Top 10-15 Most Wanted Translated Games

[guyjin]

let's see...

the far east of eden games
war of the dead
monbit
monster maker
snatcher

edit: forgot the other cosmic fantasy games  :oops:

[Digi.k]

Valkyrie no densetsu
Momotaro Densetsu games
city hunter
cyber knight

snatcher
tokemeki memorial
tengai makyou II
Legend of Xanadu 1 & II

[SignOfZeta]

Xanadu 1
Xanadu 2
Tengai 1
Tengai 2
Tengai Kabuki-den
Emerald Dragon
Poem of Angel 1
Poem of Angel 2
Cosmic Fantasy 4 (both parts).
Macross: Love Song

I didn't list Y's IV because what translation is done is so much better than nothing. I didn't list Drac X or 2036 because they have about two paragraphs of speech and they aren't gameplay related at all.

That being said, if someone wanted to work on doing the audio for Y's IV I'd be willing. Of course most of us would probably rather have subtitles, but that requires actual hacking. If someone wants to write up translations and timing (like how animation directors do it) then I know enough people who act as well as any garbage league Japanese quiz show reject seiyuu. I have all the recording gear too.

[nat]

Anearth Fantasy Stories
Legend of Xanadu 1
Legend of Xanadu 2

[termis]

Completion of Ys IV audio would be really, really cool.  The English patch that's already on there is excellent.

Most of the folks have mentioned the ones I'd like, TM's, Cosmic Fantasies, etc.

And on top of that, I'd love to see some of the wacky/goofy RPGs translated, such as:

Aurora Quest (I'm playing it now)
Body Conquest
Dragon Knight Series (Mostly I & II, since III has a PC translation)
High-Leg Fantasy
Momotaro RPGs
Nekketsu Legend Baseballer

[ParanoiaDragon]

Argh, how did I forget about Emerald Dragon & Madoh Monogatari??

[Arjak]

I also have to vote for an Ys IV dub. There were plans for one at one point, but it fell through. I had auditioned for the part of Tim. That was before my voice fully broke, though.

[Bonknuts]

Ys IV audio dub is *very* possible. The ADPCM voices (in game) areas are known to and there's a tool to extract them. I've already looked at doing subtitles for the game. In all honesty there's absolutely zero fun in doing it for me and I rather not do it if someone can assemble a team to tackle the dub. There was talk of adding a subtitle system to an EMU (which is much-much-much easier to do), but that leaves out the players that want to use the real system.

[spenoza]

Well, I suspect finding people around here willing to record lines will be easy. Finding people who are both willing and able may be a bit more challenging.

[SignOfZeta]

Well like I said, I have enough people for an entire cast. I can do all the recording here with high quality mics and stuff.

I need someone else to do a lot of ground work though. I need at least rough translation of all the spoken text, and a timed index of existing ADPCM and redbook tracks so I can compare the finished English audio file with the Japanese one. Smooth translations won't be necessary since the timing is predetermined by the game, and I'll have to direct around it. I don't have much knowledge of Japanese, but I know enough to get by if the translation is done and the tracks have been IDed.

I probably won't need to be provided with the music playing in the background during the spoken segments since its usually just repeated form elsewhere in the game, but I haven't checked for sure. I might need some piece of music that is only on an OST. I doubt it though. These clips also have sound effects, but I can probably come up with though.

I'll also need someone to take the audio files and re-insert them into the game for testing purposes along the way. I don't enjoy this, so someone else can have the fun. You'll probably have to make a dozen or more burns. Just so that you know.

[nodtveidt]

If the fully translated version of Ys 4 comes to fruition, I'll fund an official pressing of the game.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I still have all my lines that I recorded for Dr. Flair, & I was also gonna end up being the narrator as well, with me doing an impression of the narrator from Ys 1 & 2(Alan Oppenheimer), but, by the time I was going to do that, Justus Johnson decided that the project as a whole wasn't going to work, because other then myself, & maybe a coule others, everyone else had crappy mics, & trying to get crappy recordings together with really good ones, was a headache in itself. 

I had the link for all the voiced parts, but, I can't find it.  Oh, & you deffinitly will need the Ys 4 ost's for music that goes in the background, but, there's alteast one song, that is NOT even on the ost's.  The end theme music, where the lady is telling the story to the children at the end.  No one's been able to find an instrumental of that anywhere.  Justus was going to try to remake the song himself, but that never came to fruition.  And, I'd love to say I'd be able to make a carbon copy of the song, but, I just don't think, atleast at this time, that I'm talented enough to make it sound the same

[Green Card]

If the fully translated version of Ys 4 comes to fruition, I'll fund an official pressing of the game.

Have any fan translated games ever had this done before?

[ParanoiaDragon]

If the fully translated version of Ys 4 comes to fruition, I'll fund an official pressing of the game.

Have any fan translated games ever had this done before?

Nope, not yet.

[Arjak]

If the fully translated version of Ys 4 comes to fruition, I'll fund an official pressing of the game.

That would be awesome! But what will I do with my Japanese copy?

Oh, well. Maybe someone around here will be interested.

This idea of having an actual English release of Ys IV is exciting for me. I would definitely buy a copy, as well as many other fan-translations...