Tarot Mystery English translation
タロットミステリー
A complete English patch for Visit's Super Famicom tarot program, covering every card reading, the spread summaries and the zodiac compatibility mode.
What's translated
All of the program's text is now in English: the interpretation of each card in each position of the Celtic Cross spread, the closing summary of a reading, the compatibility texts for every pair of zodiac signs, and the menus and prompts. The menu labels on the title screen were redrawn in English, while the big Japanese logo was kept as it was.
Technical work
English needs far more room than Japanese here, so the patch adds an 8x16 English font that fits 32 characters on a line and lets the reading screen show seven lines instead of two. The ROM is doubled in size to hold the longer script. The lead for this release flags the translation as machine-translated and AI-assisted, so expect some stiff phrasing.
Playing it
The patch comes in BPS and IPS form and is made for the standard Japanese cartridge release; apply it to your own copy of the game following the instructions on LegendaryDoors' GitHub page. Readings are much longer in English, so the letter-by-letter text takes a while on the longest screens.
Translation and patch by LegendaryDoors.