Tuned Heart English translation
チューンドハート
Nebulous Translations' complete English patch for SystemSoft's PC-98 strategy RPG about a squad of motorcycle-riding policewomen, with a translated manual alongside it.
What's translated
The whole game is in English: the story scenes between missions, which make up most of the text, the battle interface, and the compressed graphics that held the remaining Japanese. The team spent extra care on the many technique, vehicle and weapon names, which are based on real-world models. The game's manual was translated as well and is offered separately on the project page; reading it is worthwhile before playing.
A long road
The project began in 2017 and was mostly translated quickly, but the final stretch needed new tools: the game's graphics compression and the packed files on its install floppies held up the release until 2019.
Playing it
The game has to be installed to a hard disk image, and the patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese floppies following the team's instructions. Credits: Celcion and Miralita (hacking, graphics), cccmar (lead translator and editor) and TheMajinZenki (manual translation).