymore.

[Anonymous No.1555674]

>>1554051
Wait, so it's a racing game?

[Anonymous No.1555726]

Segagaga

[Anonymous No.1555867]

>>1555674
Sort of but not really. It's a crazy roller coaster simulator. It's like a racing game where the objective is survival.

[Anonymous No.1555914]

Not trying to cause a fight but the new german translation of FFVII is better than the original english.

I love it when a retranslation comes together.

[Anonymous No.1556298]

>>1552942
You forgot to mention the various death animations. Also, duel scenes are half-assed.

Ferica's hot though.

[Anonymous No.1556304]

>>1553908
The GBA Gegege no Kitarou game is a good exploration game in the same vein as SotN.

[Anonymous No.1556307]

I seriously want to know why everyone is so eager to ruin boards with adopting the "general" mindset.

PROTIP: If it's not an on-going thing, a general isn't needed.

[Anonymous No.1556315]

>>1554031
It is called the Kunio series

[Anonymous No.1556317]

>>1556315
>>1554031

I call it Nekketsu. It's never been super clear what to call it.

[Anonymous No.1556319]

>>1555914
Please look into the catalog next time

>>1553716

[Anonymous No.1556340]

Posting a few from the previous thread.

I think we should make an infographic of these.

>Zanac x Zanac

Has original Zanac and Neo Zanac. Neo is just god damn gorgeous and wonderful to play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiaol9m1u_w

[Anonymous No.1556348]

>>1556340

>Gradius Gaiden (Konami/KCET, 1997)

Was released for the PSP Gradius Collection years later, but still counts.

This is my second favorite Gradius Game, after V. Gorgeous 32 bit sprites. Love the boss banter

>You think you can beat me with that? Loser.

[Anonymous No.1556354]

>>1556348

>Harmful Park (Sky Think System, 1997)

PS1 Parodius style game. Not as good per se, but really pretty and worth checking out.

[Anonymous No.1556357]

>>1556354

>Gamera 2000 (Datei Digital/Surveyor, 1997)

PS1's Panzer Dragoon basically. I've never cared much for rail shooters that lack a 360 viewing area. They feel so constricted. Panzer and Gamera however allow to view in all angles.

[Anonymous No.1556360]

>>1556357

>Gaia Seed: Project Seed Trap

Have not played. Looks pretty good. wish the PS1 had more of these awesome 2D games.

[Anonymous No.1556367]

>>1555078

[Anonymous No.1556384]

Emerald Dragon

It's a classic JRPG released originally for japanese computers by Glodia. It seems like a formulaic JRPG, but the plot really shines on this one and the random battles are quite dynamic and fast.

There are many versions of this game, the only one with a fan translation is the one on Super Famicom that is almost the same as the PC Engine CD version (audio and cinematics a side).

[Anonymous No.1556436]

>>1555335
Beautiful cover

[Anonymous No.1556812]

>>1552993
>>1552982

http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=lagrange

Well Aeon Genesis has made some progress with it. Thing is, he's just one dude and it seems low priority for him. So no clue when/if he'll get that done.

[Anonymous No.1557028]

We talked about it in the action platformer thread quite a bit, but Magical Pop'n is a fucking blast. Very colorful and adorable Metroidvania-lite with great control. Very fast and smooth gameplay, interesting levels to explore, etc. Definitely recommended.

[Anonymous No.1557065]

>>1552942

I can't find a rip of this game that Retroarch's Mednafen core will accept.

[Anonymous No.1557080]

>>1557065

Ask EmuGen for details.

I was playing it yesterday with RetroArch. I got mine from Emu Paradise. Now Mednafen needs properly setup cuesheets, and I know that by default it does not have that. Give me a sec.

[Anonymous No.1557092]

http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/TwinkleTale/TwinkleTale.html

[Anonymous No.1557098]

>>1557080

I spoke to soon. Found a good file on theisozone.

How does this game save your progress? This core doesn't support save states.

[Anonymous No.1557120]

>>1557098

http://www.mediafire.com/download/34d2yfddmpgm4pd/The+Adventure+of+Little+Ralph+%28Japan%29+%5BSLPS-01853%5D.zip

Well, I uploaded the game. It's so small it is only 60mb, which is tiny for a CD based game.

As for saves, I think it doesn't at all. It's a hard game that harkens back to arcade and 8-16 bit console games. You're supposed to play through and get a high score.

>save states

Casual.

[Anonymous No.1557128]

>Gunman's Proof (sfc)

Seems like a Zelda-style game but in the wild west.

[Anonymous No.1557141]

Even from a casual look, it's pretty easy to see why Salmon Knight was never translated: It came out just a few months before the PS2, has full voice acting on everyone but the main character (that SCEA's retarded policies mean has to be dubbed), all 4 heroes and partners have different speaking styles that are difficult, if not impossible in some places, to render meaningfully different in English (and reducing the choice to cosmetic would be a huge downgrade). Still it's a decent enough tRPG aand has cute lesbians.

[Anonymous No.1557152]

>>1556812
Aeon Genesis isn't just one dude. It is one dude and whoever feels like working with him. He has no knowledge of Japanese, so obviously at the very least someone else translates his scripts

[Anonymous No.1557159]

>>1557141
>Salmon Knight

You mean Summon Knight? Yeah there's a few PS1 trpgs that were never ported.

>Summon Night (January 6, 2000)
>Released for the PlayStation/remade for Nintendo DS.

>Summon Night 2 (August 2, 2001)
>Released for the PlayStation/remade for Nintendo DS.

Then the really interesting Black/Matrix series.

>Black/Matrix (saturn)
>Ports: Black/Matrix AD (Dreamcast)
>Port: Black/Matrix + (PS1)

>Black/Matrix 00 (PS1)

None of them are translated.

[Anonymous No.1557165]

Why Custom Robo, and to a lesser degree v2, weren't released is beyond me. There was well over a year before the Gamecube came out and the first one was translated to fucking Chinese before English

[Anonymous No.1557169]

>>1557159
>Criticizes someone getting the name wrong
>Gets the name wrong

[Anonymous No.1557170]

>>1557165
The first Sakura Taisen games exist translated in Russian but not in English. Some games so niche other regions beat them to it

[Anonymous No.1557182]

>>1557159
It was a joke. サモンナイト/サーモンナイト

[Anonymous No.1557392]

Assault Suits Leynos 2, for the SEGA Saturn.

It's a sequel of Assault Suits Leynos or "Target Earth" as it was called in 'murrica, has fuckawesome sprites and explosions and pretty neat mech customization.

https://mega.co.nz/#!8Eo0kbSB!4_FdpNAHSB9--OJ-64C8FDin0wGCno6UuDzoLgSZqdE

The format is the usual shitty compressed Saturn format of .cue and ISO+.mp3 files but it works as I got it straight from Pleasuredrome, password is simply "leynos".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH4KQcKzS7A

[Anonymous No.1557463]

>>1557392
>iso+mp3

How disgusting. Here, have a bin/cue.


Juusou Kihei Leynos 2 (Saturn) (J).rar 294.8 MB
https://mega.co.nz/#!OcciEKyI!sRipvuKRhue7xXgo9RCCPZZmccIHS-BZkzTh9sINfbM

[Anonymous No.1557586]

>>1554007
I'm not the guy you replied to, but keep these things in mind.

1) Returns is not retro. Must I remind you that this board is about retro games.

2) Returns came out TEN years after Premium. Have some respect for the predecessors that paved the way. I played Premium back in 1999, and it blew me away. When Returns came out it didn't leave as big of an impression on me.

[Anonymous No.1557619]

>>1556317
If it's any consolation, neither did Technos. They called it either, the Kunio-kun series or the Nekketsu series. It doesn't help there's various sub-series within the franchise.

[Anonymous No.1557665]

>>1557619

I think "nekketsu highschool" makes more sense. Kunio is just the main character, but it shares a setting and characters of highschool delinquints.

[Anonymous No.1558247]

Jesus Christ, I just found out about this cooking game with a hot girl for SNES but I completely forgot the name, of course. Does anyone know it?

[Anonymous No.1558429]

>>1558247
Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen?

[Anonymous No.1558443]

Has any of the Japan-only Goemon games ever been fan-translated? I want to introduce more people to the series, especially the SNES games, which were the best ones in the series.

[Anonymous No.1559252]

yo dawg. Bumping.

[Anonymous No.1559695]

Ghost Sweeper Mikami.
Pretty good for an anime tie-in. I think there was a translation project going at some point but seems nothing came of it.
TV ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8udYiGNPxl0
Gameplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzOj6BgpdUM
Anime OP (they used a SNES rendition of it for the title screen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNsjRP180Ww

[Anonymous No.1559707]

>>1558443
Are those people so autistic they won't play a platforming game if it isn't in English?

[Anonymous No.1559713]

I find it mind boggling that this game still has no english translation. It was the only game to use the VRC7 chip, so it had really unique audio for the Famicom. Apparently Konami teamed up with fans to design most of the elements of the game and a lot of Japanese gamers consider it to be a masterpiece.

[Anonymous No.1559723]

>>1559713

See:
>>1556812

[Anonymous No.1559738]

>>1559707
Goemon 3 is more of an action RPG though. Plus, most of Goemon's appeal comes from its humor, which is lost if you can't understand te dialogue.

[Anonymous No.1559882]

>>1558443
Some of the NES ones have been fan translated but not the SNES ones. Most of the SNES ones are playable anyway without knowing the language.

[Anonymous No.1559970]

this is eldergate for psx.
it looks nice but yes jp exclusive with no one interested to make a story translation of it

[Anonymous No.1559975]

and this is khamrai,with chara designer haruhiko mikimoto

[Anonymous No.1560059]

Just posting this so I can later bookmark this thread on the archive.
Please carry on.

[Anonymous No.1560067]

>>1559738
>Caring about jokes in a video game

[Anonymous No.1560103]

>>1560067
So adventure games aren't your thing, huh?

[Anonymous No.1560108]

>dem graphics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJzuorRRtQ

[Anonymous No.1560119]

>>1560059
>not bookmarking this thread and using the foolz archive when it 404's

[Anonymous No.1560146]

>>1560119
That's exactly what I'm doing, sperglord.

[Anonymous No.1560347]

>>1560146
Not that guy, but 4chanX (userscript) does redirect you automatically to the archive when the thread dies (and adds any thread you post on to a thread watcher).

On topic. Battle Mania daiginjou is awesome.

[Anonymous No.1560389]

>>1560108
>that texture clarity
>those models
>that lack of visible texture warping common in PS1 games when things move around
>that framerate

If the real game looks like the opening, then it would be, without a doubt, one of the most advanced PS1 games ever made. The programmers must've loved their job.

[Anonymous No.1560419]

>>1560389

It's probably one of the best anime licence for PS1. It only has the typical limits of the beat 'em up genre to bog it down.

[Anonymous No.1560643]

>>1560419
For being on weaker hardware, it blows anything on the N64 out of the water.

[Anonymous No.1561107]

>>1558443

Goemon 2 and 4 for the SNES are extremely easy to play (I've 100% completed both on the actual carts). 4 will probably require an FAQ for a puzzle during one part of the game, and to explain how the various mini-games work, though.

[Anonymous No.1561157]

>>1560419

Actually, Bandai developed and published some games with great graphics late into the PS era.

http://ks23364.kimsufi.com/psxdata/databasepsx/games/J/S/SLPS-01900.html

http://ks23364.kimsufi.com/psxdata/databasepsx/games/J/S/SLPS-02761.html

http://ks23364.kimsufi.com/psxdata/databasepsx/games/J/M/SLPS-03220.html

[Anonymous No.1561178]

>>1557141
Man, I remember that game. One of my favourite game series. Only got Kir and Hero endings, never noticed any lesbians. Where were they?

[Anonymous No.1561523]

>>1560108
How the fuck did they pull that off on a PSX? Poly quality as good as the N64 but with the texture strength of the PlayStation is no easy feat.

[Anonymous No.1561562]

>>1553897

I've been really enjoying this game ever since I found out you can do a 180 by double tapping sidestep and holding left or right. I was getting rekt pretty hard before then.

[Anonymous No.1561571]

>>1560103
>Implying all adventure games relies on jokes

[Anonymous No.1561582]

>>1561562
lol yeah one of the big drawbacks of downloading is no manual, and these games rarely have available manual scans. Gotta figure stuff like that out the hard way.

Also try not to let so many enemies get behind you to start with.

[Anonymous No.1561593]

>>1561523

Well, it could be pre-rendered video. But it seems to clear so it's probably realtime using real models.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCtZIlolG6w

Now look at this tech demo for the PS1 and how awesome that T-REx looks. It can do that because there's nothing else to render on screen, so it can focus on making the niceest looking T-Rex a PS1 can make. Similar thing with that intro. It's not really having to render that much at a time. Just a few characters going through some scripted movements. So you can make it look as nice as possible.

I doubt the main game looked anywhere near that good.

[Anonymous No.1561660]

>>1561593
>I doubt the main game looked anywhere near that good.

Actually, it isnt much different in-game, but you are right about the amount of content on screen. These games just use few polygons on the scenarios, if you watch one in-game video you can see the trick right away, most of the scenario assets are actually flat textures. Still, they made a pretty good job because it might fool while you are playing.

[Anonymous No.1562361]

>>1561582
replacementdocs usually has something. There's also GameFAQs or Internet.

[Anonymous No.1562394]

>>1561593
>I doubt the main game looked anywhere near that good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF_IvMpMAt8

[Anonymous No.1562629]

>>1562394
It still looks pretty good but it's supposed to be blockier than that.

[Anonymous No.1562972]

>>1561178
Did you play as a male?

[Anonymous No.1563893]

>>1562972
First as Hayato and then as Aya on my second playthrough.

[Anonymous No.1563981]

I'm pretty new to hacking and translating ps1 games, but I'm learning. I've wanted to extract the game assets from Yuuyami Doori Tankentai in order to access the in game text, but I've hit a wall with the game's library file as it's been compressed as .FLB. If anyone knows how to decompress that sort of file, let me know.

[Anonymous No.1564015]

>>1563981
The only guy in this planet tat can help you, is a douchebag by the name of GEMINI at romhacking dot org

[Anonymous No.1564024]

Best Genesis JRPG.

[Anonymous No.1565865]

>there are likely countless great Japanese only games for PCE and other obscure consoles that no one will ever know about

[Anonymous No.1565879]

>>1565865
Except Japanese people right? Or not even them?

It's not like it's impossible to go through the entire library and check them out. PC-98 on the other hand may very well have forever lost gems.

[Anonymous No.1565983]

>>1565879
This is a good site as far as Japanese game recommendation is concerned.
http://www26.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/

[Anonymous No.1566019]

Well, guess it's time to learn moon.

[Anonymous No.1566092]

>>1564024

>No translation ever

[Anonymous No.1566278]

>>1552993
You know, translation hacks don't have to fit onto the same size ROM as the original game.
They can expand them to megabytes if it makes the hack easier to develop, offers more space for a better translation, etc.
It's actually better if they do that, because it discourages jackasses from mutilating historical artifacts instead of just buying a flash cart.

[Anonymous No.1568007]

Don't you 404 on me!

[Anonymous No.1568035]

is there a list of famicom or PS1 exclusive RPGs? Most are so incomprehensive and I don't mind the runes.

[Anonymous No.1568281]

>>1558443

Goemon 2 for the SNES is totally excellent and yet it still doesn't have a fan translation
Its such a standout gem I don't get it

[Anonymous No.1568284]

>>1568281
"Its" is the possessive of "it".
"It's" is a contraction of "it is".

[Anonymous No.1568291]

>>1568284

[Anonymous No.1568343]

>>1568284
>>1568291
Great posts, guys. Really contributing a lot to the thread!

>>1553927
So I put a few hours into this after getting stuck on the first stage trying to make an impossible jump up and out of a poison pit using the less-than-tomb-raider-precise controls. It really should have a way to hop back from an edge.

Anyway, it turned out what I needed to do was press the action button in exactly the right place on this flaw in the wall and my partner came and gave me P.E. which I assume is plastic explosives, not physical education because once I pushed a block, made her talk to me like two more times and activated the P.E. (which a US game would have called C4) at EXACTLY the right spot it opened up and I went through. It was pretty frustrating and I might have dumped it except I found a sweet two-tined sword with a blowtorch light effect then fell down a pit and had to fight a dragon! Awesome!

But then I played for almost an hour last night and it was essentially all moon-story, plus my sword was gone and turned back into my shitty combat knife. They introduced like six characters so I'm a bit dubious that the story may be too involved (and unskippable) for me but for now I'm keeping at it.

[Anonymous No.1568396]

>>1568343
I'll make amends:

Clock Tower for the Super Nintendo. English-patched horror game with branching storylines and multiple endings. The sprite animation is nicely done and it's surprisingly gory/scary for a SNES game. Unique in that the main character is completely defenseless; no guns here, you either run or hide. Choose the wrong one and it's game over.

Also everyone has probably already played this.

[Anonymous No.1569191]

>>1554007

You understand the context of this thread, right? You understand why I picked a SNES game, and not a PS2 game, don't you?..... don't you?.....Fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.1569285]

>>1569191
Fire Pro on Dreamcast is pretty cool too though. There's a fan translation ISO too - but for some reason the wrestler's names are still in Japanese.

[Anonymous No.1569368]

>>1555078
It's really dissapointing.

The only place where the west really gets stylized, full photo or painting covers like these anymore are on albums.

The best covers still come from the atari and have gradualy decressed in creativity since then, and maybe it's because with the lack of impressive technology the more impressive the art work there had to be to stimulate the imagination. Still, an overall change in culture is at large guilty for what we have now across all mediums, or else we wouldn't have the hideous blue orange filters and shitty stances.

[Anonymous No.1569372]

>>1569368
>dissapointing

*Disappointing

[Anonymous No.1569378]

>>1569368

For covers, it's the same as home movies. They want floating head and something to quickly explain the game to get people to buy it. They aren't interested in anything abstract or pretty or anything.

[Anonymous No.1570774]

Radirgy.

A cel-shaded vertical shooter for the dreamcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVnkD8aUXGo

I remember that it was supposed to get a US release on the gamecube late in its life cycle but ended up being cancled.

[Anonymous No.1570804]

>>1570774
>cancled

*Cancelled

[Anonymous No.1570869]

>>1568396
I'm forever stuck on that scene. Can't get up the hill, keep sliding back down into babby.

[Anonymous No.1570885]

Kindaichi Case Files: Star Viewing Island for Sega Saturn.
Kindaichi is a hugely popular detective franchise, much like Conan.

This game is original in a sense that you play as a villain, while trying to avoid getting caught by Kindaichi.

I've watched the japanese LP and it's bloody hilarious.
http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm17736843

[Anonymous No.1570906]

>>1570774
>Radirgy

Released on Wii under the title of "Ultimate Shooting Collection", there's also a Ultimate Shooting Collection 2

[Anonymous No.1570908]

>>1570774
It got released on the Wii instead as part of a collection. Pretty fun game.

[Anonymous No.1570923]

>>1570885
That it's a detective game is all I need to know. I love those, probably because mysteries only work for me if they're interactive. Like, just detective games and mystery dinner shows I like to do with my local theater and sometimes go to myself, also.

[Anonymous No.1571052]

>>1557028
This game is fantastic. And the character's voice was too much for me, so cute.

[Anonymous No.1571068]

>>1562394
It looks amazing for a psx game.

[Anonymous No.1571090]

>>1560643

If you played it you'd understand why.
Full of loading times, there is nothing on-screen apart from you, the thugs and flat textured terrain as the backgrounds are still images.

Still, I didn't give a fuck 15 years ago and I still don't.

[Anonymous No.1571345]

Almost forgot about this game, Velldeselba Senki on PS.

It's a steampunk multi ending action RPG with ship battles. You can customize your ship and pick different weapons as you progress through the story. The game features some fully animated scenes and classic overhead graphics for the city exploring.

[Anonymous No.1571381]

http://www.destructoid.com/index.phtml?t=It%20Came%20from%20Japan!

[Anonymous No.1571689]

On the other hand, these games weren't release in Japan

[Anonymous No.1571708]

>>1571381

Oh neat. Thanks oni-san.

[Anonymous No.1571732]

>>1571689
Do you happen to have this in better quality?

[Anonymous No.1571878]

>>1571689

>Syphon Filter
>Driver 2
>Medal of Honor
>Urban Chaos
>Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
>Road Rash Jailbreak

Poor japs.

[Anonymous No.1571913]

>>1571689
>Shadow Madness

I can't believe I finished that game.
It was literally the western answer to FF7, everything about that game reminded me of FF7. The low-poli models, pre-rendered backgrounds, even the blond hero and his buster sword.
FF7 had no scythe-wielding scarecrows though.

[Anonymous No.1573232]

>>1571345

So apparently there are no gameplay videos in English.

And I am having difficulty finding the Japanese lettering of the title.

[Anonymous No.1573239]

>>1573232
ベルデセルバ

[Anonymous No.1573252]

>>1573232

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7119897
Found one.

[Anonymous No.1574026]

>>1559707
You HAVE to speak and answer to people in these games to progress.

[Anonymous No.1574269]

>>1568284
>not even using something like the flower bob cartoon on that topic.

[Anonymous No.1574714]

>>1561178
He's a dumbass fag from /u/ who posts all the time on /v/ and has this grand delusion of SN being a yuri series. There are no lesbians.

[Anonymous No.1575690]

>>1570885

No translation right?

[Anonymous No.1576948]

Fricken awesome thread, thank you so much to everyone posting. Playing Harmful Park right now and loving it, gonna try Magical Pop'n next then Goemon 4

[Anonymous No.1577652]

[Anonymous No.1577661]

[Anonymous No.1578135]

>>1576948

If you haven't played Goemon 2, do that first. Goemon 4 has pretty graphics, but the levels aren't nearly as interesting or well designed, and the additional characters honestly don't add anything (you can only switch between characters in the final world, and honestly Sasuke is the best character by far so it doesn't matter).

Honestly, Goemon 2 is probably THE most underrated game for the SNES. It's on par with Konami's best of the era.

[Anonymous No.1578168]

>>1577652
>>1577661
Holy crap I haven't heard of almost any of those and almost all of them sound amazing, if that was the US library I would buy a playstation in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous No.1578392]

>>1577652
Deserted Island sounds absolutely fascinating to me.

If only I knew Japanese : /

[Anonymous No.1578798]

>>1578135
>Honestly, Goemon 2 is probably THE most underrated game for the SNES. It's on par with Konami's best of the era.
Konami released a bunch of really good stuff that were Japan-exclusive. I really want to find out who was the genius who decided to pass over Getsu Fuma Den and Miracle of Almana, but decided to localize fucking Mad City. At least they made lots of some decent western-exclusive stuff too, so it even outs.

[Anonymous No.1579351]

>>1577652
LENGHT

[Anonymous No.1579383]

>>1577652
>>1577661
It's so sad how many games are just lost and forgotten to the mists of time, never to be rereleased or anything. They only live on in the libraries of those who bought them when they were out and in emulation, but even then in the west few of us can really experience them as they were meant to be played since we don't know Japanese.

[Anonymous No.1579783]

Volfoss

[Anonymous No.1579807]

Not sure if this was posted in any threads, but there goes:

Nekketsu Tairiku Burning Heroes

A very formulaic JRPG with a few twists. The main selling point is eight different characters and scenarios to choose from (four are available from the start while the rest are unlocked as you beat them). You have freedom in recruiting different NPCs from towns and taverns, there is only a couple of mandatory party members. You only control your main character while the NPCs are AI-controlled, which is pretty unique for a standard sideview turn-based JRPG type. Another of the game's quirks is the hot blood meter that grows as your main character takes damage and can be used to summon a powerful beast to deal massive amounts of damage to the opposition when it reaches 100%; the beast levels with your character.

The quirks are not perfectly implemented though; the 8 different scenarios are fairly similar to each other and often make you play through the same locations over and over with slight deviations, what makes consecutive playthroughs a bit of a repetitive chore despite a single chapter not lasting more than a couple hours. The AI tends to not be very smart and likes to burn out the characters' MP using spells in trivial random battles while the main characters are fairly strapped for tactical options and the battle system, despite having quirks like formations that affect your stats and the "hot blood" meter, is extremely straightforward and formulaic - you just mash the attack button and occasionally use the hot blood summon or a healing item, skip the latter if you got the OP healer NPC. The titular hot blood summoning system could also be more interesting but serves as a free 999 "overdrive" attack you can use once in a while. But overall it's a pretty fun little classic JRPG and 16-bit JRPG lovers could have a couple evenings of fun with it. It also has a loli who fights in her father's oversized armor suit as one of the player characters.

[Anonymous No.1579808]

>>1579807
http://www.dynamic-designs.us/burningheroes.shtml

English fan patch

[Anonymous No.1580014]

>>1579807

haven't played the game more than 3 minutes, but seen videos and it looks very mediocre

downloaded the spc set / soundtrack about a year ago though, pretty cool - by the assault suits valken composer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPW8rxg_m1s

[Anonymous No.1580020]

>>1580014
yeah the soundtrack was bretty gud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9GuI96NfOc

[Anonymous No.1580029]

>>1553897

it controls surprisingly well

>>1553927

interesting game, though the controls are a bit cumbersome and strange

>>1557128

like zelda + earthbound

>>1557392

cool game but moves kinda fast, the camera could be better

>>1564024

briefly tried this, basically phantasy star 5

[Anonymous No.1580068]

>>1580029
>interesting game, though the controls are a bit cumbersome and strange
I've been playing it a lot lately. The second stage forces you to get comfortable with the controls, you just have to stop expecting them to be identical to Tomb Raider which takes a while because they're so similar to Tomb Raider superficially. The secret is that the look button actually turns your character, so that's how you line up jumps.

Unfortunately I can't find the fourth piece of the jade tablet and I'm getting kind of frustrated but eventually I'll find it. It's a bitch that enemies respawn but health items don't so repeated backtracking punishes you and it doesn't seem like you can save other than between stages.

I'm not even feeling guilty about judicious use of save states.

[Anonymous No.1580534]

>>1558429
No, I don't think that's it

It looked more otherworldly and the girl was barely wearing anything.

[Anonymous No.1580612]

>>1580534
So an other-worldly semi-nude... cooking game... for SNES?

[Anonymous No.1580994]

>>1580612
Actually, it wasn't a cooking game. It was a RPG with a cooking theme.

[Anonymous No.1581669]

Since I'm currently staying here in Moonland anyway, I decided to get into import Saturn collecting. I've been researching a bunch recently, but do you guys have any special recommendations on games?

I might start collecting for other systems too, so fire away if you've got some ideas. Sadly though, I don't think I'm rich enough to get into the rarities.

[Anonymous No.1581725]

>>1581669
If you're living IN Japan dude, you're in a literal paradise for cheap NIHONGO games for pretty much any System. I think I paid like 12 dollars USD for a Sealed Copy of Resident Evil 2 I brought back as a souvenir for my bro.

[Anonymous No.1581727]

>>1563981
Any progress made? That game looks pretty interesting and I'd like to try it out along with the Twilight Syndrome series.

[Anonymous No.1581753]

>>1581669
you could just buy the shit that sells high and auction it on ebay
autistic collectors go nuts for shit like "sealed in box collector's edition Some Weeaboo Game Nobody White's Heard of III"
you could make money off of having no talent other than going in Japan.

[Anonymous No.1581773]

>>1581725
That's why I'm asking. I want to chart what I should get.

I'l put up the prices of the stuff I got yesterday, in case you guys are interested or want to laugh at me in case I got ripped off. ( * = with spine card)

- Princess Crown * (2800¥)
- Guardian Heroes (2360¥)
- Panzer Dragoon * (1280¥)
- Panzer Dragoon Zwei (1180¥)
- Wachenröder * (880¥)
- Söldnerschild (380¥)

[Anonymous No.1582552]

>>1581773
>- Wachenröder * (880¥)
>- Söldnerschild (380¥)
German so popular on the Saturn

[Anonymous No.1582575]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx9AKPHAjRo

I've just heard of this series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compati_Hero_Series#The_Great_Battle

That's Great Battle V.

[Anonymous No.1583368]

Another very obscure JRPG: Arabian Nights

Very unique arabian theme, setting and storyline centered about dinns and arabian mythology. Unique battle system that makes use of collectible elemental cards both the player and the enemy encounters can use to change the battlefield to put certain global effects into play (damage to all enemies each turn, increase elemental resistance of all allies etc) and to knock lower level enemy cards out of the field, allowing for some pretty unique tactical solutions for the genre. The graphics are gorgeous and stylish (though the battle animations aren't great and low-frame). However, the game seems rushed at certain parts, and is distressingly easy, making its unique card gimmick almost useless at most times. It's very original and most certainly worth a look if you like JRPGs, however.

Fantranslation here: http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1785/

[Anonymous No.1583652]

>>1553776
Thumb looked like a little man and a giant man on the same plane.

[Anonymous No.1583724]

>>1581773
wachenroder looks like a sweet tactical rpg wish I could read moon.

[Anonymous No.1583727]

>>1581773
christmas nights should be easy to find there, but it's rare in north america.

ps I think all the saturn capcom ports were JAP only

[Anonymous No.1583751]

>>1583368
>unique Arabian theme
You mean like Beyond Oasis, Crystal Warriors, Defenders of Oasis, the Exile series, Magic of Sheherazade, the Prince of Persia series, Sinbad in the Cave of Wonders, Arabian Fight, Arabian Magic, all the Aladdin games, Equinox/Solstice, Monster World IV, Genie's Curse, Magic Carpet, Legend of Oasis and, of course, Shantae just to name a few?

[Anonymous No.1583784]

>>1583751
>Magic of Sheherazade

*Magic of Scheherazade

[Anonymous No.1583787]

>>1583751
>Solstice

That wasn't very Arabian inspired other than the main character is the father of an Arabian kid

[Anonymous No.1586528]

woah

[Anonymous No.1586658]

have any /vr/ played Metal Wolf Chaos?

[Anonymous No.1586667]

>>1586658
It's on my too-play list but none of my Xboxes have a functioning mod on them right now. Also not /vr/

[Anonymous No.1586890]

>>1570774
Nice music at the very least, though I'm really not into shooters.

[Anonymous No.1587435]

>>1586658
Played it for a bit, it was alright. Wanted to play more but my xbox fucking died, got a replacement and that one died also. Gave up on Microsoft after that. I'll play it one day if a working emulator ever gets finished.

[Anonymous No.1587501]

>>1583751

none of those are jrpgs

[Anonymous No.1588093]

>>1587501
Now, now, let's be fair, some of them are.

[Anonymous No.1590176]

I bump this once a day.

[Anonymous No.1590186]

>>1553908
I haven't really played any new J exclusives but I went ahead and read the original run of this Manga. It was precious in a Speed Racer meets The Addams Family way. Will read it to my kid when he's old enough to understand comics.

[Anonymous No.1590197]

Any recommendations for games that are text-heavy to a degree but have particularly simple language?

[Anonymous No.1590230]

No mention of Boku no Natsuyasumi? It popped up a lot in cozy game threads. It's a simulation game where you live through a boy's summer vacation in a Japanese countryside and do summer vacationy things. It has a really great atmosphere and even voice acting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2I0YanKMg

[Anonymous No.1590257]

>>1590230
It's buried in one of these bigass infographics
>>1577652
>>1577661

[Anonymous No.1591934]

>>1590197
You could do well in the Famicom Tantei Club games, both the FDS originals, and SNES port

[Anonymous No.1591938]

>>1590186
The GBA game is a good rip off of modern Castlevania by Konami. The first NES game kinda sucks but the second one has been translated in English. It was a nice RPG whose one fault is that stupid gimmick with the misty screen. Ruined the fun for me

[Anonymous No.1593457]

Were any of the other Choro-Q games for PlayStation ever translated other than 2 and 3?

[Anonymous No.1593463]

>>1593457

choro q 1 probably won't be, since it was released in europe as "penny racers" (recommend playing it untranslated, due to pal games not running at the proper speed)

of the spin-offs, q-boat is fun

[Anonymous No.1594303]

Do-Re-Mi Fantasy is the sequel to Milon's Secret Castle and a really nice (if somewhat by-the-book) platformer on the SNES. It's reasonably long and decently challenging, and there's no need to know Japanese, though it has an English translation if you really want to know what the story is.

If you give this a go, find the fluffy boots (they let you float) and for the love of god DON'T LOSE THEM. Some of the later levels (especially the volcano ones) are very difficult without them.

Longplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXNmZb2U3SY

[Anonymous No.1594309]

>>1593463
I think Choro Q 2 is my favorite.

[Anonymous No.1594424]

I've wanted to play this ever since I saw the Kacho play it on GCCX, looks chill as fuck. Can probably slog through it with the moonrunes, but it's a damn shame it never got localized.

[Anonymous No.1594430]

>>1594424
The GB game is localized, legend of the river king 3, if I recall.

[Anonymous No.1594434]

>>1594424
The GB game is localized, legend of the river king 3, if I recall.

[Anonymous No.1594436]

>>1594434
>2
Fucking hell, I'm not good with numbers.

[Anonymous No.1594442]

>>1594434
Yeah, it is. I'll probably check it out. I just really love the sprites in the SNES version.

[Anonymous No.1595792]

>>1552942

Don't you 404 on me!

[Anonymous No.1596667]

Basted (PC-Engine CD)

It's an action-adventure game, kinda looks like an action RPG, but it's more like a parody of that genre. The game also resembles those late 80's and early 90's OVA full of fan service. It's pretty short (3 hours) and kinda playable without japanese knowledge (story isnt complex, but you might get lost about where to go or what to do).