A preview video of the emerging English version of this game is here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3QOmRyNlsALater, I will update the project page. Here is some of the information I included with the video:
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"Our preview runs from loading the game to opening the first treasure chest in the Cave of Defense near the Village of Beta.
The story: Having been soundly beaten by the Zool while traveling from parts unknown, our hero is suffering from amnesia as he awakens at Nina's cottage in the Village of Beta. Regardless, he is determined to keep fighting the evil Zool demons, an enemy that has plagued the world throughout recorded history. All our hapless warrior recalls is his name and the fact he must find the current Light Warrior, the only person on the planet who has been blessed by the gods to serve as the ultimate protector against a final Zool victory."
...file translations stood at about two-thirds completion. Refinements in the insertion system, story, shops, battle engine, and other game support features brought our ... in-house working patch to V0.50+ - in other words - more than half finished!"
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Additional information:
Specifically, of 281 text files dumped, 199 of these are fully or partially translated and inserted.
Formatting and a polished story extend well into the second town of Adol. (Spelled the same as the owner of the GG
Phantasy Star Gaiden cart years ago)
Hat's off to Bongo`: In just a few weeks, he advanced his significant early work to a 99% completed battle and game support system! Around a dozen assembly conversions are giving our present English version of this game a near-finished appearance cosmetically. (
See the video!) The only thing holding up an expeditious progression to beta testing is securing translations to the remaining 82 files (about 400 kb of raw size), and the remaining insertion, formatting, debugging of the usual glitches, and polishing of the final story.
So, regarding the bottom two graphics:
Who prefers the directions spelled out, and who would like to see the Japanese symbols (arrows) imported into the English game, if possible?