Hydefos English translation
ハイディフォス
An English patch for Hertz's 1989 MSX2 shooter Hydefos that translates every story scene, the hidden ending and the extra texts of the cheat command mode.
What's translated
The illustrated story scenes between the stages are fully in English, including the hidden ending, and so are the extra texts shown in the game's secret command mode. Version 1.01 translated one more message on the second disk and reworded a line of the ending.
Playing it
The game needs an MSX2 or later. There is one patch for each of the two disks, applied to your own copies of the Japanese disks following the project page. The page also explains how to force 50 Hz at boot, how to reach the sound mode and the hidden ending, and what each command-mode cheat does.
Credits
Text translation by DJANGO, code by Victor Martinez, with help from John Hassink on version 1.01.