DvD Translations presents:

POCKET ZAURUS

Swords of the Ten Kings

Patch Released: May 25, 2015

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Screen Shots

Title Screen: Before and After

Game History

• This platformer is based on a line of Bandai's pocketzaurus stationary product robotic dinosaur toys.
• The toys were also released in France and Germany as Diplodos.
• In cooperation with Bandai, a French/Japanese Diplodos animation series was made, which was then translated into English.

1. You'll want to have a fully translated manual. The manual contains crossword puzzles, one for each level.
   If you answer a whole puzzle, which has clues based on things in the game, it gives a clue as to what to do to defeat the final boss.
2. When you play the game, it gives you in game quizzes that, if you get them right, give you bonuses.
3. When you beat the optional mini-bosses in each level, the game gives you a clue that allows you to get a clue from that level's boss.
   If collect all the clues from the level bosses it will tell you what you need to do to defeat the final boss.
4. Whenever you die without having a Continue Mark, you will be given the option to face the final boss.
   You can do this to practice fighting the final boss, but you'll never win unless you've defeated all the level bosses.

Patch Features

• A large amount of translated text for a platformer; all text fit into the original ROM without expansion through use of DTE compression
• Special fonts for screaming and boss names
• A partially translated html manual
  Unfortunately, no one wanted to translate the whole thing, so we've included what we have. I appreciate all those who have worked on it. Please help us finish it.
  Also, now that we have back of box scans, a translation of the box would be nice.
• Partially translated crosswords
  Since no one was able to fill in all the answers, we haven't been able to translate it. Please help us fill in all the Japanese answers so that we can attempt to translate it.

Scans

Box Front and Back


Cart Front and Back


Shinji Hashimoto
The Bandai employee who you are supposed to be playing in the game.
He now works for Square-Enix. The first game he produced for them was Front Mission.


Toys
The game is based on these stationary product/toys.
In Future World you will battle some of these toys as enemies. We've made a table to try to match the characters in the game to the toys.

Sprite	Name in Game	Name in Anime	Function	Left Picture	Right Top Picture	Right Bottom Picture
		Puncher	hole punch			middle
		Bubbles	bubble blower
		Stickum	tape dispenser	See Diplodo image below
			tape dispenser (Alt. Style)	middle	top right
	Hochikiratopus	Stapler	stapler	middle
	Scrubbing Jara		pen/pencil case	left, large
	Mirror Mildas		sewing set	top
	Kuttsuki Zaurus		scissors (Alt. Style)	lower left
	Chokirandon	Scissors	scissors		lower left
	Shigamitsukiras		pencil sharpener		top left
	Croonto Zaurus		compass		bottom right
			compass (Alt. Style)	bottom
			eraser	bottom
	Mecha Prontos		highlighter color matches case	upper right		upper right (Qty. 2)
			black ball point pen	lower right		top middle
			2 pencil clip erasers			lower left
			3 paper clips			left
			5 magnets			lower right

French Toys and Anime
Bandai released the toys in France as Diplodo.
C&D (Créativité et Développement) made an entire anime series based on the toys.


Strategy Guides
Bandai and Family Computer Magazine
Click on the guides to see scans of their pages!

Project History

• ROM translation released
• Updated website released
• Now that we have scans of the back of the box, it would be nice if someone would contribute a translation of the box.
• Also, still hoping someone will help out on the manual...
  Please contact us if you want to help us get that done. Simply edit the html and send us the html page.
  Only contact us if clearly understand what you are translating, as we already have a fully translated version (except for the crosswords) that is close.
  Note that we will take any help with the crossword section!

• Logo on title screen changed to match official English pocketzaurus logo
• Website updated with strategy guide, toy, and Diplodo scans added (not released)

• Title screen shot released
• Original Japanese manual link added; If you've found the manual useful, please consider donating to his site

• All the text that we are sure is actually used in the game has been verified by displaying it in the game.
• RadicalR and Lord Oddeye started beta testing.
• Partially translated manual released. (by geishaboy, harmony7, Google, DvD, etc.)
• Even when the beta testing is complete, we would prefer to not release the game until the manual is fully translated.

• harmony7 has gone through the script and cleaned up some of the translations
• DTE font created and now full script inserted
• Manual translated, but being edited
• Playing game to look for and fix bugs

• The text for this game always consists of 3 lines, each with their own pointer. To fit the English text, we've modified the code so that it displays each of these lines as a double line.
• Table Dumper was modified to handle multiple pointers to the same block of text. Our first incomplete script was inserted.

• To actually get this project done, this project has now transitioned into a joint project with Stardust Crusaders.
• The Title screen hack completed.
• The in-game kanji graphics were changed to English.
• English font inserted
• Kanji font tiles translated and inserted
• Complicated multiple nested pointer structure figured out

• harmony7 would like to see this platformer done. He used to play it as a kid.
• The project was started.
• The games special tiles analysed.