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Title: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 01, 2008, 01:14:31 AM

This is one of Square's best games and the existing fan translation projects seem to have stalled.  I know we have some RS fans here (hi Drinky) but would anyone actually play the translated ROM?

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: demi on April 01, 2008, 01:24:50 AM

Do you even know how to hack ROMs? Or translate?

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 01, 2008, 01:35:45 AM

Quote from: demi on April 01, 2008, 01:24:50 AM

Do you even know how to hack ROMs? Or translate?

I don't think these are necessary to starting a ROM translation. 

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: demi on April 01, 2008, 01:47:56 AM

What?

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 01, 2008, 01:50:21 AM

Quote from: Father_Mike on April 01, 2008, 01:35:45 AM

Quote from: demi on April 01, 2008, 01:24:50 AM

Do you even know how to hack ROMs? Or translate?

I don't think these are necessary to starting a ROM translation. 

Well sure, you could download the ROM and maybe look at it for a few minutes. I guess that would count as starting.

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: Candyflip on April 01, 2008, 01:52:42 AM

I would definitely play it.

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 01, 2008, 02:39:00 AM

 

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Do you even know how to hack ROMs? Or translate?

Yes.

addendum: I'm not the best of translators; I'm not great at rewriting the text to read naturally in English, especially while accounting for space limitations.  The dialogue might end up a bit stilted, but it'll have to do.  Maybe I can enlist an editor.

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: demi on April 01, 2008, 02:52:30 AM

Examples of your work?

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 01, 2008, 02:55:35 AM

I started and aborted an RS1 project like seven or eight years ago.  I didn't get all that far volume-wise, but I managed to dump the script and replace some text.  I can program in assembly language and read Japanese, applying those skills to a ROM translation project really isn't a huge deal apart from the time commitment.

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 01, 2008, 03:34:49 AM

hell yes i'd play it

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 01, 2008, 03:39:25 AM

You translate it, and I'll play it.

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 01, 2008, 06:58:07 AM

OK.  I dunno how much time I'm going to have to work on this, but I started on it.

Title: Re: Should I do a Romancing SaGa 2 ROM translation?
Post by: tiesto on April 01, 2008, 12:21:53 PM

Will definitely play it, I've heard that this game is the best in the SaGa series...