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A word from Cless:

I started the Tales of Phantasia PS1 project for the simple reason that I really wanted it in English. I liked it so much more than the Super Famicom original that it kind of killed me back then to see only the “inferior” version available in English, so I felt like something had to be done. Thus I did the crazy thing and announced a project for a game on a gaming platform that was basically uncharted territory for the ROM hacking/translation scene. I was pretty much on my own, and…very lost. Help fortunately arrived, and though things started to unravel and go at a nice clip for a little while, a wall was soon hit which prevented the project from really going anywhere particularly meaningful for another four to five years.

Better tools for deeper level hacking were finally being made available for PS1, and rapid progress began getting made on the technical front, but we hit another wall, this time in terms of script. Translation and localization editing. An existing partial translation was donated and the remainder was finished some months later. Localization editing definitely took much, much longer than it reasonably should have. It took three inexperienced people, a lot of time, and a lot of effort to beat the script into the shape it is now and what I hope is of an acceptable level of quality, what I hope has managed to strike an ideal balance between readability and accuracy. I won’t claim it’s “perfect”; in fact, I can still think of ways to improve it even more, and there are still some things I’m feeling a bit iffy over, but I definitely want to move on now. And I wouldn’t doubt there are plenty of others who feel the same way.

The Tales series as a whole has evolved so much since this project began. This game is quite basic comparatively and it’s a lot harder for me to go back to after being spoiled by the growth seen in later installments. I really don’t put it on a pedestal like I used to, but it still has some considerable nostalgia value. Though I’ve had my long battles with burnout at times, I think that’s one of the reasons why I continued to give this project everything I had and see it to release.

I’m not so sure I would call this the true end of the project, though. Anything more is certainly far less of a priority now that it has finally reached a stage that I think is acceptable for prime time, but there are still some things currently in the programming pipeline from Habilain. Some sophisticated tweaks to improve presentation in a few areas, but also somewhat more important things like adding subtitles for voices in tiny corners that remain unsubbed. And just coming from beta testing, it’s come to my attention that some of the skits in the game are entirely unused, while several others seem misplaced, and Habilain’s looking into a means of integrating the unused ones seamlessly into the game and possibly moving the seemingly misplaced ones into a more sensible place. As long as he continues to stick around, I’m sure these will materialize eventually. Besides me, he’s been around the longest of anyone still actively on the team, but is unfortunately often short of time. To be sure, I’ve had my share of frustrations with that, especially in the last few years, but I’m very grateful he’s stuck around.

Of course, I would like to thank everyone who helped make this project come to fruition over the years, as well as those who’ve kept the faith and waited us out patiently.

As for the future… Well, we’ve obviously got two more big Tales games to finish up. With the experience gained from ToP, I’m hopeful we can get these out much more quickly now that they won’t be held back by another project. I’ve also gotten an idea for a possible translation project of a somewhat prolific game that’s perhaps a bit more niche than a Tales, but I don’t see myself announcing what that is anytime soon, if I even decide to go ahead with it.

That being said, here is the patch you’ve waited so many years for.

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The following Translations have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):

• Donkey Kong (Norwegian)(Fully Playable)(NES)
• Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (Finnish)(Fully Playable)(NES)
• Momotarou Densetsu (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
• Wonder Project J: Mechanical Boy Pino (Polish)(Fully Playable)(SNES)
• Tales of Phantasia (Finnish)(Fully Playable)(SNES)
• Chrono Trigger (Finnish)(Fully Playable)(SNES)
• Choro Q 2 (English)(Fully Playable)(PSX)
• Chef Cookie in Gourmet World (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
• Arabian Nights (English)(Fully Playable)(SNES)
• Shenmue II (Spanish)(Announced)(DC)
• Tales of Phantasia (English)(Fully Playable)(PSX)

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The following Hacks have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):

• Wario Bwast (Complete)(Bomberman)(NES)
• Sonic 1 Alt (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic VR (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog 2)(GEN)
• Sonic Zeta Overdrive (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Ocoto(rok) City (Spoof)(Battle City)(NES)
• Megaman 3 Ridley X VS Gamma (Addendum)(Mega Man III)(NES)
• Super Metroid - Expert Edition (Improvement)(Super Metroid)(SNES)
• Wario Blast: Pillage and Plunder on Rice Beach (Complete)(Bomberman)(NES)
• Kirby Bowl debug patch (Improvement)(Kirby’s Dream Course)(SNES)
• Fair Hit (Improvement)(Final Fantasy VI)(SNES)

FF4kster is an attempt to make an all-in-one comprehensive editor for Final Fantasy 4 (Final Fantasy 2 US).

For a long time it seemed like there were all sorts of information known about data in the FF2US ROM which no existing editor could manipulate, and even with the existing editors you would often need to use several different ones depending on what you wanted to achieve.

Thus, the goal of this project is to create a single editor that allows the user to manipulate any of the known data from FF4. In its current state there are still a lot of known data that it is not yet capable of editing, but it does currently have the ability to edit several kinds of data that no other currently existing utility can.

This is being actively worked on, and periodic updates featuring bug fixes and the ability to edit new kinds of data can be expected.

After what seems like an eternity, the translation for Arabian Nights is finished. This project has nothing to do with the previous translation effort of Yonin no Translators and is done from scratch. After languishing for years, the project received a major boost when LostTemplar signed on to do the reprogramming. In a matter of months he has produced some very high-quality stuff. The script was also translated by Eien ni Hen and is a joy to read. A lot of work went into this game and we hope everyone enjoys it this holiday season.

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The following Utilities have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):

• Sonic 2 MP3 Tool (Sound)(GEN)
• Final Fantasy V Battle Editor (Game Specific)(GBA)
• Casino Games Password Generator (Game Specific)(SMS)
• Excite Track (Level Editors)(NES)
• ycompress (Game Specific)(SNES)
• skedit (Level Editors)(NES)
• Snes9x 8MB Custom Build (Debuggers / Special Emulators)(SNES)
• ZSNES 8MB Custom Build (Debuggers / Special Emulators)(SNES)
• Final Fantasy V Advance Editor (Game Specific)(GBA)
• AdvanceMap (Level Editors)(GBA)
• Schnapsidee (Game Specific)(NES)

Cless and his Phantasian Productions are finally starting to get close to the finish line with their long running Tales of Phantasia translation.

The project has finally reached the Beta testing stage and Cless is still aiming for a 2012 release.

For more info check out the Phantasian Productions site.

This patch translates the amazingly fun PSX game Choro Q 2, the second game made by Tamsoft, the creators of this now very long series by TAKARA. Choro Q 2 has 76 customizable cars, more than 30 completely different tracks, a big town to explore, great two-player modes, lots of extras, and, most importantly, excellent gameplay.

If you’re new to the series, start with Choro Q 3! While Q 2 is also great, it’s not even half as good as Q 3.

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The following Hacks have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):

• Sonic 3 Reversed Frequencies (Improvement)(Sonic the Hedgehog 3)(GEN)
• Sonic & Knuckles Reversed Frequencies (Improvement)(Sonic & Knuckles)(GEN)
• The S Factor: Sonia and Silver (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• SoniNeko (Improvement)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic CD + + (Improvement)(Sonic CD)(SegaCD)
• Jester’s Challenge (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic the Hedgehog - Westside Island (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic 1: Bouncy Edition (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic 1 The Blue Blur (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic the Hedgehog - The Final Showdown (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Castlevania II - Simon Restore (Improvement)(Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest)(NES)
• Sonic the Hedgehog - The Lost Worlds (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog 2)(GEN)
• Sonic: The One Ring (Improvement)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (Genesis) (Improvement)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic ERaZor (Complete)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)
• Sonic Drift 2 SMS (Improvement)(Sonic Drift 2)(SMS)
• Rockman Cross X (Complete)(Mega Man V)(NES)
• Sonic Advance 3: Extreem Manseckz (Spoof)(Sonic Advance 3)(GBA)
• Zelda II Easy (Improvement)(Zelda II: The Adventure of Link)(NES)
• Final Fantasy VI Advance Graphics Reverter (Improvement)(Final Fantasy VI Advance)(GBA)
• Final Fantasy VI Advance Font Facelift (Improvement)(Final Fantasy VI Advance)(GBA)
• Stella the Cat (Improvement)(Sonic the Hedgehog)(GEN)

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