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Bisqwit
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Posted on 11-23-12 11:56:06 AM (last edited by Bisqwit at 11-24-12 03:32:37 PM) Link | Quote

Some people here may remember from early this year when I posted a detailed analysis about the dialog text and translations in the NES Castlevania II, a.k.a. Simon's Quest: http://iki.fi/bisqwit/cv2fin/diff

That project has now bore fruit.

I present you two completed projects:
― Complete Finnish translation of the game: http://iki.fi/bisqwit/cv2fin/
― AND a re-translated English version based on the same knowledge. This translation was made really quickly, in just under three hours, which obviously does not include the months of background work that went into the both versions. (The URL is the same.)

Here is a demo video showcasing the first official release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xv2Z0PQgR4 (would embed it here if I knew how)

The niftiest thing: Automap feature.
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Posted on 11-30-12 08:13:53 AM Link | Quote
Fantastic. Though TASVideos probably takes most of your time, I'm always very delighted to see you hacking.
Very professional.
Bisqwit
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Posted on 11-30-12 08:59:15 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Raccoon Sam
Fantastic. Though TASVideos probably takes most of your time, I'm always very delighted to see you hacking.
Very professional.

Thank you! I was indeed aiming to do a very thorough and professional job at the translation.

TASVideos however no longer takes most of my time. I resigned from TASVideos in late 2009. Not that I have any more free time today; quite contrary it feels.
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Posted on 12-03-12 01:51:46 AM Link | Quote
Wow, a English retranslation. I've been waiting for one of these, as I imagine alot of Castelvania fans have too. It'll be good to see the dialogue in a closer translation.
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Posted on 01-28-13 07:51:05 PM (last edited by Bisqwit at 01-29-13 09:18:37 PM) Link | Quote
Just a heads-up: I have done a lot of updates to the translation since my last post here. As of this post, the translation is going at version 2.2.2.

The full list of changes is listed at ROMhacking.net, but shortly, the font now looks nicer, there is a save&load feature, the game can now be installed on a really wide variety of different donor cartridge boards (provided you swap the ROMs for EPROMs), and quite a few bugs have been introduced and subsequently fixed.

Some screenshots:


Download it at:
http://bisqwit.iki.fi/cv2fin/
(English captions for almost all text in the patch feature selection form are provided as mouse-over text. Just click Download to get the recommended version of the patch.)
Or direct link:
- English version (BPS format patch)
- English version (IPS format patch)
- Finnish version (IPS format patch)
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