Translations: Dragon Quest III

I just realized I neglected to mention that I got it to work. The rom I was using had a header, so once I removed it, it patched fine. I didn't play much of it, but enough to know it works.

IPS Patch Troubleshooting:

• Are you patching the correct rom?
  Maybe you have a bad rom. There are a lot of these floating around. Good roms often have "[!]" in their filename, but this isn't always the case. (Note: The Dragon Quest III rom does not have [!] in its title.) Make sure your rom doesn't have, in particular, "{b}", or "[o]" in its filename. This post has more information on these tags.
  
  There are different roms for different countries, too. Some games also have multiple correct versions. In the latter case, you should check the patch's readme for which rom you should use.

• Is it headered or unheadered?
  This one really drives people crazy. Some SNES roms have a 512 byte header, and some don't. If you're lucky, the patch you're trying to use might come with a readme specifying whether or not you need a header. Otherwise, you'll have to try it both ways. You can easily add or remove headers with NSRT (Windows, Mac, Linux).

• Does your patcher work right?
  Lunar IPS is generally considered the best patcher for Windows. If you're on Linux or OS X, you should try UIPS (Mac, Source). Some old programs do weird voodoo magic that breaks things, so I wouldn't recommend using anything else.

• Is the patch corrupt?
  This might happen occasionally. Most of the time it's not the case, but the possibility is always there. (Note: This patch is not corrupt.)

Is the DQ3 with translation possible to run on a copier?  I wanted to play this on the actual hardware but it freezes after the splash screen...I did test the original (J) version and it seems to run fine.

Do you have a copier that can handle ROMs larger than 32 megabit (4MB)?

Yeah, it does...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warrior#North_American_Localization

wikipedia = not a real encyclopedia

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1543

http://www.waynesbooks.com/dragonquest.html

DragonQuest character book not Dragon Quest board game? And even more obscure. Claim that 1980 character book caused Dragon Warrior name change remains in wikipedia right next to the article on Bonerplagia.

Not that it was the only point anyways.

Holy Cow!!! thank you Damarsman!! i waited for this FOREVERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Is the DQ3 with translation possible to run on a copier?  I wanted to play this on the actual hardware but it freezes after the splash screen...I did test the original (J) version and it seems to run fine.

Never mind this now, after reading another post in this thread I decided to try another patching program (IPSWin 2.0) and it loaded and seems to work okay.  I can't believe that was the problem but oh well...i'm already too far into my game to start over...and for some reason every time I try to reload the game on snes9x it tells me my Adventure log has vanished (i'm getting by using save states) or else I would transfer the .srm to the copier.  Still good to know if I choose to replay the game I will be able to do so on the actual hardware.  Thanks again for this translation, Dragon Warrior 3 is one of my favorite RPG's.