Found in Fanslation
Chris Hatala, Event Director / Final Boss @ Games Done LegitTelling the story of the storytellers -- interviewing videogame fan translators who toil to translate foreign games into their native tongue. Beginning with those who've contributed to the Phantasy Star and Lunar fandoms with their efforts, and eventually focusing on those who've translated some of gaming biggest titles.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | Video GamesLeisure | ||||
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John had a once-in-a-lifetime adventure across Japan conducting 80 interviews in 90 days with the most heralded (and unfairly less heralded) names in Japanese videogame-development history!
John and I have been a bit of mutual admirers and pen pals ... more
Learning Japanese the old-school way -- books, in the '90s! -- The Price of Reason's SamShoRPG fan translation was 16 years in the making, Regarded as one of the Holy Grails of English fanslation, Jeff made fans' around the world dreams a reality wit... more
What's even more vintage-weird SEGA than a Japanese strategy-RPG + visual-novel period piece? How about that (Sakura Wars) mixed with its own proprietary puzzle game (Columns)?
Much more than a Sakura Wars skin of a Columns game, Sakura Wars Column... more
Part 2 -- Listen to Part 1 first, please! We had a ton of fun, so rather than cut a bunch, I made it 2 episodes!
I hope you enjoy this, but more importantly, enjoy the game! :)
Part 1 or 2 -- Napple Tale is an amazing Dreamcast game full of literary references and a NiGHTS-esque, dreamlike realm. Working off and on for 6 years, Cargodin (translation) and EsperKnight (programming) -- both veterans of many successful fan-tran... more
BGE, creator of the French fan version of Phantasy Star IV, on why he loves Phantasy Star enough to take this on, and how he made it happen. Great insight on fan translations from a bilingual programmer!
Part 1 of 3, covering:
-How do you make so... more
Rebecca Capowski has contributed mightily to English-speaking fandom for Phantasy Star and Lunar (among other series) by translating and analyzing many Japanese texts from both these amazing (but limited) gaming universes.
She is JLPT certified, cr... more
It's been 15 years since SMS Power release its last update to the Phantasy Star 1 (SEGA Master System) retranslation. Why a 2.0? A look into a comprehensive "fanslation" in 2020 -- decisions made, resources used, and quality-of-life updates.
-Upda... more
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