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Chapter 1-3 Complete Patch~!

Chapter 1-3 Complete Patch~!

It's update time again. Chapter 3 is fully complete and translated. I've finally cracked the secondary form of text storage so the options menus in Arale's room are now fully translated. This patch also has a bunch of graphical tweaks and touches ...

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Chapter 2 Complete Patch!

Chapter 2 Complete Patch!

Progress update! Chapter 2 is fully complete and translated. I've made some changes to the build process and I've been in contact with the creator of xStation so it may now run on ODE devices.

Installation instructions are the same as chapte...

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Reverse Engineering 1: Discovering a game's text storage

Reverse Engineering 1: Discovering a game's text storage

The first challenge in reverse engineering for a translation patch is finding out how a game is storing its text. Already, there are several different approaches to tackling this problem and your intuition as a programmer is really key here, as we...

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Chapter 1 Complete Preview

Chapter 1 Complete Preview

After a lot of work, the entire Chapter 1 script had been completed and injected, as well as a lot of progress on the other chapters. I've run this build through an ECC regen so it may now work on original hardware, although I won't be able to con...

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English Patch Early First Taste

English Patch Early First Taste

Here's the first little bit of the English patch for you to try out. It includes the intro of the game and the first scene between Professor Norimaki and Arale. 

Here's how you install the patch on Windows: 

1. Unzip the file...

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Secret #1 - Hidden in the barber shop

Secret #1 - Hidden in the barber shop

Here's a hidden texture that appears in Soramame's barber shop. It reads "Secret inside the barber shop". It looks like one of the developers was having a bit of fun by hiding this texture somewhere in the barber shop. It isn't visible in normal p...

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Dr. Slump English Patch Announced!

Dr. Slump English Patch Announced!

This project has been a long time coming and is the result of over 300 hours of reverse-engineering and programming. Thanks for visiting my Patreon, this is only the beginning and there's plenty of updates to come!

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