Time Bokan Series: Bokan desu yo English translation
タイムボカンシリーズ ボカンですよ · Taimu Bokan Shirīzu: Bokan desu yo
minhnhattonthat's English patch for Banpresto's Time Bokan shooter on the PlayStation adds burned-in subtitles to all 16 animated movies and translates the menus, stage cards and HUD.
What's translated
All 16 movies now carry English subtitles drawn into the video, while the Japanese voices are kept. Menus, options, ship names, stage cards, banners, the HUD and the credits roll are in English too. The sound test's lyric cards get an English title and a short summary of each song. Names follow the official English ones where they exist, such as Tonzra and Rescueman.
The title logo, the songs, the voice samples and the song captions that are part of the movie pictures stay in Japanese.
About this translation
The author says the translation was made with extensive AI assistance (Claude), including machine transcription of the movie dialogue followed by corrections. The subtitles have not been checked by ear, a few lines on unclear audio have none, and the game was tested on PCSX-Redux by jumping to every scene rather than with a full playthrough. Corrections and bug reports are welcome on the project page.
Playing it
The patch is for the Japanese disc. Apply it to your own copy following the instructions in the release on minhnhattonthat's GitHub page.