Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project English translation
スタークルーザーII · Star Cruiser 2
Nebulous Translations' complete English patch for Star Cruiser II, Arsys Software's ambitious polygon space action RPG for the PC-98.
What it is
After translating the Mega Drive Star Cruiser, the Nebulous Translations team moved on to the PC-98 sequel. Celcion did the hacking, cccmar handled the main translation and testing, TheMajinZenki helped with the translation and the manual, and Miralita worked on the graphics. The patch came out in October 2017.
What's translated
All of the roughly 8,000 lines of text are in English, about twice as much as in the first game: story events, conversations, item and interior descriptions and menus. A few item names were shortened to fit, and Japanese cultural references such as fortune-telling machines and a famous folktale were kept with explanations in the team's notes.
Good to know
The game has an original bug that can scramble the screen, usually when certain weapons fire while the ship is taking hits. The team suggests opening and closing the space map to clear it, or saving (you can save anywhere) and reloading.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese game following the instructions on the project page, which also covers the extra setup the readme asks for. A PC-98 emulator such as Neko Project 21/W works well.