Summer Carnival '92: Recca English translation
サマーカーニバル'92 烈火 · Recca
Aeon Genesis' small title-screen patch for Recca, the frantic Famicom shooter that barely needs translating, made mostly to point players toward it.
What it changes
Recca has almost no Japanese text to speak of, so this is a title hack rather than a real script translation: the 'Summer Carnival '92' line repeated above the big logo is replaced with an English rendering of the title graphic. Aeon Genesis made it mainly to get more people to try the game.
Why play it
Recca is an unusually fierce shooter for the Famicom, with around thirty animated objects on screen at once and no slowdown, enormous bosses and a fast power-up system. Aeon Genesis notes that it appears to be built on a heavily modified version of the Dezaemon engine. In 2023 FlashPV released a separate addendum that translates the main title logo as well.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge, following the notes on the project page. By Aeon Genesis.