The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted

[Michirin9801]

I think I'm going to be sad when it's over.

I know I'll be very happy when it's over because I'll get to play it ;3
I'm SOOO Looking forward to that!

[Mathius]

I am too! These are some of those games that I tend to just boot up and admire the intro. In the near future that will all change and I'll finally be able to play Falcom's "sister" series to the Ys franchise. Thank you all so so much!

[blueraven]

CAW for Lykos! 

Two months late but thanks for the bigup, Necromancer

[Keith Courage]

In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished

[Mathius]

In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished

Rockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.

[esteban]

In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished

Rockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.

Mathius, I believe that is actually a QUAD-CASE (salt-n-pepper variant).

It holds up to 4 standard discs.

Or 13 mini-discs.

[seieienbu]

In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished

I'd actually thought about this particular conundrum.  The First game has the space but the second game hates me and everything I stand for and is only a single disk game!   

I think I like your solution so much that I'll likely do the same myself.

[Keith Courage]

Rockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.

I found a bunch of completely empty double CD cases at my local goodwill a few years back. All in fantastic shape.

[LentFilms]

I don't have a custom case but I still have my copy of The Legend of Xanadu II that I purchased when I was recording voices for the old dub back in 2011. Maybe I should complete my set and get a copy of Xanadu I before the translation comes out.

[elmer]

I know I'll be very happy when it's over because I'll get to play it ;3
I'm SOOO Looking forward to that!

I am too! These are some of those games that I tend to just boot up and admire the intro. In the near future that will all change and I'll finally be able to play Falcom's "sister" series to the Ys franchise.

Thanks, everyone's support and interest really helps! 

We're really looking forward to these being released, and getting people's feedback about the differences between the two games.

Everyone always loves the beauty of LoX2, and has difficulty battling through LoX1 with just a walkthrough and no idea of what's going on.

I'm curious if LoX1 will get more love when people can actually experience the full story, and the incredible detail that Yoshio Kiya and his team put in there.

I actually find it fun to go around the towns speaking to the NPC characters.

Falcom seemed to have generally put a lot more effort into making the towns interesting in both LoX games, compared to what Hudson did in their ports of the Ys games.

In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished
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I found a bunch of completely empty double CD cases at my local goodwill a few years back. All in fantastic shape.

That's really neat! 

I know that I threw away a bunch of spare dual-cases, years ago. I feel like an idiot, now!


Looks like you can still buy the old dual-cases on eBay. You just have to search for "chubby cd case"

There seem to be 21mm thick cases that hold 2 CDs, and 24mm thick cases that hold 4 CDs.


I hope that we're going to be able to do both translated manuals and case-liners like esteban made for Zeroigar.

I know that we'd like to provide a ton of supplemental materials, like level maps and, of course, a copy of that LoX1 map of the 32-levels in the tower.

I wouldn't have had the patience to finish LoX1 if it hadn't been for that map that Falcom provided.

I scanned it, and printed it massively-enlarged, so that I could trace where I'd been, and mark down where all of the connecting doors and passages were.

I don't have a custom case but I still have my copy of The Legend of Xanadu II that I purchased when I was recording voices for the old dub back in 2011. Maybe I should complete my set and get a copy of Xanadu I before the translation comes out.

You'll want LoX1, for the map, if for nothing else!

I suspect that it wouldn't be hard to make enough printable materials to have the translations justify being put in their own cases! 

[seieienbu]

Everyone always loves the beauty of LoX2, and has difficulty battling through LoX1 with just a walkthrough and no idea of what's going on.

I'm curious if LoX1 will get more love when people can actually experience the full story, and the incredible detail that Yoshio Kiya and his team put in there.

A funny thing to me about the first game is that it is so cheap!  It's criminally undervalued; if you have any interest in picking up a physical copy I'd say buy it immediately.  You can buy it off of ebay for less than $15 shipped. 

Unlike most games I can think of for the system, the first Xanadu has gone down in price over time.  I assume what's off putting to people is, of course, the language barrier.  I actually expect it to go up in price after your translation finishes.

I know that we'd like to provide a ton of supplemental materials, like level maps and, of course, a copy of that LoX1 map of the 32-levels in the tower.

I wouldn't have had the patience to finish LoX1 if it hadn't been for that map that Falcom provided.

I scanned it, and printed it massively-enlarged, so that I could trace where I'd been, and mark down where all of the connecting doors and passages were.

Lol, I take it that's what's in the manual pages that are folded backward so you have to open them yourself.  It's been like 20 years and I never did open that.  Every time I look at the book I've been a little bit curious but I've never wanted to actually cut the pages apart.

[LentFilms]

A funny thing to me about the first game is that it is so cheap!  It's criminally undervalued; if you have any interest in picking up a physical copy I'd say buy it immediately.  You can buy it off of ebay for less than $15 shipped. 

Unlike most games I can think of for the system, the first Xanadu has gone down in price over time.  I assume what's off putting to people is, of course, the language barrier.  I actually expect it to go up in price after your translation finishes.

I was thinking the same thing so I purchased a copy the other day for $13. Now I'll be fully prepared for the release of the translation patches

[elmer]

Lol, I take it that's what's in the manual pages that are folded backward so you have to open them yourself.  It's been like 20 years and I never did open that.  Every time I look at the book I've been a little bit curious but I've never wanted to actually cut the pages apart.

Yep, just unfold it carefully ... then get out a very large magnifying glass!

The detail in there is great, and it's a real help.

I just can't imagine people seeing all of the tower, or getting all of the items in it, without using a map. You'd have to have an incredible memory!

Did you actually manage to finish the game without it?

[seieienbu]

Lol, I take it that's what's in the manual pages that are folded backward so you have to open them yourself.  It's been like 20 years and I never did open that.  Every time I look at the book I've been a little bit curious but I've never wanted to actually cut the pages apart.

Yep, just unfold it carefully ... then get out a very large magnifying glass!

The detail in there is great, and it's a real help.

I just can't imagine people seeing all of the tower, or getting all of the items in it, without using a map. You'd have to have an incredible memory!

Did you actually manage to finish the game without it?

I wish.  This game has been on my bucket list for decades now.  In college I was able to read stuff well enough to figure out what people wanted me to do and got several chapters in.  I had to take a break for a while for whatever reason that I don't recall.  When I went back to it some years later I had to start over and I got stuck in the second chapter iirc. 

This probably doesn't count, but I did finish it with a save file I downloaded just to watch the ending a few years ago.

I have beaten the much more straightforward sequel twice if memory serves.

[elmer]

This probably doesn't count, but I did finish it with a save file I downloaded just to watch the ending a few years ago.

Hahaha ... nope, that definitely doesn't count! 

If you've not spent hours/days fighting your way up that darned tower, you're still just an amateur-gamer!