Planet of Conspiracy: Shancara English translation
Seiryaku Simulation: Inbou no Wakusei - Shancara · 政略シミュレーション 陰謀の惑星シャンカラ
BlackPaladin's complete English translation of IGS's 1992 Famicom political strategy game Shancara, where four rivals scheme, bribe and fight to rule a newly independent planet.
What's translated
All of the game's Japanese text is in English: the introduction, the news events, every status screen and each character's ending, plus a new English title screen. To make room for the longer English text, the patch reuses the dual-tile text compression code from the Famicom translation of Last Armageddon. Several faction and character names are shortened to fit the screen (Minamoto becomes Moto, for instance), and the readme lists the original names.
Versions
Version 1.02 (June 2024) rewrites the end of the introduction to fix its layout and realigns the credits shown after news events; 1.01 fixed a few typos and overlong lines. The readme notes one soft-lock when a computer player tries to bribe the Black Robes faction, which also happens in the untouched Japanese game.
Playing it
Apply the patch (IPS or BPS) to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge, following the readme in BlackPaladin's patch folder.
Credits: BlackPaladin (hacking, font and graphics), Longsun Zhao (translation), Bunkai (status screen translations), with help from Cyneprepou4uk, Pennywise, FCandChill and Pluvius on the code, and MG on testing.