Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth English translation
たま · Tama
An English patch for the Saturn launch title Tama that translates its story scenes, stage introductions and ending, and redraws the intro and loading screens in English.
What's translated
Tama is mostly about rolling a ball through tilting mazes, but it wraps that in a small story about a world thrown into chaos by an ancient evil energy. The patch translates all of it: the opening cutscene, the dialogue that introduces each stage and the ending. The opening and the loading screens were also reworked so their text is drawn horizontally in English.
Extras
The project page explains the game's hazards and secrets in English, including how to reach the hidden bonus stages, which is handy since the original manual never left Japan.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Saturn disc, following the instructions on the project page. The creators tested it in several emulators and on real hardware with an optical drive emulator.
Credits
Translation by wiredcrackpot; texture art by Exxistance; testing by Exxistance and wonder-inc.