Phantasy Star IV English Retranslation
ファンタシースター ～千年紀の終りに～ · Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni
Excalibur_Z's AI-assisted retranslation of Phantasy Star IV from the Japanese script, with variable-width text in dialogue and menus so names are no longer cut short, plus a set of bug fixes.
What's new
The dialogue was rewritten from the Japanese script to restore what the original English release cut or changed, so character moments and side stories read more clearly and jokes land as intended. Names of characters, items, techniques, skills and enemies follow the Japanese originals and the spellings later Phantasy Star games used officially, and Dark Falz is back under his own name. The work was done with the help of Claude (Anthropic) for translation and technical tasks, and the author revised the script.
Under the hood, the text engine was rebuilt with variable-width fonts in the dialogue window and in every menu, so item and technique names are shown in full. The patch is built from the game's disassembly and includes an existing community bug-fix set. Version 1.05 fixes a missing message when picking up items in battle with a full inventory, renames a battle option and revises some lines.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the US cartridge, following the instructions on the project page; saves from earlier versions still work.
Credits
Translation, hacking and testing by Excalibur_Z, built on lory90's disassembly and bug-fix patch.