Deep Dungeon III: Yūshi e no Tabi English translation
ディープダンジョンIII 勇士への旅 · Deep Dungeon III: Yuushi heno Tabi
KingMike's Translations brings the third Deep Dungeon into English and smooths out some of its harshest mechanics, with a translated manual as a bonus.
What's translated
The whole game is in English, with a new English title screen. A rough English version of the manual is included too; the hacker describes it as a quick, largely machine-assisted extra, with the non-story sections summarised rather than fully translated.
Balance changes and fixes
The translation also changes a few things on purpose:
- hit and spell success now depend on character stats instead of mostly pure chance,
- characters no longer drop their weapon at random in battle, which wasted two turns,
- several original bugs are fixed, including one that could wreck your defence when casting spells on the party.
For anyone who wants the original difficulty, the readme lists which bytes to change back.
A separate graphics addendum by MrRichard999, released a few days later, updates some of the game's graphics on top of this patch.
Playing it
The game has to be expanded before patching; the included patcher does this, and the BPS version handles it automatically. Apply it to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge, following the notes on the patch's page. Hacking by KingMike, translation by odino, title screen by FlashPV.