(Megami Tensei)I, too, obviously enjoy Megami Tensei, though, I've grown to heavily dislike the fans -- I try to avoid them as much as possible. I also prefer the "main" series to most of the spin-offs.
On top of my romhacking work, I'm taking a heavy courseload, am writing a book, sing tenor in a choir, and volunteer at the local adult learning center. And as an English major, there's something about the clashing of tenses in that last sentence that really bothers me, but I can't for the life of me place my finger on it. Damn.
While it's not the most exciting job in the world, it pays the bills and I don't have to deal with kids or asshole customers.
Oh yeah, and I should mention that I'm FEMALE. As in, I AM NOT A DUDE. This came up awhile back on MO's Board and a couple people freaked out, so I figured I'd get it out of the way. I am also happily engaged, so hitting on me will only get you a snotty response. :P
Uh, outside of translating, I like to cook. My speciality is desserts, and I love to modify recipes just to see what will happen. I live in Austin, Texas, right near the Mexican border, so I dig Mexican food. As for video games, I mainly play RPGs, puzzle games, and have a soft spot for text adventure games. My current favorite game is Katamari Damacy, just because it's so freaking weird, and I'm replaying SaGa Frontier, which is one of my all-time favorites.
Uh...what else? I like metal a lot, specifically Tool, early Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest. I am also a huge Rush fan. I also dig British comedy, my favorites being Red Dwarf, The Office, Absolutely Fabulous, and Only Fools and Horses (although the slang is so difficult that I have to watch it with subtitles). I don't smoke and rarely drink. I only drink wine coolers and imported beer, my favorite beers being Heineken and Corona. I also like Dos Equis. I have an unhealthy love for incense and frequently drink chocolate soy milk. My favorite movie is "A Clockwork Orange." Blah blah blah, blah blah blah. Am I boring you yet?
br /(http://sa-two.yuudachi.net/gazou/portrait.gif)br /I'm satsu, the Englishman with a funny transatlantic accent. Lowercase, please. The name has no intended meaning.br /I'm studying at university and just got back from a year studying in Japan a few months ago. My future aspirations include vagrancy and debauchery.br /I started out in the scene doing crappy hacking stuff, but then realised hacking wasn't for me and packed it in. Then I came back into the warm, rubbery folds of the scene as a translator when I started getting good at Japanese.br /I'm currently working on the scripts for Energy Breaker for Disnesquick, Eien no Filena and this and that, but lately I've been very occupied with my final year of uni and personal life stuff. I used to work sporadically on donut, which is why the wikipedia entry on donut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whirlpool) has "not satsu" under the staff listing. I usually looked at the stuff that no one else wanted to do and would drive an ordinary man insane, like that horrible Kimengumi game (http://www.romhacking.net/?page=translations&transpage=883). I also worked on rpgd for a long while and nearly resuscitated it once, but better judgement kicked in.br /I'm a Sagittarius and I like long, moonlit walks on the beach. My favourite ways of relaxing include Pokemon, pretentious music, odd movies, writing in my journal and idling on theInternet!!. Sometimes I even pretend to learn to play the electric bass.
Oh, and I really like hoodies. REALLY like hoodies. Not the zip-up kind, but the real kind. Can't live without them. I even sleep in them sometimes.br /
I think liking SaGa Frontier disqualifies you from the Internet.
Bless you my son, for I tried playing Kimengumi game about a dozen times and... I just couldn't do it.
Anyway, I'm already on the About this Site page, so check that out. In addition to that...uh, I like...uh, vodka. Straight or in something; doesn't really matter. ;)
Well, I might as well write something here. I'm Grave Wisdom, oldschool gamer since 1886.
QuoteI think liking SaGa Frontier disqualifies you from the Internet.
That's okay. Hell, I think making snarky comments about people's gaming preferences should disqualify you from the internet, but whatever. Bwahahah. I am such a bitch. :P
And for the record, the worst thing about my job is having to console bereaved, sobbing clients over the phone. It sucks, but I've noticed that people tend to get much more upset over an undelivered sofa, the price of bananas, or a botched bank transation than the death of a loved one. There's something really fucked up about that.
I too used to be a vodka drinker; then I discovered rum and whiskey. You too can undertake this glorious evolution!
Well, I might as well write something here. I'm Grave Wisdom, oldschool gamer since 1886.
Wow you are really old! I didn't know people over 100 could still play video games. haha
I'm Mark (should be kinda obvious :P) I've been mucking around with emulation for only 5 or so years, started with pokemon :p Only really started lurking around the scene in the last year when I tried to do some rom hacking, then I realized how hard it was and really admired you guys, still do cause I can't get anywhere with it :p But yea, I guess I'll be around...trying to rom hack and failing for some time :p
I had to drop out of this coming semester due to lack of funds. I often find myself devising get-rich-quick schemes to make life easier
I read about another guy in the exact same situation. Check out what he did (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=180080+29-Dec-2005+RTRS&srch=cash+pours+in).
^I'm not sure about where you are, but there are a LOT of scholarships and grants available here in the US for students. Have you looked into any grants and the like?
For 23, you seem to be detached from reality quite a bit.
Everybody I have ever known (teachers, parents, friends) has told me I am a genius capable of big things, really big things.
I like movies a lot; my favourite director is Japanese indie film director Takashi Miike. He is the man!
You know.. I just have to say it. You really sound extremely egocentric. People should just give you money because of your potential? Please. What makes you think you have anymore potential than the rest of us?
You have some big aspirations and that's great, but that doesn't make you better or more deserving of help than anybody else. You're going to have to either get a loan like everybody else who was unable to afford college or wait until you have the money. College loans are not the evil you think they are. If you get the enormous amount of money you seem to think you're going to get, you can pay them back pretty quickly with not that much interest.
For 23, you seem to be detached from reality quite a bit.
I watched "Ichi the Killer" awhile ago
You know.. I just have to say it. You really sound extremely egocentric. People should just give you money because of your potential? Please. What makes you think you have anymore potential than the rest of us?
For 23, you seem to be detached from reality quite a bit.
You might consider going into the research division instead of being a doctor. Doctors have very little leeway in what methods they use to treat patients, and "unorthodox" doctors usually end up getting sued when something goes wrong.
I watched "Ichi the Killer" awhile ago, but most of his movies are so violent that even I can't sit through them. As a director, he really likes his violence. I do like Japanese film on the whole, though. Do you have any other favorites besides Miike?
Many student loans for schools around here(tri-state area NY,PA,NJ) will give you loans with NO INTEREST until you graduate and then up to 12 years to pay it back after that!
A student loan is among st the BEST loan you can possibly get from anyone. I'd imagine there are some bad deals such as (wraith) described, but geniuses should be able to spot those a mile away.
Oldboy
Oldboy
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I have yet to see Oldboy or Sympathy for Mr. Vengance, but I picked up Sympathy for Lady Vengance last week. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend it--though I hear it's not as violent as Oldboy was.Oldboy(http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/1347/oldboy2py.jpg)
Haeleth. The English translator who isn't satsu. These days mostly doing dodgy stuff to dodgy PC titles, but I used to hack roms too. (Maybe one day people will forgive me for never finishing Dark Law?)
When people keep bugging you to "say something funny"
Oh, and I don't own a cellphone! I think I'm the only person my age in this country who can say that!
I have got to be one of the most opinionated people on the planet -- and I get in weird funks where I just have to argue/debate for hours on end to whoever disagrees with whatever meaningless opinion I splurt out.Nah, you're not alone. ;) :D
I want to say my true home is in game dev -- although I'm not sure if that's true. I have a few game ideas in the works, but I'm just never able to stick to them long enough to get anything done. Maybe I'm just a slow worker... who knows ;P. Right now I have plans for a SotN-ish game with the added benefit of having a grappling hook (there aren't enough games where you swing around and fight evil while exploring dark labrynths). Most of the details are mapped out -- but there are still some issues to work out -- then I have to actually start coding it.
After that I got crazy into NSFs. Something about them just made me smile. But I wasn't really satisfied with existing NSF players -- so I started working on my own (what is now NotSo Fatso).
Right now I have plans for a SotN-ish game with the added benefit of having a grappling hook (there aren't enough games where you swing around and fight evil while exploring dark labrynths). Most of the details are mapped out -- but there are still some issues to work out -- then I have to actually start coding it.
I like to think I'm generally a nice guy -- although I do get very anal and stubborn sometimes and can easily turn into a big ass. Plus I have got to be one of the most opinionated people on the planet -- and I get in weird funks where I just have to argue/debate for hours on end to whoever disagrees with whatever meaningless opinion I splurt out.
If you start this game and need level designers I'm more than willing to help you out. I've had a similar idea for about two years now but I wouldn't even know where to begin.
Were you the fella that created the "extended" NSF format? I don't remember.
Also, was Notso Fatso stand-alone, or a plug-in? And more importantly, can it output in other formats (to put on, say, an mp3 player? That would be hot).
SOTN + Bionic would be the AWESOMEST thing ever.
Hell, at times I'll debate opinions that are contrasting to my own just for debate's sake. So I think I'm worse in that regard.
I sure as hell can't draw. Not the greatest level designer either.
Woot, it's gason!
(I don't care what you say, GIMP, in relative terms, fucking sucks)
Goldschlager is quite nice too, but I've only tried that a few times.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
QuoteGoldschlager is quite nice too, but I've only tried that a few times.
Oh shit, I have a friend who won't stop talking about how much he loves Goldschlager. I've never had it before. What does it taste like?
I myself am partial to Bacardi. Southern Comfort is nice, too.QuoteNineteen Eighty-Four
I think Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" is much better, but that's just my opinion. I don't mean to insult Orwell's work: I enjoy his novels, but I feel very critical of them at the same time. -_-
I drank about 3/4 of a liter of that after a particualrly tough breakup once (right after I turned 21--damn! that was 6 years ago!!)... and yeah, I haven't been able to drink it since. That's one of those drinks you can't tolerate after getting sick from it.
Ah, SoCo. I used to love that shit.
I drank about 3/4 of a liter of that after a particualrly tough breakup once (right after I turned 21--damn! that was 6 years ago!!)... and yeah, I haven't been able to drink it since. That's one of those drinks you can't tolerate after getting sick from it.
I'm actually glad to be rid of ouzo though, the only value it really had to me was its special party trick. Mix ouzo (a clear liquid) with water (another clear liquid) and hey presto! You suddenly have a milky-white liquid.
I know how to do that without ouzo (or water, for that matter).
EDIT: As far as hobbies go (what can I say, I was writing this at work and got distracted....) I enjoy playing video games, reading books, and building models--mostly Gundams. I have an unassembled model collection of around 100+ models. I swear that someday I'll get to them all, but when I do finish one I've usually bought ten more....I'd definitely say I have a thing for giant mecha--Gundam in particular.
Unfortunately, no one I know has done anything like it, so there's no help there.
Hi all,
I'm alcoatjez. I'm 25, from Holland and into emulation for about 8 years now. I'm a mod @RomShare forums which some of you may know. So that and some IRC channels are where I hang out mostly (if I have the time).
Cheers, alcoatjez
ello I'm DarkHitomi (DarkEye/DarkDestany is what it means ^^) from Canada B.C.
Good ol' Romshare, it must have been two years ago when I was very active there. Those were the days :)
Welcome
who is this nighcrawler jerk? he thinks hes like all that.....i think i need to ban him...he is like all egotistical....what a jerk :P
Well, it helps if you know x86 ASM... maybe that's the way to go if it doesn't 'click'.
Learn z80 ASM (Gameboy for example), that's as easy as it gets (okay, Chip-8 *cough*).
ello I'm DarkHitomi from Canada B.C.
Where in BC? ;D
lol like I'ed tell someone I don't know that :P
sides. I'm les o you got not chanse budy hehe sorry ;D
~Hito
I'm les o you got not chanse budy hehe sorry ;DGreat! Me too! We gotta meet some time, eh? :-*
hi my name is dave,
I am an nes graphic hacking maniac, if you don't believe me you can download some patches of my hacks from my web page. none of them can be found here yet because i don't understand how i am to provide my infomation for submission. well that about sums it up. nice to meet you all.
<Dragon_Hellfire> Heheh
<Dragon_Hellfire> I've attended the chat room for about 4 months, I think I will join the board now.
You might know me, if not, I can't tell you who I am, I'll stick around so you can find out.
I know that it is possible to code C along with PHP; you can even use flash to do so. But the fact is that I'm not so overjoyed in learning programming languages and I even have a hard time with it. So in my case, the amount of effort needed to accomplish that kind of task is too much.
You DO acknowledge that some people are better at some things while others aren't don't you?
Maybe I wasn't clear enough, but for me, languages aren't part of other languages, therefore I don't consider Javascript to be part of HTML when I say that it's too easy to learn.
There are already people like Kevin Trudeau who are trying to open eyes and show people new possibilities beyond drugs and surgery. But he keeps getting gagged (not literally) and sued. You know why?
| Ys I Complete (PC) | complete | With Nightwolve |
| Ys II Complete (PC) | complete | With Nightwolve |
| Ys III (Famicom) | complete | With Kitsune Sniper |
| Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine) | complete | With Nightwolve |
| Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (Super Famicom) | complete | With Gideon Zhi... more of a retranslation of the original atrocity of an English script than an original work, but I'm proud of it anyhow. |
| Ys V (Super Famicom) | WIP | With Gideon Zhi... Waiting for one of his cohorts to finish up some utils to allow me to get the item/magic/etc. text. Primary script is 100% done. |
| Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC) | unreleased | With Nightwolve. Unreleased to avoid legal troubles when Konami licensed the game for US release on the PS2 and PSP. |
| Ys: The Oath in Felghana (PC) | complete | With Nightwolve. 95% beta leaked to the public (>:(), but the proper finished product is on the way. |
| Ys Origin (PC) | WIP | With Nightwolve. NW's done all of the work needed for me to handle this one almost completely on my own. Roughly 66% complete, because I don't like Yunica and I'm having difficulty getting up the motivation to work on her script. :P |
| Cyber Knight 2 (Super Famicom) | complete | With Gideon Zhi. He talked me into this, and I did a quickie job on it... something like 21 days, which is about average for me. |
| Samurai Shodown RPG (Neo*Geo CD) | WIP | Completed the Kanji table, got a full script dump, but I need an ASM hacker to put in an 8x16 font. |
I loved your work on Cyber Knight 2 and Ys 1/2 Complete! :DThanks. :) In retrospect, I probably could've done a better job on CK2... but I at least did the research to figure out all the weirdo names the Japanese have for well-known constellations. It really just needs a cleanup edit.
Ys I Complete (PC) complete With Nightwolve Ys II Complete (PC) complete With Nightwolve Ys III (Famicom) complete With Kitsune Sniper Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine) complete With Nightwolve Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (Super Famicom) complete With Gideon Zhi... more of a retranslation of the original atrocity of an English script than an original work, but I'm proud of it anyhow. Ys V (Super Famicom) WIP With Gideon Zhi... Waiting for one of his cohorts to finish up some utils to allow me to get the item/magic/etc. text. Primary script is 100% done. Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC) unreleased With Nightwolve. Unreleased to avoid legal troubles when Konami licensed the game for US release on the PS2 and PSP. Ys: The Oath in Felghana (PC) complete With Nightwolve. 95% beta leaked to the public (>:(), but the proper finished product is on the way. Ys Origin (PC) WIP With Nightwolve. NW's done all of the work needed for me to handle this one almost completely on my own. Roughly 66% complete, because I don't like Yunica and I'm having difficulty getting up the motivation to work on her script. :P Cyber Knight 2 (Super Famicom) complete With Gideon Zhi. He talked me into this, and I did a quickie job on it... something like 21 days, which is about average for me. Samurai Shodown RPG (Neo*Geo CD) WIP Completed the Kanji table, got a full script dump, but I need an ASM hacker to put in an 8x16 font.
Since Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim for the PC is complete does Nightwolve plan on ever releasing a patch?
Here I go, spotting this after already posting (but relevantly, dammit!) several times in other threads, buuuuut, here I am.
I go by Deuce, and have done for many years... 'twas a character in an unfinished story I wrote some fifteen years ago, with the name inspired by a line from Clive Barker's The Damnation Game. In some circles, I'm also known as MoriyaMug. Short story, but one I doubt you care about.
I live in South Carolina, much to my own chagrin from time to time... trapped in a world I never made... Jew by birth, raised Southern Baptist, staunch atheist in my adult years. A liberal in a ferociously red state. Help me.
I've flitted from obsession to obsession, invariably game-related. I created the Ninja Gaiden Homepage (http://ninjagaiden.classicgaming.gamespy.com) and Legacy of Ys page (http://legacyofys.classicgaming.gamespy.com). I used to create characters for M.U.G.E.N. back when Elecbyte was still around. This is how I came to know Kitsune Sniper, way back when.
I got involved in game translating because of my well-established Ys obsession, dating back to 1989. I wound up doing Ys I Complete for Nightwolve on a lark, since he made the script file openly editable. Since then, we've worked together multiple other times, and I've also gotten involved with the estimable Gideon Zhi. My translation credits, in case you care...
Ys I Complete (PC) complete With Nightwolve Ys II Complete (PC) complete With Nightwolve Ys III (Famicom) complete With Kitsune Sniper Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine) complete With Nightwolve Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (Super Famicom) complete With Gideon Zhi... more of a retranslation of the original atrocity of an English script than an original work, but I'm proud of it anyhow. Ys V (Super Famicom) WIP With Gideon Zhi... Waiting for one of his cohorts to finish up some utils to allow me to get the item/magic/etc. text. Primary script is 100% done. Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC) unreleased With Nightwolve. Unreleased to avoid legal troubles when Konami licensed the game for US release on the PS2 and PSP. Ys: The Oath in Felghana (PC) complete With Nightwolve. 95% beta leaked to the public (>:(), but the proper finished product is on the way. Ys Origin (PC) WIP With Nightwolve. NW's done all of the work needed for me to handle this one almost completely on my own. Roughly 66% complete, because I don't like Yunica and I'm having difficulty getting up the motivation to work on her script. :P Cyber Knight 2 (Super Famicom) complete With Gideon Zhi. He talked me into this, and I did a quickie job on it... something like 21 days, which is about average for me. Samurai Shodown RPG (Neo*Geo CD) WIP Completed the Kanji table, got a full script dump, but I need an ASM hacker to put in an 8x16 font.
Yes, Ys is my focus, but I'm branching out here and there. And yes, I really do talk like this. ;) Nicetameetya and all that.
Were you and Nightwolve going to do some kind of revamp on this (other than that abandoned dub idea)?
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine) complete With Nightwolve
Yes, we will at some point soon. The current translation smacks too much of Shimarisu's literal... well, I'll be nice and call it "style."Were you and Nightwolve going to do some kind of revamp on this (other than that abandoned dub idea)?
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine) complete With Nightwolve
Yes, we will at some point soon. The current translation smacks too much of Shimarisu's literal... well, I'll be nice and call it "style."Were you and Nightwolve going to do some kind of revamp on this (other than that abandoned dub idea)?
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine) complete With Nightwolve
So, are you a fan of any other Falcom games? ;)
Does that include subtitles for the dialog by any chance? Or are you guys going to stick with the txt file for speech?
So, are you a fan of any other Falcom games? ;)
Not especially so. I've got Gurumin on PSP, but I haven't had a chance to really sit down with it yet, with all the translation stuff I've had going on.Does that include subtitles for the dialog by any chance? Or are you guys going to stick with the txt file for speech?
There's no way to subtitle the dialogue. That would entail hacking in entirely new code for text display, which, so far as I understand it from what NW has told me, is a relative-to-absolute impossibility.
Does that include subtitles for the dialog by any chance? Or are you guys going to stick with the txt file for speech?
Hmm.. I wonder if all the cinemas uses the same program/code. If so, I might just be insane enough to attempt it if there really is a demand for it. But somehow I doubt there is. And besides, redubbing would be waaayyy easier.
My goal is very similar to you guys. I want to create information for all sorts of obscure games for any systems I can get my hands on. Of course, I don't provide full blown translations like you guys (very nice work by the way), but I want to acknowledge the various odd games that don't get much recognition. I noticed that someone was talking about Nekketsu Tairiku Burning Heroes and Koto Battle (KB is an excellent game by the way). If you want, I can mention a number of other odd games. I'll do a little more surfing around the site to see what may or may not be worked on. Forgive me If I make some mistakes, but this site has a vast archive of information so I may overlook something.
"It's even cuter than your review would have us believe :)"
I've got an excellent book called 6502 Assembly Language Programming and lots and lots of .txt files and demo source codes.
The one I have is from Rodney Zaks.I've got an excellent book called 6502 Assembly Language Programming and lots and lots of .txt files and demo source codes.
The one by Rodney Zaks (think I spelled that right)? That's the one I started out with and I can say with some confidence that I learned more from it than any of the text files floating around. :-\
Sup
Figured I'd finally start lurking here :3
Sup
Figured I'd finally start lurking here :3
Hiya! Nice avatar! :3
I do flash a lot
I do flash a lot
:laugh: Thanks. I needed that. :laugh:
Hello everyone my name is Jimmy52905. I started ROM Hacking a couple of months ago. I'm currently working on 2 ROM Hacks which are both very near completion. I just need to test them. That's pretty much all I have to say.
Hi! I´m a newbie. I´m from Argentina and I´m interested in making English to Spanish translations of the games. I am working on Earthbound Zero right now, it´s my first project.
No single document will tell you how to decompress graphics. A rather broad [but very reliable] explanation is wait for the game to write to the VRAM you're looking at, and trace it.
the way I figure it, his avatar speaks for itself and he just doesn't want people to associate him with those SPECIAL ones.Agreed.
Big sig though. :o
I plan on joining the U.S. Military as I am a ROTC cadet in college.Which branch?
Welcome, soldiers!I plan on joining the U.S. Military as I am a ROTC cadet in college.Which branch?
Tracker musician? What's that?
Oh, and I'm sure this is probably very...American of me, but I love Nightwish (dunno if you're familiar with them or not, they're a Finnish Symphonic Metal band, one of my absolute favorites).
And wow. At 14 you're already into this? Congrats.
damn Konami.
@Nightcrawler - Did you choose Nightcrawler as your nickname because of the Judas Priest's song?
So yeah. Sorry if my sig is too big, I don't think it is. I have a fondness for changing my avatar/signature often for whatever reason.
My first real system for playing games was a 386 DOS computer, and I was big into Epic Megagames, ID Software, and Apogee (3D Realms) games - I didn't pay attention to the sega vs nintendo thing, for me, it was epic vs apogee.
If I wanted to post a fan-fiction here, where would I post it?
Hey, I'm the new guy here. The reason why I joined is because I want to see what kind of ROM Hacks are there and if I can find something useful for SMK hacking.
Also, a question. If I wanted to post a fan-fiction here, where would I post it?
~Thanks for the Spell Check feature! Even though I have good spelling, my fingers move too fast~
RukarioX... Your sig got me. Therefore, you have now made an enemy. I will hunt you down for making me follow through with your joke.
You shall RUE the day you created that sig.
It was actually awesome as all heck. I need to make a sig like that up one day.
My wife has already asked me to create a Super Mario Bros Simple which would be a version of the game that is made easier so that she can beat it.
Hi there
Quite possibly best intro in recent memory.
Except it isn't an intro. Guy had 200 some posts before did that. >.>
~DS
So, yeah. I'm hopelessly uneducated, highly unskilled, and ridiculously ambitious. Not exactly the best qualities to be a successful ROM-hacker one day, but hopefully I can one day create something good enough to be put on the site.
Howdy, I'm Vegetaman (call me Veg, V-man or Veggie for short), and am in my early 20s and have a degree in computer science. Been into hex editing for a few years and figured I should try my hand at some ROM stuff. Oh... I also enjoy heavy metal. :thumbsup:Welcome to RHDN.
Also, the only systems I own are Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, GameBoy, and Dreamcast. I pretty much gave up on gaming (I haven't bought a game in years, though one of these days I'll pick up the Half-Life 2 stuff and maybe Diablo 3, I've pretty much moved on to PC games). I just like the older stuff, really (including older PC games like Diablo, Wolfenstein, Doom, etc.)
Oh yeah, and I love Heavy Metal. >:D
Oh yeah, and I love Heavy Metal. >:D
I approve of this message. :thumbsup:
Oh, and one more thing. I use way too many smileys, and am a little too "colorful" for my own good. But you've probably figured that out by now. :P
Hi! I'm Dracula X! Nice to meet everyone. Some of you might know me from other forums from Sonic Retro and The Guardian Legend forum as Grimgrin. The current game that I'm hacking is The Guardian Legend.Welcome to RHDN. Glad to see other people hacking TGL.
Some people get angry about things and think everyone should share those opinions, and many people are easily-led. Sad fact of life.
I guess what they mean is that you find something interesting, do all the research yourself, and then post it, rather than leaving your comments open-ended for discussion. You come across as knowing what you're talking about, but at the same time not giving anybody else the chance to contribute.
In other words, you talk like a website rather than a forum poster :D
I'll be honest, Parrothead - it may bother some people, but I find the information you provide to be infinitely helpful (as it means I don't have to go researching what you say) and it's always well-researched and informative.
I've ran across this site several times in the past and finally created an account to upload some stuff to return the favor of all the ones i've dl'd.
Hello, people.Welcome. From the looks of things, you're off to a decent start.
I am, unfortunately, a complete newbie in all respects. I've learned a lot about computer science and math and other related things just by reading, but I haven't done much of anything practical. I've decided that I need some actual practice, which is why I'm here. I have a weirdly obsessive desire to know how things work at a base level, so asm hacking appeals to me.
As for what I'd like to do, I have a couple ideas for mods, and it would be nice if I could translate Nanashi no Game (though DS hacks aren't okay here, I understand) and Serial Experiments Lain (though some other group is already doing that).
So yeah, that's basically to show that despite being a newbie I can write in grammatically correct sentences.
And I came here for a reason. Is there anywhere that I can ask quick, probably RTFM-worthy questions that don't deserve a thread?
Unfortunately, I'm running 64-bit Windows 7. This means that Byuu's assembly tools (like xkas that are DOS) just don't run, and those tools looked absolutely essential for homebrewing. Any other recommmendations?I too run Windows 7 64-bit. You can use batch files to run any command-prompt or DOS programs.
So how exactly do you open those? When I double click them, the command prompt opens up, says "press and key to continue" then when I do, it shuts off. I tried opening both the .exe and the .bat files with DOSbox as well, but I got error messages saying they couldn't be run in DOS mode. I'm talking about xkas and spcas.You open a .bat file in notepad for editing. Then when you've set it up to do whatever it is you want, you just double click it and open it. Then, it'll run with whatever parameters you set.
I too run Windows 7 64-bit. You can use batch files to run any command-prompt or DOS programs.
Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't have said any. But it certainly works for xkas and any other romhacking tool I've ever used.QuoteI too run Windows 7 64-bit. You can use batch files to run any command-prompt or DOS programs.
Windows x64 has no NTVDM or WoW16, so no 16bit applications! When an x64 capable CPU is running in "Long Mode", there's no Virtual 8086 mode, which I guess presents so many issues to get around MS just dropped DOS support when Windows XP x64/Server 2003 x64 were released.
To overcome this, you'll need to run DOS/Win16 programs via virtualization or emulation... I ended up taking DOSBox and creating this (http://sliverx.arc-nova.org/files/16bit_Subsystem_For_Windows_x64_v101.exe) to run all my 16bit crap. (Demonstration Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUcP_hcrLkk))
Hello everyone!...
Hello hacking people.
My name is Justice Colde/King D. Supersepiroth, I am a crafter (I just make things) and Y'all may have seen My YouTube Poops on YouTube (obviously)
I have been working on 3 hacks and I'm looking into getting better at making hacks before I jump barrel and fall flat on My face.
I'm 21, and yes i'm a girl. :V
Hi Everyone,
You probably all won't know me but I was translating/hacking games back from 1998-2004. I worked with many people back then who probably had different aliases or finished with games now. Back in the times of PR Translations, Vida Translations etc...
My most memorable translations were Most of the pokemon series having translated the most of Firered before it was released, Pokemon Crystal, Pokemon TCG2, (A poor attempt at Adventures of Arle) although there was some great work put in there.
I am back to finish my work on Arle's Adventure or (Adventures of Arle). As my Japanese is 1000x better and currently no one is even close to the correct dialogue, moves, names etc for the game.
Well great to be back in the community - things have changed A lot!
(http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/1347/oldboy2py.jpg)
I have yet to see Oldboy or Sympathy for Mr. Vengance, but I picked up Sympathy for Lady Vengance last week. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend it--though I hear it's not as violent as Oldboy was.
Hullo. I'm a newbie at both romhacking and actually being arsed to make use of introduction threads. Figuring that you guys assign any worth to community I figured I might as well. My major reason for being here is that playing video games has gotten too boring for me for the most part, and so I'm approaching my ol' hobby from a different angle. I find the whole direction in which roleplaying video-games are travelling to be especially loathsome. I've got it in my mind to do a rather ambitious pokéhack which, if it lives up to my ideas, would address a great many of my complaints with the genre as a whole, but I'd rather not start ranting about that until I've a better handle on how to even go about beginning a project. For the time being, I think I'll leave it at that. It's a pleasure to be here, everyone.
Hi! It's Bisqwit here. I am an emulator author (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71lli8MS8s), ...
Your english retranslation is good and all but it would have been nice if you used all the text box space like you did in the finish translation. I like the translations on that webpage and it's a shame they couldn't all be fit in.I did use the available text space. But in both versions (Finnish and re-translation) there were lines that did not require that much room.
Cool video!Goodness yes.
^Hi Mandy! 8)Actually I've been trying to do a personal hack of Earthbound.
Nice to see girls getting into games. Are you planning on translation or ROM hacking? Anyways, welcome! 8)
Hello LocksmithArmy. I find it interesting how congruent your interest in picking locks in the real world is tied to picking digital locks in the game world, though it is purely coincidental. I saw your two hacks on the sidebar there, Pokemon Red, and Pokemon Gold hacks, and I really like your idea. I've usually played video games as single player experiences and never played a portable game with someone else or even traded Pokemon so you have very good intentions and it also sounds like you have some talent. Hopefully you'll be one of those guys who will dazzle everybody with enough ASM knowledge to create an entirely new game out of an old game's engine.
1. Then there would be WAY too many text links at the top.
2. There are critics that do short reviews.
3. I don't often judge price or length, but in cases like 16-Bit Xmas 2011, that can be at least somewhat of a major issue.
4. The 10-year old can tell you about graphics or control, but maybe that's all that the 10-year old can talk about.
Besides gaming, my main hobby is language study. I started Japanese 10 years ago, so I consider it my strongest language after English. Since then, I've gone on in that time to study about 7 more languages to varying degrees of ability. Been considering learning programming but so far it doesn't capture me the same as spoken language. Hopefully someday that will change.
Look forward to becoming part of the community here! ;)
TO make a patch is easy, just have an unaltered copy of the ROM along with your modified one and follow the prompts when creating a patch. A Good tool to use for altering sprites is YY_CHR but as far as placement of certain objects you will have to know more involved code in each ROM or if you are lucky to find a program that is already made for editing a particular ROM.
Hello! I'm hxlnt / Party Time! Hexcellent! Nice to meet you all!
http://www.partytimehexcellent.com (http://www.partytimehexcellent.com) // http://www.femicom.org (http://www.femicom.org)
I am currently looking for physical copies of ROM hacks (as cartridges) and I need some help finding them.A lot of people here don't do that. In general there are no game-specific cartridges. There may be programmable cartridges for that - Google will have to be your friend.
Also is there anyone nice enough to tell me how to edit my profile? I went to the profile button near the top of the page, but I can't find where to edit my information other than security question and my password.No. Just kidding!! Let your mouse hover over Profile but don't click it. A menu pops up offering "Profile Settings". On that screen click on "Modify profile".
Hi. I am the 'noize' that the madhacker thanked in his guide to NES pointers. I wrote the FF1Edit savestate editor about a hundred years ago. I helped to found Translation Revelations - which burned out very quickly (or perhaps that was only my participation). Back then I remember looking at shufflepuck cafe, contra/gryzor and musashi. Now, I'll try to payback the community that taught me the art of programming.
Thanks for reading.
hello everyone, i am suckhacker. i've been long registered on smwcentral and i learned a lot of ASM there. i code several blocks and sprites that become popular within that hacking community. i no longer active there because two of guys, S.N.N. and Alcaro, do not like me very much (especially S.N.N.) I also dabble bit in zelda hacking and final fantasy 1 hacking.
Welcome, Cody! Just hover your mouse over Profile then Forum Profile
Welcome to the board.
I've always wanted to do translations of PC-98 games and Falcom games too. In fact, that's what got me into fan translations in the first place. I've been tossing around the idea of translating the first Gargharv game for the PC and Nayuta with a few friends. All we have are extracted scripts at this point though.
Hey all, how we doing?Welcome to Romhacking.net! It's great and exciting to hear that you're working on multiple SMB3 projects! That's my personal favourite game. I'll be looking forward to seeing your progress. If you have any questions, hopefully I and other people will be able to help you out with what we can. Best of luck, and hope you enjoy your stay. :)
I haven't been an active member of a community like this for a long time, but I've got the bug again and want to get back involved. I mostly hack SMB3 (I use that term loosely - edit using the variety of tools available is probably more accurate) and am midway through two different SMB3 projects. Anyway, I'll probably share some progress once I'm settled in. ;)
Welcome to Romhacking.net! It's great and exciting to hear that you're working on multiple SMB3 projects! That's my personal favourite game. I'll be looking forward to seeing your progress. If you have any questions, hopefully I and other people will be able to help you out with what we can. Best of luck, and hope you enjoy your stay. :)
Hello, I'm vortex and I'm a spriter.
I'm particularly intersted in SNES and in all Mario, Super Metroid and Zelda games.
Hopefully I'll come pass my newb nature soon.
Just got into the scene and looking at some snes gems that we sorely did not receive in the west. Really wish I knew Japanese.I remember someone looking for help in the fire emblem 4-5 retranslations. Look for project naga
I was messing with Wheel of Fortune for the Nintendo a few days ago, and after looking through the rom in a Hex editor, I was changing simple stuff about the game. As I dug further, it may seem that in order to full edit the game's puzzles, I would have to disassemble and recompile the code to get it to be fully customized.Hello, Doffo! Welcome to Romhacking.net! :)
Cato Felix here.What would you like to learn, specifically? :)
I'm not new to emulation, but I've been wanting to learn more about the hacking aspect, itself. I'm here mostly because of Fire Emblem, but I'd like to learn anything, really.
I probably won't be a very overtly-active member of the forum, as I'm more a lurker-type than a poster. If I have a question or anything, I'll probably just make sure it hasn't been answered somewhere anywhere else. As I said, though, I'd like to learn as much as I can.
If anyone has any questions or recommendations for FE-related stuff about me, feel free to email.
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Cato
(you'll notice right away I use such words as they were originally defined)
Is that you, Tharthan?
:D
Who? lol
Tharthan is here often. That quote reminded me of him (and only him). :)
I go by the username Ryan914Does this mean that sprites and graphics edition is what you like and want to do? ;D
And yes, I am THAT (http://www.spriters-resource.com/submitter/Ryan914/) Ryan914 if you are curious. Been registered to post on this site for a while, just didn't get around to it.
I must say, jonk, that sounds like an exceptionally fun resume.
I must say, jonk, that sounds like an exceptionally fun resume.
The NES hardware seems to be still pretty well documented, but I'm not finding quite as good documentation for the SNES. I may need to go read the BSNES simulator code more to gather up the exact details I'd like. Sadly, I think there are few today who actually stay up on this stuff. If anyone knows of people identifying themselves as experts on the SNES hardware and game cartridge hardware, or in the subject of programming significant SNES games from scratch, I'd love to get a name or two to attempt contact (if the feeling may be mutual.)
SNES documentation is fairly mature. You may not have been looking in the right place. Anomie's (http://www.romhacking.net/?page=documents&category=&platform=&game=&author=548&perpage=20&level=&title=&desc=&docsearch=Go) documents should prove sufficient for most things. Is there something else in particular that you can't find there?Thanks. I'll take your advice first and see where that goes. Then, if and when it seems appropriate and I've done what I already can with web sites and perhaps BSNES source examination efforts, I'll ask any remaining specific and narrow questions here. That way I save the time of others, unless truly needed.
There are a number of people on this forum that are well versed with the SNES. This community has created many hacks and translations on the SNES platform after all. They are around if you need help on something specific. Most probably don't have the time for one-on-one teaching or mentoring if that's what you're interested in. Although, there are a few out there that will do even this to some degree. You typically need some subject matter to go on though.
Thanks. I'll take your advice first and see where that goes. Then, if and when it seems appropriate and I've done what I already can with web sites and perhaps BSNES source examination efforts, I'll ask any remaining specific and narrow questions here. That way I save the time of others, unless truly needed.
Out of curiosity, what game is your son working on? Reverse engineering the mechanics of CRPGs and war simulations has been my particular area of interest for a long time.Dragon Quest III, with translation patches applied.
Hello and welcome to romhacking.net!
Keep an eye on the forums and the help wanted ads and I'm sure you'll find something you can contribute to.
Do you have experience working with video games or translating/localizing text? Or maybe you're just looking to get your feet wet when it comes to translation projects.
Quick question. Is it alright to post something in personal projects; that isn't related to romhacks?
Basically its a game that's being coded from the ground up.
New here greetings to all.We accept homebrews - http://www.romhacking.net/homebrew/
Quick question. Is it alright to post something in personal projects; that isn't related to romhacks?
Basically its a game that's being coded from the ground up.
thanks
hyakulegger,
Welcome aboard the crazy train. SMB3 might take a while, but has good editors. Do you have any previous game hacking experience?
Any links to your music?
Ever tried famitracker NES music tracker?
Can I make new music and put it in SMB3 with it? (Famitracker)
Short answer, yes, long answer, not unless you have some NES programming experience, or a little help.
Hi. Just registered today.Hi, reeefer! Welcome aboard!
I was so stoked that an English version of Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha was available here and I was even more surprised that it was just released a couple weeks ago.
I've played Megaman games in the past (X4 being the first) and I realized that I don't really know the story behind it so I decided to go on a Megaman spree from the originals crossing over to X and so on (just the 2d side scrollers for now) and I found out that there was an English version of Rockman & Forte for the SNES and decided to "get" that because it was more fluid in motion than the GB version. My curiosity about the sequel's English version brought me here.
Thank you.
Hi.Cool. I built a homebrew computer in 1974. And, of course, built and coded stuff for the Altair 8800, IMSAI 8080, Apple II, Lisa, and a bevy of other hardware instrumentation and software and operating system things since then. (Worked on Unix v 6 using C in 1978, too.)
I'm thE rZA. In the 90s we did some homebrew on the good ole SNES. It was a good time we had. With no internet. BBS was our place to be.
Now I'm about >40 ;) and like the retro wave we're surfing on today. I'm interested in all kind of retro stuff again :).
Hello everyone, I'm Esselle Jaye.
A friend teased me about still playing "vanilla" FF1 on my NES in 2016, and he said I should try some of the "hacks" available for it.
I was skeptical until I sat down at his house and watch him playing Dragoon X Omega II and GFF.
Well, he directed me here, and now I'm hooked!
Hey there. I have no prior experience with romhacking, but that's why I joined. It's fun seeing all the projects people are working on, and how. I'm probably just going to lurk, as I have a lot to learn.Hi there, ToDust!
Hi everyone! I'm new on this board. I'm French and I'm 39. I like playing games on old systems, my favorites ones are the NES, SNES and Megadrive.
I often come to romhacking.net to get translations (and sometimes hacks, but translations mainly) for games I could like (often RPG or adventure games), so I can play them on my Everdrives (NES & Megadrive) and SD2SNES.
I came on this board to ask a question about a game I would like to play but doesn't launch on my Everdrive-N8, I guess I'm going to create a topic in a few minutes about it...
Thanks a lot for this great site! :)
"ROM Hack", but don't upload the full ROM. Please make a patch file, such as with using the utilties here, and upload that.
Salutations everyone.Welcome and good luck! Are you planning on using one of the partial NGCD translations or even a complete translation from one of the other versions(if those exist) or will you start from scratch?
My name is indecks (index :P)
Im 41, and have absolutely NO IDEA what I'm getting myself into, but I want to attempt to translate a game several people have started, and eventually abandoned for one reason or another. I have no programming skill, and the closest I've ever come to translating a game was applying an IPS patch for a translation of Star Ocean on the SNES. I dont even know if that type of tool exists anymore.
The game I am after is Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidō Retsuden, most commonly known as Samurai Shodown RPG for the NeoGeoCD. It seems there have been several projects to get this translated to English, most notably a guy named MoriaMug or "Deuce." The last Ive seen is a guy named Apocalypse trying it, and he apparently got about 30% of the way through (I think) and abandoned it.
There is apparently a French translation, and someone was trying to translate from French to Spanish at one point, but even *they* gave up. From what I gather, the biggest problem with the NeoGeoCD Japanese version of the game is due to spacing and timing, but seeing as there is indeed a successful French translation floating around out there, I can only imagine that the spacing/timing issues were solved for Japanese to French. So maybe French to English is going to be quote-unquote 'easier.'
I have no idea what I'm in for, and truth be told, I don't even know if I'll be able to even begin this monumental task. I clearly have a lot of reading to do.
Welcome and good luck! Are you planning on using one of the partial NGCD translations or even a complete translation from one of the other versions(if those exist) or will you start from scratch?
Hello everyone! I'm Davin, a ROM hacker and researcher who often researches data in Nintendo DS games and other consoles as well.
I've only just registered today, not sure exactly why I haven't registered years ago, but I'm now registered.
I also enjoy talking to people as well, so if you ever want to talk about anything, I'm always around.
It's really nice to meet you all!