Uchuu Senkan Yamato English translation
宇宙戦艦ヤマト · Space Battleship Yamato
An AI-made English patch for Bandai's WonderSwan Color Space Battleship Yamato strategy game, covering the full script, menus and stage cards.
What's translated
The patch covers the story script and the menus, unit names and labels, using the character and place names of the original Japanese anime (Kodai, Okita, Desslar, Gamilas, Iscandar). A new narrow font fits two English letters where one Japanese character went, and the stage title cards, title menu and options screen were redrawn in English. The game's own logos stay as they were.
How it was made
mariovirgili says the translation and the ROM hacking were done entirely by AI (Claude), with a second AI pass to check the lines against the Japanese, as a personal project. The creator only tested the opening stages in an emulator and checked the rest as data, so later parts may still show problems; some names are shortened to fit. Reports of leftover Japanese or crashes are welcome on the release page.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge, following the instructions on the release page.