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A talented group of ROM hackers have released a patch for what is (depending on your point of view) the last untranslated (to English) Master System game, Tensai Bakabon. This is also an outstanding effort, including translation of all in-game art containing text, text "hidden" in level layouts, a full manual translation, a variable-width font renderer, and some very careful translation of puns and double meanings in the original text.

RomHacking page: https://www.romhacking.net/translations/6544/

Our page: https://www.smspower.org/Translations/TensaiBakabon-SMS-EN

Thank you FCandChill, TheMajinZenki, cccmar!

I am very excited by this :)

Full playthrough of Tensai Bakabon's translation can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaybOVd93Rc

So it seems the ending has credits... some of which are a bit off on the romanisations.

Quote

Let's introduce the staff!
Who had the big idea to make this game?

I'm Ossare Kohta. Rerere?!

Huh? There should be another one.
Show yourself!

Eeek! Chiemushi helped too!

Who made the art?

Chouko Neesan.
Call me anytime!

I was also involved.
I'm Chameleon Aki.

What about the music?

I'm Tanya.
Lah lah.

There's a lot of pretty ladies, huh?

I'm the programmer, Hamu Taku.
Give me back all the time I wasted!

That hurt, but I forgive you.
We're all slaves to our urges.

Huff... Huff...

Ossare Kohta should be Ossale Kohta (Kotaro Hayashida).
Chiemushi is probably Chieko Aoki, who seems to have used multiple "Chie" based nicknames.
Chouko Neesan should be Choko Oneesan (Choko Kawaguchi).
Chameleon Aki, no idea :) but the same name is in the credits for Ys.
Tanya should be Tarnya (Chikako Kamatani).
Hamu Taku is probably Taku Shoji?

Finally I could play this game! Thanks for this excellent translation, FCandChill, TheMajinZenki and cccmar!

Awesome work as always guys. Thanks a lot!

Played it through, on Meka 0.61 (I happened to have on old computer).

The UFO parts are pretty mean after otherwise leisurely playing... especially that you'd need to do the end three times to see all versions (once was enough for me, watched the others with emulator save).

Cool to experience a different kind of SMS game. (Well, I did play High School Kimengumi something like 15 years ago. I should finally play that translated.)

Nice game btw, hard to find something similar on the SMS.

Really appreciate the work that goes into translation projects. Thank you very much to all involved.

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Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Tensai Bakabon translation Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 9:16 am
	A talented group of ROM hackers have released a patch for what is (depending on your point of view) the last untranslated (to English) Master System game, Tensai Bakabon. This is also an outstanding effort, including translation of all in-game art containing text, text "hidden" in level layouts, a full manual translation, a variable-width font renderer, and some very careful translation of puns and double meanings in the original text. RomHacking page: https://www.romhacking.net/translations/6544/ Our page: https://www.smspower.org/Translations/TensaiBakabon-SMS-EN Thank you FCandChill, TheMajinZenki, cccmar!

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8609 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 12:47 pm
	I am very excited by this :)

Shaddap Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Posts: 7 Location: NYC	Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 7:00 pm
Shaddap Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Posts: 7 Location: NYC	Full playthrough of Tensai Bakabon's translation can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaybOVd93Rc

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 7:16 pm
	So it seems the ending has credits... some of which are a bit off on the romanisations. Quote Let's introduce the staff! Who had the big idea to make this game? I'm Ossare Kohta. Rerere?! Huh? There should be another one. Show yourself! Eeek! Chiemushi helped too! Who made the art? Chouko Neesan. Call me anytime! I was also involved. I'm Chameleon Aki. What about the music? I'm Tanya. Lah lah. There's a lot of pretty ladies, huh? I'm the programmer, Hamu Taku. Give me back all the time I wasted! That hurt, but I forgive you. We're all slaves to our urges. Huff... Huff... Ossare Kohta should be Ossale Kohta (Kotaro Hayashida). Chiemushi is probably Chieko Aoki, who seems to have used multiple "Chie" based nicknames. Chouko Neesan should be Choko Oneesan (Choko Kawaguchi). Chameleon Aki, no idea :) but the same name is in the credits for Ys. Tanya should be Tarnya (Chikako Kamatani). Hamu Taku is probably Taku Shoji?

tsp Joined: 04 Oct 2019 Posts: 74 Location: Brazil	Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 7:33 pm
tsp Joined: 04 Oct 2019 Posts: 74 Location: Brazil	Finally I could play this game! Thanks for this excellent translation, FCandChill, TheMajinZenki and cccmar!

Maraakate Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 757 Location: Pennsylvania, USA	Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 2:57 am
	Awesome work as always guys. Thanks a lot!

Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 51 Location: Finland	Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:16 am
Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 51 Location: Finland	Played it through, on Meka 0.61 (I happened to have on old computer). The UFO parts are pretty mean after otherwise leisurely playing... especially that you'd need to do the end three times to see all versions (once was enough for me, watched the others with emulator save). Cool to experience a different kind of SMS game. (Well, I did play High School Kimengumi something like 15 years ago. I should finally play that translated.)

PrOfUnD Darkness Joined: 29 Jun 1999 Posts: 374 Location: Brazil	Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:23 am
	Nice game btw, hard to find something similar on the SMS.

Sut Joined: 01 Jan 2017 Posts: 18 Location: Mansfield, UK	Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:22 pm
	Really appreciate the work that goes into translation projects. Thank you very much to all involved.

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