Double Dragon II: The Revenge English translation

What's translated

The PC Engine CD version of Double Dragon II has very little on-screen text: its story is told through illustrated cutscenes with Japanese voice acting played from the disc's audio tracks. Western players only ever got the NES game, so this remake's story scenes were never available in English.

Voodoo's patch adds English subtitles to those cutscenes, from the opening scene over the city skyline to the confrontations with the gang. The Japanese voices stay as they are and the subtitles show at the bottom of the screen. The title screen also carries a translation credit. According to the translator, timing the subtitles and testing them took a long time because of the console's limited memory.

Worth knowing: which of the game's three endings you see depends on the difficulty you choose.

Playing it

Version 1.0 is a complete translation. The patch is made for the Japanese Super CD-ROM² release, and you apply it to your own copy of the game following the instructions that come with it. The game itself needs a Super System Card 3.0 (or an emulator set up for Super CD-ROM² games).

Credits

Translation and graphics by Voodoo, who released a Ukrainian version at the same time. The patch and notes are on the translator's release page.