Dynami Tracer English translation
ダイナマイ・トレーサー · BS Dynami Tracer
Krokodyl's English translation of Square's Satellaview space race Dynami Tracer, a combat-free treasure hunt full of odd humour, built on the Chrono Trigger engine.
The game
You pick one of six pilots in the Dynami Trace, a race across a small star system. Each planet has its own episode, from fighting germs inside a space monster with riddles to a songwriting contest and a town stuck in a time loop, and solving them earns treasures. You can head for the finish line whenever you like, and the winner is decided by arrival order plus the value of what you collected. A run takes about an hour.
What's translated
Krokodyl translated the menus and all the dialogue, which is packed with wordplay and Japanese pop-culture jokes. A variable-width font was added for the dialogue, and names of characters, treasures and quiz answers can now be longer. Since the September 2023 update, the translation fits in the original size and the game still runs as a Satellaview title.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the game and run it through the Satellaview, following the instructions on Krokodyl's page for the project, which also covers the characters, the planets and the cultural references.