How Fan Translation Works: From Japanese ROM to English Patch
How a Japanese retro game becomes an English fan translation: script extraction, localization, font hacking, reinsertion, debugging, QA and the final patch.
SNES ROM Hacking
How a Japanese retro game becomes an English fan translation: script extraction, localization, font hacking, reinsertion, debugging, QA and the final patch.
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