Translation NES / Famicom

Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen English translation

Gorby's Pipeline: Great Military Operation · ゴルビーのパイプライン大作戦

DvD Translations' English patch for Compile's Famicom pipe-building puzzler, with an English title screen and translated in-game text.

A stage in progress with the English stage, level, pipe and score counters
A stage in progress with the English stage, level, pipe and score counters 1 / 4

What's translated

DvD Translations turned the game's Japanese text into English, from the stage counters and record table to the level select. The group also redrew the title screen in English, which first meant repairing a garbled logo in the original game. The subtitle wording was suggested by harmony7, who shares the translation credit with DvD.

The game

Pipe pieces fall from the top of the well two segments at a time; you rotate and drop them to link the water on one side to the empty outlets on the other. Each level has nine stages that speed up as you go, and special drops can help or hurt: a droplet completes a pipe at once, a drill bores a hole, and a bottle pushes junk rows up from below.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge, following the instructions in the ReadMe on DvD Translations' page. That page also links an English manual for the game.

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