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Where it is the Maxim' s Phantasy Star retranslation? How it walks the project?

It's still ongoing; with a bit of luck and a lot of testing, I'm hoping to release on 21 December, exactly 20 years since the original release.

Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :)

Ssssssh! Don't give Maxim and the team another whole year to complete the project!

Oh yeah :) I must have confused myself. Anyway, 20th Dec 200X is the definite, final deadline - it was last year, and it is this year too!

Adol wrote

Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :)

Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later.

furanku wrote

Adol wrote

Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :)

Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later.

Don't you mean After Burner Climax? Space Harrier was the shooter with the man, not the plane.

Yawackhary wrote

furanku wrote

Adol wrote

Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :)

Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later.

Don't you mean After Burner Climax? Space Harrier was the shooter with the man, not the plane.

Yes

Still waiting for Planet Harrier to be adapted somewhere :) The Arcade cabinet is not cheap :) And I want to play it :) Do you know where it can be? In Akihabara I didn't find it, even at the Sega Centre..

furanku wrote

Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later.

I once played Afterburner in such a gyroscoping machine. Since I used to te rather good in it on my console I spent quite some time in the thing.

Now on the console my main strategy for survival was to use lots of rolls. So I used these tactics also in the gyroscope. Needless to say I needed quite a couple of minutes before I was able to walk straight again when I came out of it ;-)

<Sorry>

The game you played is G-LOC, an Afterburner sequel. the game exists on Master System and Megadrive. The machine was called the R-360. I tried it like 10-15 years ago in Picadilly Circus when travelling to London. It gave me the willing to puke :( You stay too much upside down, IMHO.

Adol wrote

The game you played is G-LOC, an Afterburner sequel. the game exists on Master System and Megadrive. The machine was called the R-360. I tried it like 10-15 years ago in Picadilly Circus when travelling to London. It gave me the willing to puke :( You stay too much upside down, IMHO.

The Afterburner Climax game just tilts and not the 360 as you say in your post. Still fun thou!

I have played the R-360 too back in 93 and it was a breathtaking experience, after the game was over I had to sit down for about 10 or 15 minutes until I could walk on a straight line. It was the same day I got my Slap Shot cart.

Hey everyone! I delivered what might be the final version of my script to Maxim last night. The game's running smoothly without any crashes so, as far as I can tell, it's just a matter of bugtesting and tweaking before this thing is done. It looks like we'll actually make the deadline this time!

Speaking of which... I'm hoping to spend some time on it tonight, and (time permitting) I'll be needing some beta testers pretty soon. So anyone who's up to playing through the game (quickly), looking for bugs and making good bug reports (preferably with Meka savestates from just before it happened), please post in here.

You'll also want at least a few people playing the game on a real Master System using flash cartridges.

Any chance of getting a copy of the current build, Maxim? :)

Paul Jensen wrote

Any chance of getting a copy of the current build, Maxim? :)

Hey, you're in Santa Cruz! I'm in San Francisco, we should have our own little party when the ROM is released.

Hey Maxim,

I have a Tototek cartridge and a Japanese SMS. I'd be happy to test-play through the ROM. Just please note that it has been nearly a decade since I played through the whole game!

Mike Cukan

OK... give me a week or two to get it properly merged in and in a fit state for testing, though.

Sounds great. Thanks, Maxim.

TheRedEye: SF, huh? Right near SOA. That seems like an appropriate spot for a post-release celebration. :)

Our company just opened a new office in San Francisco and I was there setting it up last week.You can see the SEGA logo on the SOA building from two of the offices.

Well, the updated script went right in and worked first time... who'd've thunk it... but I still need to fix up the spell names. Paul?

A curiosity on SMS Phantasy Star: If you to rename a save of the American version for the Japanese in any emulator, all the data could be played in the version of the Japanese rom, also the name given to save will appear in katakana format. Very cool .

Are you sure it's totally compatible?

The katakana name display will just be an arbitrary mapping of letters, much like if you set your keyboard to Japanese and typed your name. I'm not sure if the save slot name would be intact in the retranslation, no care was taken to preserve that (it's purely down to the character set ordering).

Yes, it is total compatible, all the items, levels and mesetas from the American version appears in the Japanese as well as the place where it was saved in the game. And the same thing happens from of the Japanese version to the American. And the name given to saves , sorry , it is really only an arbitrary mapping of letters . Finally, this also happens with the versions of Y's (That it has a very cool FM sound , a future translation ?). Thanks for the attention.

Hmmm... ok. I'll have to take a look at those...

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darth vader x Guest	SMS Phantasy Star retranslation Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:57 pm
darth vader x Guest	Hello . Where it is the Maxim' s Phantasy Star retranslation? How it walks the project?

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:30 pm
	It's still ongoing; with a bit of luck and a lot of testing, I'm hoping to release on 21 December, exactly 20 years since the original release.

Adol Joined: 24 Jun 1999 Posts: 228 Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:52 pm
	Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :)

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8610 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:10 pm
	Ssssssh! Don't give Maxim and the team another whole year to complete the project!

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:51 pm
	Oh yeah :) I must have confused myself. Anyway, 20th Dec 200X is the definite, final deadline - it was last year, and it is this year too!

furanku Joined: 10 Dec 2000 Posts: 592 Location: Australia and Japan	Speaking off Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:33 am
	Adol wrote Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :) Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later.

Yawackhary Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 60	Re: Speaking off Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:10 pm
Yawackhary Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 60	furanku wrote Adol wrote Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :) Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later. Don't you mean After Burner Climax? Space Harrier was the shooter with the man, not the plane.

furanku Joined: 10 Dec 2000 Posts: 592 Location: Australia and Japan	Re: Speaking off Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:50 am
	Yawackhary wrote furanku wrote Adol wrote Errr AFAIK, the relased date was 20 December 1987. 21 December 1986 is Space Harrier :) Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later. Don't you mean After Burner Climax? Space Harrier was the shooter with the man, not the plane. Yes

Adol Joined: 24 Jun 1999 Posts: 228 Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:23 am
	Still waiting for Planet Harrier to be adapted somewhere :) The Arcade cabinet is not cheap :) And I want to play it :) Do you know where it can be? In Akihabara I didn't find it, even at the Sega Centre..

Rhofal Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Kempen, Belgium	Re: Speaking off Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:33 am
	furanku wrote Played Space Harrier Climax at the Sega Arcade centre at Namba Osaka here in Japan yesterday. Updated grafix of course and the rotating cabinet but the main difference is a choice of 3 planes. I will post a picture of the machine later. I once played Afterburner in such a gyroscoping machine. Since I used to te rather good in it on my console I spent quite some time in the thing. Now on the console my main strategy for survival was to use lots of rolls. So I used these tactics also in the gyroscope. Needless to say I needed quite a couple of minutes before I was able to walk straight again when I came out of it ;-) <Sorry>

Adol Joined: 24 Jun 1999 Posts: 228 Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:14 pm
	The game you played is G-LOC, an Afterburner sequel. the game exists on Master System and Megadrive. The machine was called the R-360. I tried it like 10-15 years ago in Picadilly Circus when travelling to London. It gave me the willing to puke :( You stay too much upside down, IMHO.

furanku Joined: 10 Dec 2000 Posts: 592 Location: Australia and Japan	Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:59 am
	Adol wrote The game you played is G-LOC, an Afterburner sequel. the game exists on Master System and Megadrive. The machine was called the R-360. I tried it like 10-15 years ago in Picadilly Circus when travelling to London. It gave me the willing to puke :( You stay too much upside down, IMHO. The Afterburner Climax game just tilts and not the 360 as you say in your post. Still fun thou!

Wizo Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 42	Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:10 pm
Wizo Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 42	I have played the R-360 too back in 93 and it was a breathtaking experience, after the game was over I had to sit down for about 10 or 15 minutes until I could walk on a straight line. It was the same day I got my Slap Shot cart.

TheRedEye Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 149	Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:42 pm
TheRedEye Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 149	Hey everyone! I delivered what might be the final version of my script to Maxim last night. The game's running smoothly without any crashes so, as far as I can tell, it's just a matter of bugtesting and tweaking before this thing is done. It looks like we'll actually make the deadline this time!

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:36 pm
	Speaking of which... I'm hoping to spend some time on it tonight, and (time permitting) I'll be needing some beta testers pretty soon. So anyone who's up to playing through the game (quickly), looking for bugs and making good bug reports (preferably with Meka savestates from just before it happened), please post in here.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8610 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:54 pm
	You'll also want at least a few people playing the game on a real Master System using flash cartridges.

Paul Jensen Joined: 29 Jun 1999 Posts: 254 Location: California, USA; Hiroshima, Japan	Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:55 pm
	Any chance of getting a copy of the current build, Maxim? :)

TheRedEye Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 149	Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:07 am
TheRedEye Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 149	Paul Jensen wrote Any chance of getting a copy of the current build, Maxim? :) Hey, you're in Santa Cruz! I'm in San Francisco, we should have our own little party when the ROM is released.

Mike C Joined: 10 Oct 1999 Posts: 211 Location: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA	I have a Tototek cartridge... Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:17 pm
	Hey Maxim, I have a Tototek cartridge and a Japanese SMS. I'd be happy to test-play through the ROM. Just please note that it has been nearly a decade since I played through the whole game! Mike Cukan

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:20 pm
	OK... give me a week or two to get it properly merged in and in a fit state for testing, though.

Paul Jensen Joined: 29 Jun 1999 Posts: 254 Location: California, USA; Hiroshima, Japan	Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:12 pm
	Sounds great. Thanks, Maxim. TheRedEye: SF, huh? Right near SOA. That seems like an appropriate spot for a post-release celebration. :)

Heliophobe Site Admin Joined: 25 Oct 1999 Posts: 2029 Location: Monterey, California	Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:05 pm
	Our company just opened a new office in San Francisco and I was there setting it up last week.You can see the SEGA logo on the SOA building from two of the offices.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:27 am
	Well, the updated script went right in and worked first time... who'd've thunk it... but I still need to fix up the spell names. Paul?

darth vader x Guest	Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:47 am
darth vader x Guest	A curiosity on SMS Phantasy Star: If you to rename a save of the American version for the Japanese in any emulator, all the data could be played in the version of the Japanese rom, also the name given to save will appear in katakana format. Very cool .

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14564 Location: London	Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:06 am
	Are you sure it's totally compatible? The katakana name display will just be an arbitrary mapping of letters, much like if you set your keyboard to Japanese and typed your name. I'm not sure if the save slot name would be intact in the retranslation, no care was taken to preserve that (it's purely down to the character set ordering).

darth vader x Guest	Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:02 pm
darth vader x Guest	Yes, it is total compatible, all the items, levels and mesetas from the American version appears in the Japanese as well as the place where it was saved in the game. And the same thing happens from of the Japanese version to the American. And the name given to saves , sorry , it is really only an arbitrary mapping of letters . Finally, this also happens with the versions of Y's (That it has a very cool FM sound , a future translation ?). Thanks for the attention.

Paul Jensen Joined: 29 Jun 1999 Posts: 254 Location: California, USA; Hiroshima, Japan	Spell names Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:39 am
	Hmmm... ok. I'll have to take a look at those...

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