Xak I・II English translation
サーク I・II · Xak I & II
An English patch for the PC Engine CD remake of Xak I and II, adapting the existing MSX fan translations and adding subtitles for the voiced cutscenes.
What's translated
The story dialogue and interface text of both games are in English, including shops, item and spell descriptions, prices and system messages. Text drawn as graphics has been replaced or captioned. The voiced cutscenes, which had no text at all, now have English subtitles, while the Japanese voices and music are kept.
Where the script comes from
The English text builds on earlier fan translations of the MSX versions: Rieks Warendorp Torringa's translation of Xak I and the Oasis translation of Xak II, used as reference. randomprojectsfactory adapted that material to the PC Engine release, wrote the text unique to this version, and did the hacking and subtitles.
What's new
A larger dialogue font with proper lowercase letters makes the text easier to read, and longer conversations get extra pages inside the original message boxes. The latest update fixes garbled text in the Xak II part and keeps subtitles inside the visible area of the screen.
Playing it
This is release 2026.10.27.1. Apply the patches to your own copy of the Japanese disc in its original multi-track layout, using the checking patcher described on the project page. The save screen fix was tested with System Card 3.0 only.