2010 Street Fighter English translation
2010 ストリートファイター · Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
A faithful English retranslation of the Japanese Famicom 2010 Street Fighter that keeps its original story of Kevin Striker and the Parasites instead of the American rewrite.
What's translated
The American release of this game changed its plot to tie it to the Street Fighter fighting games. This patch goes back to the Japanese Famicom version and translates its own story: Kevin Striker of the Galaxy Police, the Parasites, the Armored Insects and Dr. Jose, with the original terms and plot. The opening text and all the dialogue between stages are in English.
The translator went through the Japanese game and its manual, and aimed for natural English that stays close to the original meaning. The bug fixes that Capcom made for the American release are included too, while gameplay is otherwise unchanged.
Latest version
Version 1.01 corrects three lines of dialogue to follow the Japanese more closely, including Dr. Jose's boasts in the final confrontation. The full script and notes on terminology are in the repository.
Known quirks
The game's font leaves a little extra space around apostrophes; fixing it would have needed deep changes to the text renderer.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge, following the instructions on the GitHub page, which lists the exact version it expects.