English Text?

[sunsetflip84]

Hey there, finally got my famiclone in. Was playing Wizardry and I noticed it had an english/japanese text option. What a lifesaver as I can't read japanese!

I was wondering if there were any other games like that. Any RPG's or adventure games with a similar function? I would definitely purchase those games...Anybody like to lend a helping hand?

[JC]

Hmm...I wasn't aware of that, so it's pretty neat. I would be willing to bet if there are any more games with that option there are only a couple. Perhaps it's beause they were co-developing an English version for NES release.

[UglyJoe]

Also, isn't Wizardry almost entirely text?  You'd have enough space for two fonts and two scripts if you didn't have to draw maps and enemies.

[sunsetflip84]

Hmm... true that. Well, I'll take my chances with a few games I had in mind then.

[satoshi_matrix]

thats rather uncommon, I can't think of a single other Famicom game that offers duel language support. I mean there are plenty of Famicom games that have English but those dont have any Japanese as a consiquence.

[FM-77]

Wizardry is an American game. I suppose they just kept the English text in the FC port and just added a Japanese option.

[JC]

Are you sure that's true? I thought ASCII was a Japanese company (so, there would be a Famicom release before NES release).

[UglyJoe]

There are American-made and Japanese-made Wizardry games.  It originated in America, though.  I think the Famicom/NES one is a port of the first PC (erm..Apple...whatever) game to the Famicom, and then brought back for American consumption (no sense in rewriting the game's engine).

[FM-77]

Are you sure that's true? I thought ASCII was a Japanese company (so, there would be a Famicom release before NES release).

Well sure. ASCII ported the game, and kept all the English dialogue, presumably.

[scribblemacher]

Having played a few version of Wizardry, the Famicom versions aren't so much ports as they are remakes. Many of the puzzles have been removed and certain elements redesigned. Wizardry II: Knight of Diamonds (which actually the third game released for Famicom) has completely different maps.

The text in the NES version is not faithful to the Apple II---it's been simplified. I have not played the Famicom version to know if the English text available in that game is identical to what was released in the US. I'm considering picking up the Famicom versions of Wiz1 and 2 (I already have 3) just because I'm a total Wizardry nerd.

[Protoman]

I've bought Final Fantasy III from a guy with a cart reprogrammer thingy, so it has the english translation by Neo Demiforce on the cart, which is great because it's a great translation to a good game.

[crade]

All three of the wizardry famicom releases have an english text option, but I'm not aware of any other famicom games that do this.