Nekojara Monogatari English translation
ネコジャラ物語 · Nekojara Story
A complete English translation of Kemco's cat-themed first-person RPG for the Game Boy, made by Asbestoast together with the tools used to build it.
What's translated
Asbestoast reverse-engineered the game, wrote the tools needed to extract and reinsert its text, translated the script and redid the graphics that carry Japanese text. The result is a fully playable English version of a game that never left Japan, from the opening where the hero wakes up as a cat to the end of the adventure.
Open source tools
The project's repository holds the source of NjmgTool, the program used to build the translation, so anyone curious about how the game stores its text or wanting to adapt the work can study it. The ready-made patch is attached to the repository's v1.0 release.
Playing it
The patch is for the Japanese release of the game. Apply it to your own copy following the instructions in Asbestoast's repository.
Reverse engineering, tools, translation and graphics by Asbestoast.