Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade English translation
カウボーイビバップ 追憶の夜曲
SONICMAN69 releases a complete English patch for the Japan-only Cowboy Bebop action game on PS2, in time for its 20th anniversary, with text, graphics and credits all translated.
What's translated
The patch covers everything in the game: dialogue and cutscene subtitles, menus, in-game graphics and the closing credits. It was put out for the game's twentieth anniversary. The patched game is reported to run both in PCSX2 and on a real PlayStation 2.
Tips from the creators
- The bonus mode 'Ein's Epic Adventure' opens up after beating the game on normal difficulty.
- Faye can steal collectibles from some enemies by grabbing and stunning them.
- On OPL, compatibility modes 1 and 2 are needed; on PCSX2, software rendering helps if the game runs slowly.
Playing it
The repository provides a patcher for Windows, Linux and Mac that is run on your own dump of the Japanese disc (the standard release or the first-print limited box both work), following the README. Translation by SONICMAN69, with programming and graphics by anonymous contributors.