Phantasy Star III English Retranslation (Excalibur_Z)

What's translated

Excalibur_Z rewrote the whole game in English from the Japanese script, using the names and terms of the Japanese version (Kein, Marina, Lein, Dark Falz and so on) instead of the 1991 localization. Dialogue, menus, shops and battle text are all covered. The work is built on lory90's disassembly of the game rather than by editing the ROM directly.

What's new

• Proportional text in dialogue, menus, shops and battle, so the full script fits
• Four save slots, one for each branch of the third generation
• Clearer battle messages that name the target and show the result
• Walking twice as fast, and shorter fades between screens
• The scrolling battle ground from the Japanese release is back (an alternate patch leaves it out)
• The Technique Distributor no longer breaks at high levels

Gameplay balance is unchanged. Version 1.0.1 fixes characters falling out of step during a scripted walk.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the US/European cartridge with the patcher included in the release, following the instructions on the creator's GitHub page. Translation, hacking and testing by Excalibur_Z; the README notes that Claude was used for technical work.