Sega Saturn English Fan Translations - Part 2

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

Most people have no idea how hard it is to translate entire Japanese RPG's, these guys truly deserve a gold medal for this, really cool for them to do this cause these are games we otherwise would never experience.

[@joshcurrie7781]

This is the best part of modern retro gaming! So many classics playable for the first time to us English tongued folk!

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

Yeah dude, if there’s anything worth living for in this day & age, it’s definitely stuff like this

[@lutfimakarim8258]

This is the reason why I don't touch modern gaming

[@SegaLordX]

I remember thinking years ago it would never happen. I'm so happy to be wrong in this case.

[@sf2zero]

I'm waiting for the translation in portuguese instead, my language.

[@Genethagenius]

I know!!!

[@pbpraga3963]

Fun Fact: "OGRE BATTLE THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN" was named after two Queen songs from the QUEEN II album from 1974. "Ogre battle", written by Freddie mercury and "The March of the black queen" also by mercury.

[@Waifu4Life]

Can't wait for Sakura Wars 2 and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue to have English text!

[@puma0085]

Same here. I really enjoyed the first Sakura Wars and connot wait until I an play part 2 as well on my Saturn.

[@SegaLordX]

Lunar 2 is on my all time requested list.

[@maxxdahl6062]

I kind of want snatcher saturn version translated.

[@johnmccain1460]

I've completed Shining Force 3 all 3 scenarios, Ogre Battle, Grandia and Im working on Dragonforce 2. What a great age to be a Saturn gamer!!!

[@SegaLordX]

I remember being so letdown that Dragon Force 2 was never released in the US. The community made that dream a reality.

[@johnmccain1460]

@Sega Lord X I couldn't get into Dragonforce back in the day. However after all these years I finally finished it. I liked it so much I started 2.

[@craigwilliamson6344]

Always a great day when theres a new SLX vid out

[@SegaLordX]

Thank you kind sir!

[@IamLegend32]

The phrase "You should have so much more subscribers" is so overused in the comments section for KZbin channels but I really feel like it applies to Sega Lord X and Game Sack, which are my two favorite KZbin channels. These guys obviously spend so much effort and time in their research, production quality, editing, writing/script, gameplay capture, etc. I really wish these guys had 1mil+ subscribers... Meanwhile there are so many other retro gaming KZbinrs who just sit in front of their camera, half ass their content, say a bunch of stuff everyone already knows, then they have some corny click baity title- yet they have just as much, if not more subscribers and views, smh..

[@SegaLordX]

I appreciate the comment. Thank you.

[@dacollbns6336]

Dont forget Game Chasers, the sad things is what you said is true, popular channel and youtuber usually are the one that usually make click baity title, said that they are depressed, want to quit, complaining how unfair about KZbin... All of that are probably true but when you do it so often people just becoming numb. It made me remember the time when SLX channel suddenly gone, then when he comeback he explain that there is personal issues need to be done, thats a very awesome moves in my opinion,but I miss his content because of that.

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

​@@dacollbns6336I totally agree. I even tried to do twitch streaming and got like nobody. Nobody except for robots that were trying to have me pay money to have a bunch of fake views to prop Me Up. I refuse. SLX is very entertaining and i appreciate all his content.

[@lap456]

I can see corssovers like VTNVIVI working with Mat Pat on Sly Copper game theory videos. Sega lord X working with The Gaming Hisotroin on an video about The SEGA Channel and Pat the nes puck helping James to an 2nd AVGN video with him as the guest star being more likely. Since my much eare the right to have me support their show.

[@fazares]

sacred words, my friend...holy words

[@Planag7]

Damn, glad to see more translations!!!

[@SegaLordX]

Here's hoping many more in the future.

[@DrunkJapanese]

Stellar Assault is one of my all time favourite 32X games. I WILL be getting the Saturn version. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The fan community is never anything short of amazing. Especially when it comes to translations to games that otherwise would never get one. I salute each and every one of these hardworking folks. They have my deep and wholehearted respect.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

Got a satiator on the way in the mail! Now i gotta go through all of your saturn videos so i know what to fill it with and now i can play all these translations! Thanks man!

[@duckhive]

I get so excited whenever I see your uploads. Thank you for your hard work, SLX.

[@SegaLordX]

I appreciate the message. Means a lot.

[@isaac297]

The Most underrated channel. Keep pumping out the content 👍🏻

[@SegaLordX]

I do my best. Thanks.

[@hoppy8008]

A second fandub for a Saturn game? It's just as impressive as Bulk Slash as well. Saturn fantranslating has gone a long way.

[@DatBeastard]

It's always great to see more new translations for Saturn games. Some I had no idea that had Saturn versions, like Ogre Battle and Phantasmagoria. The Japanese library had so many great titles that sadly never were released outside Japan. I hope there's plenty more to come!

[@mikeclark4480]

Yes ! Just what the dr. Ordered on a late night

[@SegaLordX]

Glad you approve. Thanks for watching.

[@mikeclark4480]

@@SegaLordX Thank you for making these !

[@v.m.9198]

As someone trying to learn Japanese so I can play more games, the people who do this FOR FREE just out of passion are a wonder to me

[@freddiejohnson6137]

I think one reason why so many Saturn games are finally getting translatons is the huge improvement in Saturn emulation recently which has opened it up to a whole new generation and made it more accessible.

[@Spewa-em8cm]

Yeah, emulation is why I got a Saturn last year. I was born in 2001 so the Saturn was before my time and growing up I was always told by my Dad and people on the internet that the Saturn was nothing but a mediocre PS1 competitor that had nothing to offer me. Last year I was getting into space shooters and wanted to try out Radiant Silvergun, so I loaded it up in Mednafen and it played beautifully. I quickly fell into the rabbit hole of amazing Japanese Saturn games, got myself a Japanese model 1 Saturn with a Fenrir, and have been almost non-stop playing the console for months.

[@Zahir658]

The Saturn has come back once again to rise from its ashes 👍 Those were some amazing translations there :)

[@moonlitkaiser]

I'm currently finishing the shining wisdom translation and am so excited that sakura wars 2 is getting its translation what a great time to be a saturn fan🎉

[@Qba86]

Prisoner of Ice is arguably even more lovecraftian than Phantasmagoria BTW. Also, the fact that Western-developed games, originally released in English for the PC need English fan translations on the Saturn probably tells us everything we need to know about how badly the plaform got kneecapped outside of Japan...

[@Salty_dog132]

Well, it's canonically of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line after all.

[@alexl2475]

I think Prisoner of Ice passed a lot of people by back in the day. It looked a bit dated when it came out. The whole Lovecraft community has definitely made it better known though

[@Salty_dog132]

@@alexl2475 strangely I learned about it through solution published in local gaming nag just the year it came out. Had no idea of Comet before and even after, and about two stories amount of idea of Lovecraft

[@GTXDash]

These campy FMV adventure games are a riot. Not quite a "So bad it's good" category, but like you said, silly but charming. When I was a kid, I used to play an FMV point'n click game of The Jungle Book for Windows 95. I believe it was a tie-in game for the 90s live action movie. It probably doesn't hold up but, man, I loved that game. XD

[@joaopaes258]

Still hoping that someday i'll see a translated version of Princess crown. That game translated will be a dream becoming true.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It's really annoying that game been been re-released on the PSP (and maybe the PS3) and still no english translation yet. At this point I do think the fans are our best hope.

[@DatBeastard]

Princess Crown is my number 1 Saturn translation wish. I'm still surprised that hasn't been translated yet, fan or official, given who developed and who designed/directed the game.

[@joaopaes258]

@@DatBeastard there is a translation project for this game that have over 10 years. They show some updates and tem disapear. And them come back, again some updates, again disapear.

[@ChibiKami]

​@@JohnDoe-wq5eu that one couldn't be done because it's actually the same code as the Saturn version. Having lost the source code and unable/unwilling to rebuild the game from scratch, Vanillaware decided the best course was to write a Saturn emulator for PSP

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@ChibiKami Wow, I didn't know that. Fascinating and I guess it explains a lot, sorta.

[@AfroRyan]

The main remaining one on "my list" that doesn't have a translation is Grandia Digital Museum. There's others I'm interested in, but that's the "big" one for me.

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

Fans giving the Saturn the love it always deserved is something that never fails to make me happy. Vandal Hearts, Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre and Grandia are some of the games that are quite better on the Saturn than their counterpart versions.

[@redeemer021]

Wow I'm impressed with Stellar Assault, never knew that game existed. I hope the saturn Gundam games also get translated.

[@mattb6522]

I still argue with my gamer friends on how underrated the Sega Saturn is and here's more proof! Much respect to the Saturn modding community for bringing a lot of these lost gems to a lot of the English-speaking Saturn fans who never got a chance to enjoy them! I look forward to seeing more fan translations for Saturn and other classic consoles! It is great to finally be able to enjoy a lot of games that were never officially localized outside of Japan!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Stellar Assault SS is very much my cup of tea.

[@anonamatron]

I had Fire Pro Wrestling S in Japanese. It was very playable with a bit of help from online guides to get through the menus. You could rename everyone with English letters which made everything a lot easier once you got through all that.

[@Menleah]

Sega Lord X, you really make some of the -best- SEGA content on the net. I just love your enthusiasm, presentation and how you also let the gameplay breathe just the right amount.

[@lacquerware6962]

Thanks so much for covering the Stellar Assault project, SLX! It's great to see so much life in this scene so many years later.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

The intro to this video - said exactly how it was back then…. I had to sell my entire sega collection in 2013. Thankfully I have emulation, but the one machine I don’t really have and miss dearly is the Saturn. I miss it a hella lot. It was my only true friend at my secondary school years. Laughed at by Derpy PlayStation kids, it was me and my Saturn being in the “know”. Most couldn’t even understand the 2d fighters, and actually believed there previous generation SNES could do this (face palm) - them seeing vf2 or panzer zwei made there jaws drop in confusion…Good times. Such a misunderstood amazing machine

[@Marc_Araujo]

Wait, Phantasmagoria wasn't in English on the Saturn? Were all the menus in Japanese? The game on PC was a hell of an experience when I was younger...def one of the best FMV games ever made (and by the legendary Sierra Studios no less).

[@kultur-vultur]

Even tho there was that impressive demo in Sonic Jam of what we could have got for a 3d Sonic Saturn Game, Ninja Penguin Manmaru is a reminder of what we probably would have got, and how Sega probably wanted to avoid that in a particular realization of the changing times. I always assumed they wanted more out of a 3d game from their title fast paced driven character, but the question is if it happened would it be better than Sonic 3d or fondly remembered?

[@joaopaes258]

I think they cancelled the Sonic game because they knew it was not a good game. They were still trying to figure out How 3d platformers would work. After crash and Mario 64 set the way, it was easier for the companys to reply the formula with just a few changes.

[@torshec8634]

Sega Saturn owners were denied a lot back then, but godspeed these fan translators.

[@ChaosBuckaroo]

Late night Sega Lord X? Ah hell yeah.

[@SegaLordX]

Glad to see you approve.

[@bartek.szuster]

Small update: Prisoner of Ice was released on PC too. It's a great traditional adventure game based on H.P. Lovecraft books. Phantasmagoria is the same example. It was one of most expensive games of that time made by Sierra.

[@alexl2475]

I owned Phantasmagoria on PC back in the day. Came on 6 discs, I think it was more expensive to buy than most PC games. I was surprised it never made it to the Saturn in the US with it being a Sierra game and originally in English. It's not a great game but one I've got a lot of love for

[@darktetsuya]

definitely a pretty well timed video as I JUST imported a Japanese saturn this month, and my next pickup is definitely gonna be a Pseudo Saturn kai cartridge. so for those games that got translated I could just pick up repros of those in english, and get to check them out! some of these were on my list to import anyway, but I might have to switch it for the translated versions!

[@Monty-or9sb]

My god that Ninja Penguin game looked a helluva lot like the 3D bits of Sonic Jam...

[@jeremycline9542]

World peace is hard to pin your hopes on...but we have Saturn fan translations incoming.

[@Idelacio]

Most of these, if not all actually, can be downloaded fully patched from CDRomance if people don't want the hassle of patching. They source the patches in the page descriptions so the creators are credited. ^_^

[@nr2676]

Sakura Wars 2 also get fan translation soon.

[@BobbyHo2022]

The US market really marketed the Saturn wrong. I"m now 43 enjoying the library for the first time.

[@Ace_of_DiscaL]

Yo what a great KZbin session you made for us (especially me) tonight! Thanks SLX

[@gameshack1985]

Can really tell SLX appreciates this stuff as do I! Top work by all involved!

[@TashiroSato]

Lord of Sega is back

[@lutfimakarim8258]

Hell yeah! Now that Prisoners of Ice and Phantasmagoria are fully translated, somebody get on the two Dark Seed games! ☺️

[@SegaLordX]

I can't imagine they are far behind.

[@lutfimakarim8258]

@Mister Supersonic don't forget the aspirin!

[@sergioeddu]

Saturn was trully beast. My favorite console ever. Greetings from Brazil Lord X 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@sergioeddu]

You should made a video about the place that Sega complete defeat and buried the Big N... Brazil !!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@sega-re-trop-vieux]

We still need translations for those games : Sorvice Langrisser 4 and 5 Solo crisis Devil summoner And many more unknown games ( like funky fantasy or culdcept)

[@nr2676]

Devil Summoner will get fan translation, but for PSP version.

[@maxxdahl6062]

I want saturn snatcher to be translated for the hell of it, as it's much cheaper than english sega cd.

[@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526]

Wainting for the fantranslations of Devil Summoner 1,Tengai Makyou Apocalypse IV and Linda³.

[@RetroGameRarities]

HA! Phantasmagoria! I played this on PC growing up. Never knew ports existed.

[@NewportBox100s]

This is so cool to see!

[@caseyhayes4590]

I've been playing almost exclusively Saturn translations for the past 3-4 years since it's my favorite console, I used to want them so bad, and now I can't even keep up with all the new titles! It's awesome to have such a tough choice what to play next. I got my top two most wanted in SFIII scenarios and Policenauts, but I love so many of these and there are still dozens of other titles I'd love.

[@purowave]

Fire Pro with a bit of Slam Masters sounds awesome! Got play that Shining Force 3 sometime too

[@LateToTheBeardParty]

Somewhat surprised you didn't mention the translation project for Lunar: Eternal Blue that started a few months ago, by the same people who did the first game!

[@Wanderer1200]

For any Ogre Battle fans, I really recommend the Saturn version. The soundtrack sounds even better than on the Snes and the game actually tells you whether characters gain or lose charisma and alignment. It's probably the best version of Ogre Battle out there.

[@johnnada6855]

Something many don´t know is that the Japanese LOVED PC games in the 90s., yup, the japanese hardcore scene had like 2 main groups, one was the "arcade" gamers, hardcore in shoot em ups and fighting games., the other one were the PC gamers, and since the 80s they were all about the japanese PCs, FM Towns, PC-88 and 98, Sharp 68000, i remember an interview to the president of PC Engine that was issued in one EGM in 1993, and he said that they were very impressed by the FMV games and the graphic Tech of the western PC games, since MYST onwards., that explains why on the 3DO and Saturn there were so many asian FMV games and content

[@MarkEscobar81]

I got a Saturn about a year ago. I didn't have one growing up. I haven't spent the time getting into the library yet. I need to dedicate some time.

[@istrasci]

1:43 - "Surrender to death!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@HisVirusness]

Fire Pro Wrestling was the gold standard for wrestling games, and luckily, wasn't exclusive to one console.

[@heilong79]

Back in the day I played my Saturn more than my PS1 except for things like Castlevania, Metal Gear and resident evil, I loved arcade games so the saturn was the better system to own for me at that time.

[@wyleFTW]

Stellar assault looks like an example of a game that takes great advantage of saturn hardware

[@johnnada6855]

DEATH MASK is a Cyberpunk MASTERPIECE, if limited run could bring it back it would be great, i fucking love that game, is so nostalgic, but i love the cyberpunk art of the game, a jewel from the FMV era

[@videogamer3999]

Mods and fan translators real heroes of the gaming community.

[@hardcoreep]

Loved my Saturn, SEGA 4EVER!

[@glenolivier8099]

Hoping Tengai Makyō IV gets a fan translation some day.

[@adampagano5361]

Phantasmagoria, and Angel Devoid were originally Western PC FMV games. It's kind of surprising they made it to Japan.

[@waverazor]

wow firepro looks effing gorgeous !

[@BrazenScull]

It blows my mind how many games with full English voice overs didn’t see Western releases. I can’t even imagine there’s much need for English text in any of these - how hard would it have been to bring them over?!

[@justinr1094]

How has no one done a dubbed Radiant Silvergun translation yet?

[@roldanrosario8292]

The US retailers were keeping the Saturn going after they stopped releasing games in North America. X-Men vs Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, and Marvel Vs Capcom were selling out.

[@graufuchs88]

Lunar: Silver star story was fan translated too

[@mercster]

They don't call him the dang ol' SEGA LORD for nothin'! Thanks buddy! SEEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@mercster]

It's funny, you mentioning people saying the Saturn was the worst of all time... I'm sure you've seen this phenomenon of kids saying "The Dreamcast was crap, it was a failure and put Sega out of business!" There are people out there who legitimately believe that the Dreamcast is what made Sega fold. 😂 Ahh well... ignorance is bliss.

[@bruceg22000]

Policenauts -- greatest fan translation of all time.

[@jasonwells1719]

Wow. Ninja Penguin Manmaru looks as good as Jumping Flash did in the PS1.

[@joesshows6793]

14:20 this rasslin game looks sick!

[@drztopgun]

This intro is so faithful of the sony ponies and how they feel about xbox. Ride or die with the underdogs.

[@nickwest932]

My only wishlist game for translation is Cyber Doll. So underrated and almost nobody talks about it.😢

[@burner9147]

Another great video my man

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks you!

[@geminielectro]

Very happy for Death Mask. I hope Dark Seed 1&2 will be translated too.

[@RetroGamerBB]

The 3DO and Saturn homebrew community have made getting old fun lol

[@drunkensailor112]

What has 3do done? Just curious as I own 3do's but I'm unaware of things going on there other than the old games I use

[@winjaco]

And now I have so much custom pal cover to made 😆

[@craighare1711]

Love watching the channel. Obviously, there's a great following for the Saturn. I wasn't one of them I had the 32x attachment. So at the time Christmas 95 get a saturn that's 32bit or wait a yr for the n64 I waited. For me with sega had the original genesis next system I got was a launch dreamcast. I'd bounce between systems. Started on atari, then got the nes, skipped snes for genesis, back to nintendo for n64, then back to sega for dreamcast.

[@billcook4768]

So if a console has poor sales, but then a dedicated group of fans convince every retro gamer and their brother how great the console was, I wonder what that will do to prices? 😮

[@SegaLordX]

Ha. No need to wonder. That side effect is well established.

[@Romibeno]

Awesome. I hope to see Riglord saga 2 translated someday too !

[@cinnamondan4984]

Love Yumimi Mix. Got into it last year. Game Arts is always great.

[@Zontar82]

I really hoped to see tengai makyo 3😢

[@greggvictorious968]

I'm so glad I'm not someone who is always chasing the latest technology and I can appreciate games made for older hardware.

[@MrJamesshipman]

Wait... That's shadow squadron on the saturn... I need to play this game.

[@lhfirex]

It's cool seeing what fan translations do now with different systems and all these "lost" games. Makes me wonder if there are any other titles that could use a good fan translation on the Genesis/CD/32x or Dreamcast.

[@mariusamber3237]

32x has 1 JP exclusive I think, San Goku Shi (a strategy game). Genesis has few interesting ones at this point too; most people mention Surging Aura, but from what I've played it's not 'that' great (not bad either though). CD... I think it had some RPG and such, but alongside Genesis it was a fairly unpopular console in Japan, so there wasn't a ton of exclusives. Saturn had the most by far (close to a thousand, but a lot of mahjong, baseball etc.) Dreamcast is probably number two, but I'm not sure what it had besides lots of visual novels... that's worth investigating!

[@jeremygregorio7472]

Feels wrong to hear somebody in a video game say "are you okay?" Without following it up with "Buster Wolf!"

[@jasonz7788]

awesome! thanks!

[@mjdf122]

Sega Lord X Late Night/Early Morning Saturn Time

[@oldmanretro949]

I dream of more Saturn HD ports

[@davidt3563]

This is fantastic news!

[@KGRAMR]

The one million dollar question for the Saturn remaining is... We'll see Princess Crown translated into English at last?

[@loganjorgensen]

I think it's funny how you get labeled an "evangelist" when you're the minority enthusiast but everybody else is singing in the enormous choir Ie. "Nintendo is awesome, it's so great, Miyamoto is our savior, bless the perfect platform.".😆 Some interesting translation choices, I like the variety on display.😁 I know a lot of people aren't fans of FMV games but I think those translations are more done because they're possible since such games were in English originally that you can source voice tracks and such rather than the burden of creating them from scratch like those generous Bulk Slash contributors did. Mainly I can see the blue chroma key fringe a lot on SS, people always refer to green screen for everything now but they were blue bitd lol. Largely on SS FMV had an uphill battle with the MPEG card never leaving Japan, PS1 having onboard help by default, and video codecs never maturing more in it's shorter lifespan. Love to see some new algorithm takes on SS FMV using hindsight learned about the hardware and general FMV compression.🤔 DeathMask AKA Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy has a certain 90s cyberpunk charm to it, the puzzles aren't great but the character and atmosphere are pretty good.🙂

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

So glad I have a Satiator

[@XTHHedgehog]

I'm still waiting for Sakura Wars 2's translation. I know they've finished the demo, but that's it right now.

[@volvoguy804]

I know there are many ports of English translations for Dungeons and Dragons Collection, but I would love to see one for the Saturn. I know it's not really needed, I just would like an English translation in my collection with my Japanese copy.