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Here to announce Family Jockey by Namco has been fully translated into English! This classic horse racing game release back in 1987 is now fully playable to English speaking audiences. You can race with 1 or 2 players and there is also a game mode where you can place bets if you want to do gambling! Hope you enjoy the release!

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

Monkey King (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
Men at Work! 2 (English)(Fully Playable)(PC)
Pokémon: Platinum Version (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon: HeartGold Version (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon: SoulSilver Version (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon: Black Version (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon: White Version (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon: Black Version 2 (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon: White Version 2 (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
The Magic Candle (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
The Lion King Legend (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(GBA)
Ultraman Chou Toushi Gekiden (English)(Fully Playable)(GB)
Rock’n’ Ball (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
Mother 3 (Italian)(Fully Playable)(GBA)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun (Spanish)(Fully Playable)(NES)
Family Jockey (English)(Fully Playable)(NES)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Chinese)(Fully Playable)(NDS)

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

4BPP SMS/GG/WSC to Neo-Geo Sprite Converter (Miscellaneous Graphics Tools)(Multiple)
Contra Level Editor (Level Editors)(NES)
Super Contra Level Editor (Level Editors)(NES)
idados (Debuggers / Special Emulators)(PC)
Very Easy Super Mario Title Editor (Game Specific)(NES)
Puyo Tools (Miscellaneous)(Multiple)
LazyNDS (Data Extraction / Insertion)(Multiple)
Editor Arquivo BMG (Data Extraction / Insertion)(NDS)
Bio Zero MHP - JPG Converter (Miscellaneous Graphics Tools)(GC)
Susie (Miscellaneous Graphics Tools)(NA)
MESSIDA Debugger (Debuggers / Special Emulators)(GEN)

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Final Fantasy II Rebalanced is a small and simple romhack made using Mr. Lenophis’ utility “Jade” (with some minor work done in WindHex). The primary aim of the project is to ease the player into the game by not cramming the “learn by doing” mechanic down their throat.

This is accomplished in quite a rudimentary fashion, by simply handing the player a basic skill set at the start of the game.

By the time the midgame is underway, the difficulty ramps up, but the endgame was streamlined as well, to make for an overall “smoother” feel to the difficulty curve.

Make no mistake: the game will still game over the player if they do something profoundly stupid, just not as early or as often. For those who enjoy the ability to “pick up and play,” Final Fantasy II Rebalanced offers not a declawed lion, but simply medical insurance for the lion tamer.

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After 6 years, MOTHER 3 gets an Italian translation. It still needs some minor, mostly graphical, adjustments. They’re probably going to be fixed on a future 1.1 release. But it is fully playable and enjoyable as-is.

Heartfelt thanks go to the team of the Japanese to English translation, especially Tomato and JeffMan who helped me getting this done. Enjoy!

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

Pizza Time (Complete)(BurgerTime)(NES)
F-Zero - Stage 1 Remix (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 2 (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 3 (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 4 (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 5 (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 6 - Revolution (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 7 (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 8 - Dynamite (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
The Legend of Zelda MSU-1 (Improvement)(The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)(SNES)
Faxanadu Restoration (Improvement)(Faxanadu)(NES)
Restore original Spiny behavior (Bug Fix)(Super Mario Bros. 2)(FDS)
F-Zero - Stage 9 - Another Drive (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
F-Zero - Stage 10 (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES)
SMK Limited 1 (Complete)(Super Mario Kart)(SNES)
SMK Limited 2 (Complete)(Super Mario Kart)(SNES)
SMK Limited 8 Classic (Complete)(Super Mario Kart)(SNES)
SMK Limited 6 (Complete)(Super Mario Kart)(SNES)
SMK Limited 15 (Complete)(Super Mario Kart)(SNES)
SMK Limited 21 - Vol.1 (Complete)(Super Mario Kart)(SNES)
Phantasy Star III Color Hack (Improvement)(Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom)(GEN)
Battle City II (Complete)(Battle City)(NES)

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aishsha and Pennywise present a completed translation of the NES RPG, The Magic Candle.

This project was started sometime in 2014 and was hacked and translated by aishsha. The project files were handed off to Pennywise and he did additional hacks and Ryusui assisted him with the script edit.

Despite having the same name as the PC game series, the Famicom version appears to have little in common with its PC counterpart. The PC devs are only credited with a special thanks in the credits, with the rest of the credits belonging to the Japanese staff, which included a script writer. What probably happened was that Sammy probably purchased the rights to port the game to the Famicom as was common for the time, but for whatever reason, they just made a game from scratch.

Expect a tough RPG with a high encounter rate that requires a lot of grinding. Although the story is pretty good. All in all, it’s a fairly enjoyable game for its time.

As for what the future holds, expect a 1.0 release of Megami Tensei this summer. We might also update a few translations as well. Other than that, the next release could end up being a number of games depending on what we focus on next.