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      AdamBeGood @Zering
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      @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

      @adambegood There are other great games, thankfully. For starters I'm never touching Genocide on the X68000 ever again. The FM Towns version is a lot better.

      If you do make the leap bear in mind performance can be sketchy, it appears to be pretty intensive on the pi, but I think most games should work well.

      Edit : I've never played any monkey island games. What's the best system to experience them on? The Amiga?

      PC I think... I don't think the Amiga version of MI2 was any better. PCs had Soundblaster cards by then so sound was just as good.

      I'll wait for your findings on Towns, it'll take a tiny bit to convince me to get busy. What is better about the Genocide version?

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        AdamBeGood @Folly
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        @folly That is great work, good investigation tips there! Must have been satisfying.

        I've got a .HDS of Die Bhanwelt on X68000, a bootable HD. I wonder if that can be tinkered with in the same way.

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          Zering @AdamBeGood
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          @adambegood You can go five steps without losing all your health.

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            Folly @AdamBeGood
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            @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

            @folly That is great work, good investigation tips there! Must have been satisfying.

            I've got a .HDS of Die Bhanwelt on X68000, a bootable HD. I wonder if that can be tinkered with in the same way.

            I don't have the .HDS, so I can't try.
            I have .dim and made a .m3u.
            Game looks nice :
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              Zering @Folly
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              @folly I played that one. It's a good candidate for translation on the fly as it's pretty fun and seems light on story.

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                Folly @Zering
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                @zering Ok. Will play that a little bit more.

                @AdamBeGood If you want to tinker then you have to use
                Human 68k, it's like DOS.

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                  AdamBeGood @Folly
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                  @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                  @zering Ok. Will play that a little bit more.

                  @AdamBeGood If you want to tinker then you have to use
                  Human 68k, it's like DOS.

                  Cool, I found a translation patch but it doesn't work on my disks, or any others I can find.

                  Then I found a .HDS, already patched. But no joy with that.. yet.

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                    Folly @AdamBeGood
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                    @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                    @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                    @zering Ok. Will play that a little bit more.

                    @AdamBeGood If you want to tinker then you have to use
                    Human 68k, it's like DOS.

                    Cool, I found a translation patch but it doesn't work on my disks, or any others I can find.

                    Then I found a .HDS, already patched. But no joy with that.. yet.

                    Translation looks good.
                    2020-11-17-163350_800x600_scrot-resized.png

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                      Zering @Folly
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                      @folly Oh excellent. Is that a pre-patched .dim set?

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                        AdamBeGood @Folly
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                        @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                        @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                        @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                        @zering Ok. Will play that a little bit more.

                        @AdamBeGood If you want to tinker then you have to use
                        Human 68k, it's like DOS.

                        Cool, I found a translation patch but it doesn't work on my disks, or any others I can find.

                        Then I found a .HDS, already patched. But no joy with that.. yet.

                        Translation looks good.
                        2020-11-17-163350_800x600_scrot-resized.png

                        Oh come on! That took you about five minutes! Did it work on your disks? Gaaaah

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                          AdamBeGood @Zering
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                          @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                          @folly Oh excellent. Is that a pre-patched .dim set?

                          Surely not... I would have found it, I'd like to think.

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                            Zering @AdamBeGood
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                            @adambegood Then I'm equally curious. How does one patch .dim files?

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                              Folly @Zering
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                              @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                              @folly I played that one. It's a good candidate for translation on the fly as it's pretty fun and seems light on story.

                              No patched version. You said it yourself.
                              It's a good candidate for translation on the fly.

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                                Zering @Folly
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                                @folly There is a translation available though.
                                That screen had me fooled. I thought it was a patch.

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                                  Folly @Zering
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                                  @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                  @folly There is a translation available though.
                                  That screen had me fooled. I thought it was a patch.

                                  Then we have search for that one.

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                                    AdamBeGood @Zering
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                                    @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                    @folly There is a translation available though.
                                    That screen had me fooled. I thought it was a patch.

                                    Totally tricked me! I see it now.

                                    I did try with the disk patch, from nfggames and romhacking. Neither worked for me. The bootable .hds wasn't too hard to find either, but also yielded no joy.

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                                      Zering @AdamBeGood
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                                      @adambegood If it's on romhackinh there must be some sort of instructions or readme. Any idea where it went wrong for you?

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                                        Folly
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                                        @Zering @AdamBeGood

                                        I have it working with that translated HD image.
                                        I can add the solution, to this thread, later on.

                                        Do you both want the solution ?

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                                          Zering @Folly
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                                          @folly I'd definitely be interested.

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                                            AdamBeGood @Zering
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                                            @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                            @folly I'd definitely be interested.

                                            Seconded! I'd love to know.

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