Metal Slader Glory English translation

What's translated

This is a fresh translation of the whole game, separate from the older English patch by Stardust Crusaders. Her-Saki wrote the original translation and did much of the assembly work and the font, and FCandChill handled the hacking, tools, proofreading and the manual. The text now uses an 8x16 font borrowed from Chrono Trigger and scrolls much faster than in the Japanese game. Version 1.3 came out in September 2025.

Extras

The manual has been translated and typeset as well, and its files are public in a companion repository. The source code also includes optional patches, such as one that tones down the flashing in some scenes and one that raises the contrast on the password screen for real hardware.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge, following the readme on the release page. The full source of the translation is on FCandChill's GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license.