Mr. Ghost - Late 80's MSX2 game gets a full English translation

What a lovely wake up call as we've recently found out thanks to a heads up via Facebook, that the MSX2 game of MrGhost by System Sacom which was released way back in 1989, has been fully translated into English by 232 & Max Iwamoto and is available to download as version 1.0. According to a post in 2004 via the MSX website this game was voted the most underrated MSX game of all time, with 180 votes counted.

Ghost Chaser Densei - A rather cool SNES Beat em up gets a full English translation

I'm sure there are many of you out there that loved playing Final Fight, Double Dragon, or even Streets of Rage, but how many of you have heard of Winkysoft's 'Ghost Chaser Densei'? Probably not many outside of Japan, because this rather stylish side scrolling Beat em up was not only released in the Arcades as Denjin Makai and then Ghost Chaser Densei for the Super Famicom, but it was only ever released in Japan. Thankfully as of this week AgentOrange, MrRichard999 and rainponcho have fully translated the game into English, which means SNES owners can not only check it out, but they can bang a few heads along the way!

Ace Combat 3 - A grand English translation released for a Playstation 1 game

Thanks to a heads up by our good friend VizionGamer via our twitter feed, we have learnt of the release of the English translation for Ace Combat 3 on the Playstation 1 by Team NEMO. You probably haven't heard of this game before, that's because the better version was released in Japan in 1999 as Ace Combat 3 : Electrosphere; an arcade air combat game by Namco. The problem was with the game and according to romhacking, the original story was altered and the characters were cut from the NTSC-U and PAL regions. Now thanks to Team Nemo the original Japanese game is back as it should be, but this time all 52+ missions are now in English!

Out Live - A Dungeon Crawling Turbografx-16 English translation

Yet again here we are mentioning another Dungeon Crawler style game, but this time we wont be featuring a band of adventurers looking for loot in some far off cavern, but a Sci-Fi crawler fully English translated on the Turbografx-16 by Nebulous Translations. Now you've probably never heard of this one, but this is 'Out Live' by Sunsoft; a first person mech/robot controlling experience through 3D tunnels that was released way back in 1989 in Japan. According to Romhacking, You start your journey on planet Lafura (you’re investigating your friend’s disappearance) with 1000 credits, 1000 life units and a vulcan gun and must blast your way through dangerous zones!

Sailor Moon Super S Floating Panic gets a full English SNES translation

It wouldn't be a week without a romhacking mention and sure enough here is ' Sailor Moon Super S: Floating Panic ' also known as Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S: Fuwa Fuwa Panic, that was recently translated into full English for the SNES by Dynamic-Designs. This colourful game is a Sailor Moon themed competitive puzzle style game originally released in Japan way back in December 1995 and published by Bandai!

Wizardry Chronicles gets a full English translation on the PC

More glorious news today as Romhacking has announced the full English translated release for 'Wizardry Chronicles'. Originally a Windows 2000 game and only released in Japan, this was a spin off from the main Wizardry series of RPG's and replaces the traditional fantasy races with new names. Other than that it is your typical dungeon based RPG, but at least now you can play it in English thanks to MrRichard999 and team with over 2 years worth of development.

Hyper Iria - Action Platformer for the SNES gets a full English translation

More cool retro gaming news for you today, as Dynamic-Designs and Matt's Messy Room, have released the full English translation for the 1995 SNES action platformer, ' Hyper Iria ', which originally was available in Japan! According to Romhacking who mentioned the translation, the game is based on the anime prequel to the sci-fi movie Zeiram, and you play as Iria a space travelling bounty hunter who keeps running into the immortal villain Zeiram and must defend herself against many different foes, in sometimes maze like levels!

Kaettekita Mario Bros - Mario Bro's FDS gets a full English translation

Something different today for our retro gaming readers, especially if you remember the Family Computer Disk System (Famicom), as MrRichard999 has released the full English translation for 'Kaettekita Mario Bros', which originally was an updated version of the original Mario Bros but one of the few Famicom Disk System games available exclusively from the Famicom Disk Writer and not sold separately. Released in Japan in 1988, and based on the Arcade Mario Bros game, this was an odd remake that was sponsored by Nagatanien, a Japanese food company, which also featured a number of different changes...

Shadow Brain - NES Sci-fi Dungeon Crawler gets a full English translation

If puzzle games such as the recent Dr Mario NES hack, mentioned previously, is just not your thing, then how about a full English translation of the NES sci-fi dungeon crawler ' Shadow Brain ', which was only just released by Aishsha and Stardust Crusaders. As noted by Romhacking, Shadow Brain looks very much like Megami Tensei, and the game when originally released actually came with a VHS tape that provided the backstory. Although they don't have the VHS tape on hand, they have provided a full translation in the archive.

The Rainbow Silkroad - Full translation for a 90's NES trading RPG

Some great news today for NES owners, as Aishsha and Pennywise have done a complete translation of the NES RPG trading styled classic of ' The Rainbow Silkroad ', which was originally released way back in the 90's as Niji no Silkroad. Although I don't know much about the game, Romhacking was on hand to help and have said you take the role of the long-lost prince of Littleland, who must reclaim his throne from the guy Zrool that took the throne and was evil.

Golf Daisuki!: O.B. Club - Anime sports SNES fun gets an English translation

I might be falling asleep at my computer, but I'm awake just enough to write about the latest English translation release of the SNES game ' Golf Daisuki!: O.B. Club ', also known as ' I Love Golf!: Out of Bounds Club ' by Dynamic-Designs. I have never heard of this game before, but Romhacking has said that this game was originally released and distributed through the Satellaview Nintendo network for Super Famicon in Japan, and is a Miniature golf and regular golf combined style of game.

Whale's Voyage 2 - The sequel to a great Amiga game gets an English translation

Boy do we have a treat for you, especially if you like a mix of adventuring, crawling and space travel all blended up into a lovely sci-fi mix. As thanks to Arnie, Ransom and anyone else I've missed, we now have the almost fully translated English release of the German game Whale's Voyage 2 available for download for Amiga users! This is the sequel to the game Whale's Voyage 1 developed by neo Software Productions which unlike 2, was released on the Amiga, Amiga CD32 and DOS and in full English!