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| trinisete:
Just an advice. Try looking in the internet for the said translation. If it’s full, partial, half-away done… and test it on an emulator on your PC. Just to make sure you buy exactly what you’re looking for. |
| sloan11:
--- Quote from: trinisete on May 18, 2016, 05:44:45 pm ---Just an advice. Try looking in the internet for the said translation. If it’s full, partial, half-away done… and test it on an emulator on your PC. Just to make sure you buy exactly what you’re looking for. --- End quote --- good point. I try to check youtube and stuff usually because that is pretty quick and I can do it from anywhere,, but sometimes its hard to tell which version i'm watching so your point is well taken |
| desocietas:
Didn't really want to start a new thread on this, but I saw a post about Fullmetal Alchemist: Stray Rondo getting a translation patch, and it piqued my curiosity. I don't know anything about romhacks or anything like that, so I just had some basic questions: - does this require some sort of hard/soft-mod of an existing GBA/DS? - if so, how hard is that to do? - is the actual game required for play? (I prefer to have the actual game, so that's not an issue. Not interested in getting free games, just want to be able to play them without knowing Japanese.) The patch I have an eye on is a .xdelta file in case that's of any help. Like I said, I don't know anything about this stuff, so layman's terms preferred :-[ |
| abe:
--- Quote from: desocietas on February 08, 2017, 04:45:25 pm ---- does this require some sort of hard/soft-mod of an existing GBA/DS? --- End quote --- Nope. --- Quote from: desocietas on February 08, 2017, 04:45:25 pm ---- if so, how hard is that to do? --- End quote --- Much more difficult to do for the GBA than something like NES or even SNES games, and even then you still need some extra gear and donor carts to make a repro. --- Quote from: desocietas on February 08, 2017, 04:45:25 pm ---- is the actual game required for play? (I prefer to have the actual game, so that's not an issue. Not interested in getting free games, just want to be able to play them without knowing Japanese.) --- End quote --- No, unless you decide to use the Retron 5 and play it patched that way instead of using official hardware. You're really better off just getting a GBA flash cart, like Krikzz's new EverDrive GBA X5 or hoping some cheap bootleg repros for the patched game you want show up on AliExpress or eBay. |
| desocietas:
--- Quote from: abe on February 09, 2017, 09:31:01 am --- --- Quote from: desocietas on February 08, 2017, 04:45:25 pm ---- does this require some sort of hard/soft-mod of an existing GBA/DS? --- End quote --- Nope. --- Quote from: desocietas on February 08, 2017, 04:45:25 pm ---- if so, how hard is that to do? --- End quote --- Much more difficult to do for the GBA than something like NES or even SNES games, and even then you still need some extra gear and donor carts to make a repro. --- Quote from: desocietas on February 08, 2017, 04:45:25 pm ---- is the actual game required for play? (I prefer to have the actual game, so that's not an issue. Not interested in getting free games, just want to be able to play them without knowing Japanese.) --- End quote --- No, unless you decide to use the Retron 5 and play it patched that way instead of using official hardware. You're really better off just getting a GBA flash cart, like Krikzz's new EverDrive GBA X5 or hoping some cheap bootleg repros for the patched game you want show up on AliExpress or eBay. --- End quote --- Ah, thanks so much, Abe! I've avoided roms and such for so long (last one I played was probably like 15 years ago - Earthbound about 40% through or so) since I'm not super techy, especially with paranoia of downloading files from the internet. Used to be so carefree back in the day! Sounds like the easier options are to get a Retron 5 and the cart or a flash cart/repro. The R5 and the cart may likely be the way as I prefer having the original game if possible. Thanks again! Everything I searched was just a mess of terminology that I wasn't familiar with, and I didn't want to get too deep into it if it'd require a lot of work in the end. Edit: Funny, did you know people also sold repros on etsy? Never would've guessed... |
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