Spectral Tower English translation
スペクトラルタワー
A complete, hand-made English translation of Idea Factory's notoriously long PS1 tower-climbing RPG, released for its 30th anniversary with translated graphics and subtitled FMVs.
What's translated
All of the game's text and graphics are in English, and the full-motion video scenes now have English subtitles. The team replaced the game's Japanese text encoding with a new font, and they state that no generative AI was used. The patch was tested from start to finish, including the infamous final tower.
Save files carry over between the Japanese and English versions, but names and item names stored in an old save may display oddly; items picked up after loading are fine.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese disc with the bundled drag-and-drop patcher for Windows or Linux, following the instructions on the project page.
Credits
Hacking, font and minor graphics by Yoshimanix (Tasos500); translation by Quade; graphics editing by NicheTopic; FMV translations by SnowyAria.