God Slayer: Haruka Tenkuu no Sonata English translation

Why a new translation

Crystalis was a well-regarded NES localization, but its script differs from the Japanese God Slayer in a number of places, some small and some substantial, mostly because of censorship and the limited space for text. Tom retranslated the original script and Pennywise handled the hacking, removing the usual text limits so the new English could fit without cuts. abw helped extract a complete copy of the script.

Versions

The translation was completed in 2018. Later updates touched up the text, fixed the hidden developer messages and corrected a status display problem; version 1.03 is the current one.

A secret to look for

The game hides messages from its developers that only appear after beating it with the cheat mode switched on; the readme explains how to see them.

Playing it

Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge following the instructions in the readme on the project page.