The Portopia Serial Murder Case English translation
ポートピア連続殺人事件 · Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
DvD Translations' English patch for The Portopia Serial Murder Case, revised in Rev. B with a fresh script, longer menu words and a translated manual.
What's translated
The whole investigation is in English: Yasu's dialogue, every suspect's answers and the command menus. Rev. B, released on Halloween 2010, has a completely new script by harmony7, edited by DvD, harmony7 and KlD; the earlier Rev. A from 2006 was translated with shiroi.
What's new in Rev. B
- New tiles let the menus spell out longer commands such as "Investigate", and names get a proper "Mr.".
- An improved Shinkaichi scene with more special characters.
- Changes that let the game run on more emulators.
- A fully translated manual in HTML, updated in November 2011 as Rev. B2 with all the original pictures, plus a map and a walkthrough.
Playing it
The ROM has to be expanded with a generic ROM expander before the patch is applied; the creators explain this on their page. Apply it to your own copy of the Famicom cartridge following their instructions.
Translation and hacking by DvD Translations.