Translation NES / Famicom

SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics English translation

SWAT

A full English translation of Toei's Famicom SWAT, a first-person tactical RPG where your team clears a building against a ticking clock.

What's translated

Everything that was in Japanese is now in English: the command menu (look, search, listen, open and so on), room descriptions, battle messages, the status screens and the password system. Because the passwords were translated too, codes taken from Japanese guides won't work with the patched game.

Good to know

The original game has a bug that can leave it impossible to finish under certain conditions. A separate fix for that problem exists, and the project page points to it alongside the translation, so it is worth reading before starting a long run.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom game, following the instructions on the project page. Script translation by filler, hacking by Psyklax.

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