Game Crimes Episode 5 - Fan Translations

Game Crimes Podcast

Episode 5 - Fan Translations Description: Part 1 of our new 3-part series on video game communities, we explore the wild world of fan translations. What motivates someone to hack a video game into another language when it may not be legal to do so and how do game companies benefit from the exhaustive labor of fandom? GAME CRIMES is a history project by Mike Bachmann (Greetings Adventures Podcast, Roll for Streetwise) and Jay Munford (SHU Podcast, Poor Skeleton Games) detailing the black market history of video games. Each podcast covers a single topic, provides some historical context and reviews a few games related to the topic. On the GAME CRIMES interactive streams, Mike and Jay answer questions, give how-to demonstrations and play these games for the first time. Games Reviewed: Garage: Bad Dream Adventure (Windows) by Kinotrope LSD: Dream Emulator (Playstation) by Asmik Ace Music: First Step Towards Wars from Ys I + II by Yuzo Koshiro (NEC PC Engine CD-ROM) Nostalgia from Final Fantasy V by Nobuo Uematsu, interpreted by Orchestral Fantasy (SNES) Final Climax of the Fighting Queen & Magic Girl Part 3 from Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 by Toshiaki Sakodo, Masanobu Tsukamoto (MSX) Gallant Battle (Guitar Version) from Valkyria Chronicles III by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Sony PSP) Mimiga Town from Cave Story by Pixel (Windows) A Miracle is Coming from Tobal No. 2 by Takayuki Nakamura (PS1) Battle #58 from Ys IV: Dawn of Ys by Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Takahiro Tsunashima, Masaru Nakajima (NEC PC Engine CD-ROM) For more info on GAME CRIMES or to contact the podcast, check us out here - Website: www.gamecrimespod.com/ Twitch: www.twitch.tv/gamecrimes Twitter: www.twitter.com/gamecrimespod BIG THANKS to Steph, our (brave & intrepid) editor. You can find her at @StephOKingston 0:00 First Step Towards Wars from Ys I + II by Yuzo Koshiro (NEC PC Engine CD-ROM) 0:28 Introduction! 2:27 Nostalgia from Final Fantasy V by Nobuo Uematsu, interpreted by Orchestral Fantasy (SNES) 2:49 A Brief History of Fan Translations 10:52 Final Climax of the Fighting Queen & Magic Girl Part 3 from Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 by Toshiaki Sakodo, Masanobu Tsukamoto (MSX) 11:19 Are Fan Translations Legal? 18:18 Gallant Battle (Guitar Version) from Valkyria Chronicles III by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Sony PSP) 18:44 Reading Series - Excerpts from "A Peek into the Underground World of Fan-Translated Games" by Alexa Ray Corriea, available at https://www.polygon.com/2014/5/14/5335288/fan-translations-japanese-western-localization-translation-games 30:21 Gallant Battle (Guitar Version) from Valkyria Chronicles III by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Sony PSP) 30:55 Why is Fan Translation Necessary? Notes from Woosley 39:00 Mimiga Town from Cave Story by Pixel (Windows) 39:20 How to Access Fan Translations 46:43 A Miracle's Coming from Tobal No. 2 by Takayuki Nakamura (PS1) 47:06 REVIEW: Garage: Bad Dream Adventure (Windows) by Kinotrope 58:30 REVIEW: LSD: Dream Emulator (Playstation) by Asmik Ace 1:07:25 Signoff 1:09:15 Battle #58 from Ys IV: Dawn of Ys by Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Takahiro Tsunashima, Masaru Nakajima (NEC PC Engine CD-ROM)