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Title: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: Trenton_net on December 06, 2013, 05:40:06 AM

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.

Title: Re: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: Necromancer on December 06, 2013, 06:10:03 AM

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.

Title: Re: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: shubibiman on December 06, 2013, 09:23:32 PM

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.

Title: Re: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: kiketonto on December 07, 2013, 12:29:25 AM

Quote from: Trenton_net on December 06, 2013, 05:40:06 AM

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.

Title: Re: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: Trenton_net on December 09, 2013, 03:09:16 AM

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.

Title: Re: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: A Black Falcon on December 09, 2013, 08:42:05 AM

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.

Title: Re: Sim Earth / A-Train: English?
Post by: shubibiman on December 10, 2013, 06:03:03 PM

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