Akira English translation
アキラ
Grimm Translations' English patch for Taito's Famicom Akira, a command-driven adventure that retells the story of Otomo's film in Neo-Tokyo.
What's translated
This 2012 patch by Grimm Translations puts the game into English and is listed as fully playable: the command menus, the dialogue between Kaneda, Tetsuo and the rest of the cast, and the story narration. Its version number is just under 1.0.
The game
Taito turned Akira into a menu-based adventure: you pick commands to move, look, talk and act, and the story moves forward scene by scene. Because almost everything happens through text, the translation is what makes it playable for anyone who doesn't read Japanese.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom game, following the instructions on the patch's page.
Credits: Grimm Translations.