Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Mono-tachi English translation
ドラゴンクエストIV 導かれし者たち · Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
A full English translation of the PlayStation remake of Dragon Quest IV, written from the Japanese, with every chapter, menus, items and monsters playable in English.
What's translated
RadMageIRL translated the prologue and all six chapters, plus the menus, item and monster names and the casino. Name entry now uses a grid of Latin letters. The script is a fresh translation from the Japanese: the existing official localizations of other versions were consulted but not copied. The text is re-encoded inside the game's own engine instead of replacing it, and the project's tooling is published as an open library.
What's new in 1.3
This update adds eleven new item icons in the style of the series, so 28 items can show their full names instead of a type word. Several item and spell names were changed to more familiar ones, and the monster list can now show totals up to 999,999.
A few small issues are still known: the chapter title cards can look pixelated, and some battle messages build plurals in a simple way.
Playing it
The patch is an xdelta file, with a Windows applier, for your own disc image of the Japanese PlayStation release. The project page lists hashes to check the source disc and the patched result, along with many screenshots and gameplay videos.
Translation and tools by RadMageIRL, building on earlier research by Markus Schroeder, Mandy Wilken and others.