Tensai Bakabon English translation
天才バカボン
FCandChill, cccmar and TheMajinZenki's complete English translation of Sega's Tensai Bakabon, with a variable-width font, faster text and a translated manual.
What's translated
All of the game's dialogue, name cards and story text are in English, and the team tracked down even rare lines such as the messages for a full inventory or a lack of money. The many puns are rewritten as English jokes rather than translated literally, and a few characters who never had official English names were given fitting ones.
What's new
- A variable-width font, a first for a Master System translation.
- Text displays twice as fast, with the typing beep skipped on every other character so it doesn't get grating.
- Name cards can show more than one line, and the word "Bakabon" spelled out in tiles underground is translated too.
- A typeset English version of the manual is included.
Credits
Project lead, hacking and graphics by FCandChill; translation by TheMajinZenki; testing, hacking and spot translations by cccmar. The source code is on GitHub at romh-acking/tensai-bakabon-sms-en.
Playing it
The BPS patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge, following the instructions on the project page.