DvD Translations

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Site Last Updated: April 16, 2022


Our Goals

To translate Japanese console games and manuals into English releasing only what we consider to be 100% complete translations.
To enhance English games that really need a save feature to be fun.

Generally these are the games we choose to work on...

Completed Game Enhancement Projects

Games that we have finished enhancing that have been released to the public.
Click on any picture to go to the page. Newest ones are at the top...
(#) is the order of project start dates.

(32) NES
STAGE & ROUND SELECT HACK
Ninja Gaiden Title Screen
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
(Stage & Round Select)
(31) NES
STAGE & DIFFICULTY SELECT HACK
Ninja Gaiden Title Screen
Ninja Gaiden
(Stage & Difficulty Select)
(25) NES
4 PLAYERS HACK
Nekketsu Fighting Legend Title Screen
(4 Player)
Nekketsu Fighting Legend
(28) NES
RE-LOCALIZATION
Bomberman Title Screen
Bomberman
(Password Nirvana)
(5) NES
FAQ ONLY
Door Door Title Screen
Door Door

Completed Translations

Games that we have finished translating that have been released to the public.
Click on any picture to go to the page. Newest ones are at the top...
(#) is the order of project start dates.

(26) FDS
CASTLEVANIA WITH SAVING
Demonic Castle Dracula Title Screen
Demonic Castle Dracula
(23) NES
CUT SCENES & 3 PLAYERS
Burnin' Twinbee Title Screen
Burnin' Twinbee - The Rescue of Dr. Cinnamon!
(22) FDS
SQUARE'S LAST RPG BEFORE
FINAL FANTASY
Cleopatra Title Screen
The Cursed Treasure of Cleopatra
(12) NES
PLATFORMING WITH QUIZZES
Pocket Zaurus Title Screen
Pocket Zaurus - Swords of the Ten Kings
(15) FDS
FIRST 2 DISK TRANSLATION
BodyConQuest I Title Screen
BodyConQuest I - Girls Exposed
(21) NES
FDS SOUND
The Miracle of Almana Title Screen
The Miracle of Almana
(13) NES
FULLY TRANSLATED MANUAL!
NOW YOU CAN PLAY THE HERACLES
SERIES FROM START TO FINISH
The Glory of Heracles Title Screen
The Glory of Heracles -
Labors of the Divine Hero (Rev. B)

Rev. B was released after
BodyConQuest I - Girls Exposed.
(19) FDS
THE BEST GAME IN THE KWIRK SERIES
Puzzle Boys Title Screen
Puzzle Boys

(17) NES
VALKYRIE, NOT VALECULE!
Valkyrie's Adventure Title Screen
Valkyrie's Adventure - Legend of the Time Key
(16) NES
TRANSLATED HTML MANUAL
King Kong Lives Title Screen
King Kong Lives - Megaton Punch of Rage
(10) NES
VARAIBLE WIDTH FONT!
Romanica Title Screen
Dragon Slayer Jr. - Romancia
(11) NES
NOT EXACTLY PUYO PUYO...
Gorby Title Screen
Gorby's Pipeline
(3) NES
THE FIRST GRAPHICAL TEXT
ADVENTURE GAME ON A CONSOLE!

THE GAME THAT ALLOWED YUJII HORII
TO CREATE DRAGON QUEST!
ONE OF TWO GAMES THAT HIDEO
KOJIMA
CREDITS WITH INSPIRING
HIM TO MAKE VIDEO GAMES
Portopia Title Screen
The Portopia Serial Murder Case
(Rev. B & Manual Rev. B2)

Rev. B was released between
Valkyrie's Adventure and Puzzle Boys.
(8) NES
SEE WHERE KONAMI'S FASCIANTION
WITH PENGUIN'S STARTED
Antarctic Adventure Title Screen
Antarctic Adventure
(6) NES
SOMETIMES UNLICENSED GAMES
DON'T COMPLETELY SUCK
Kart Fighter Title Screen
Kart Fighter
(2) NES
3D WORLDRUNNER HAS A SEQUEL
TWO VERSIONS
3-D Worldrunner - Part II Title Screen
JJ Jump Out! - The Epic War - Part II
(1) NES
SO MUCH BETTER THAN
HEROES OF THE LANCE
Dragons of Flame Title Screen
AD&D DragonLance 2 - Dragons of Flame

Completed Utilties

Hacking utilities that have been released to the public.
Click on any picture to go to the page. Newest ones are at the top...
(#) is the order of project start dates.

(20) Utility
ROM Expander Pro
ROM Expander Pro
(4) Utility
Table Dumper Pro
Table Dumper Pro

Current Projects

Games that we are working on...

(12) NES

An traditional RPG but with action battles; third in the series...

Finding the pointer tables for this was extremely difficult, but DvD finally found the pointer to the first NPC!

Accomplished: Title Screen Hacked, Script Located, Pointer to first NPC finally found

Currently: aishsha translating what has actually been dumped
(24) NES

An action game; second in the series...

This controller localization has become so much more...
It's 100% ready for release, but I'm holding off because I started on major final enhancement.

Accomplished: Level editor can now save to battery and offers many options not originally available

Currently: Adding a completly new level editor that never exsited in the original game
(7) SNES
Battle Racers Title Screen
Battle Racers

A pretty fun cart racer for the SNES that uses the same DSP chip as Super Mario Kart (1 or 1B). It might be the only SNES cart racer not released in the US.

Accomplished: Uncompressed Graphics Translated/Hacked

Currently: Searching for Compressed Graphics
(18) SegaCD

Shining Force CD

DvD wants to make a hack of the NA release of Shining Force CD so that you can play the third scenario without the need of a SegaCD memory backup cart.

Accomplished: Almost nothing.

Currently: Trying to find the right set of tools or people to help

Cancelled Projects

Games that someone else translated completely before we got far enough to matter...

(9) NES
Esper Dream 2 Title Screen
Esper Dream 2

Aeon Genesis translated Esper Dream 2 before we got very far. No biggie, that just made the game more fun for me to play!
PC
Non Directional Translations's
GundeadliGne Screen
GundeadliGne

DvD completed most of the graphics hacking for this translation, before it had to be abandoned. All of the graphics behind the original text had to be regenerated to allow English text to be put on it. DvD recreated the graphics and added the new text. It was a very tedious task. Unfortunately it will never be released since the official translation can now be purchased. :-(

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Testers, Manual Editors, etc.

Questions or Comments?

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