Youkai Club English translation
妖怪倶楽部
Stardust Crusaders' English patch for Jaleco's Castlevania-like Famicom action game Youkai Club, covering stage names, the status bar and the ending.
What's translated
Youkai Club doesn't have much text, and this patch handles all of it: the stage title cards, the status bar (score, power and experience) and the closing message. It was the first translation the Stardust Crusaders team finished, released in mid-2008, and the group describes it as a fairly easy hack.
The game
You control Akira through a string of monster-filled stages, from a mansion lined with faces to a forest and a labyrinth. The feel is close to Castlevania: whip-range attacks, platforms and a timer, with experience points that strengthen you as you go.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom game; see Stardust Crusaders' project page for the patch and its notes.