In Progress Let's conquer the known world again! Let's play Genghis Khan IV: The Blue Wolf and the White Deer (Scenario 2, PC version)

[Thorakitai]

Grettings friends. Happy to see other people playing this game series. I put many hours in Genesis 16 bit version when was younger (Genghis Khan 2). Please can someone share this PC version? Is totally new for me. Shame not be traslated, but still, I want it. Thanks!

1. Here you go buddy. http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1169

You'll find two download links there that contains the Original Iso and the PUK expansion pack. Use a Virtual-CD program like WinCDEmu to mount the isos. Install the OG then the PUK.

Then replace the ScenDat2 file with this https://yourfilestore.com/download/341658/Scedat2.zip.html (thanks to Lucumo) to fix the bugs.

Everything works except the music but you can use a youtube link to listen to the soundtrack. https://youtu.be/lbZsVmtbgrE?si=Koenz9NU0v_l8Hkw

I've also managed to use google translate to translate both the PC manual and in-game menus of the PS1 port so you can play the game.

1. Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_6_xdBsuk4ZjpEZkjKvLGehIEQ0jgn9V/view?usp=drive_link
2. PS1 Menu Screenshots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n2lpBpqNwNawubni4vTEf6A_L2cw_gPs/view?usp=drive_link

Enjoy the game.

 

[Arconde]

Grettings friends. Happy to see other people playing this game series. I put many hours in Genesis 16 bit version when was younger (Genghis Khan 2). Please can someone share this PC version? Is totally new for me. Shame not be traslated, but still, I want it. Thanks!

1. Here you go buddy. http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1169

You'll find two download links there that contains the Original Iso and the PUK expansion pack. Use a Virtual-CD program like WinCDEmu to mount the isos. Install the OG then the PUK.

Then replace the ScenDat2 file with this https://yourfilestore.com/download/341658/Scedat2.zip.html (thanks to Lucumo) to fix the bugs.

Everything works except the music but you can use a youtube link to listen to the soundtrack. https://youtu.be/lbZsVmtbgrE?si=Koenz9NU0v_l8Hkw

I've also managed to use google translate to translate both the PC manual and in-game menus of the PS1 port so you can play the game.

1. Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_6_xdBsuk4ZjpEZkjKvLGehIEQ0jgn9V/view?usp=drive_link
2. PS1 Menu Screenshots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n2lpBpqNwNawubni4vTEf6A_L2cw_gPs/view?usp=drive_link

Enjoy the game.

I had already seen that post, friend, but those links died a long time ago, they are from July 2021, that's why I asked for someone who could share them who is active here. I had also already seen your translations. I read your post on CDRomance and then I found you here. Could you upload them?

 

[Thorakitai]

Grettings friends. Happy to see other people playing this game series. I put many hours in Genesis 16 bit version when was younger (Genghis Khan 2). Please can someone share this PC version? Is totally new for me. Shame not be traslated, but still, I want it. Thanks!

1. Here you go buddy. http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1169

You'll find two download links there that contains the Original Iso and the PUK expansion pack. Use a Virtual-CD program like WinCDEmu to mount the isos. Install the OG then the PUK.

Then replace the ScenDat2 file with this https://yourfilestore.com/download/341658/Scedat2.zip.html (thanks to Lucumo) to fix the bugs.

Everything works except the music but you can use a youtube link to listen to the soundtrack. https://youtu.be/lbZsVmtbgrE?si=Koenz9NU0v_l8Hkw

I've also managed to use google translate to translate both the PC manual and in-game menus of the PS1 port so you can play the game.

1. Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_6_xdBsuk4ZjpEZkjKvLGehIEQ0jgn9V/view?usp=drive_link
2. PS1 Menu Screenshots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n2lpBpqNwNawubni4vTEf6A_L2cw_gPs/view?usp=drive_link

Enjoy the game.

I had already seen that post, friend, but those links died a long time ago, they are from July 2021, that's why I asked for someone who could share them who is active here. I had also already seen your translations. I read your post on CDRomance and then I found you here. Could you upload them?

Thanks for the quick reply. Get it while it's hot, reply quickly so that I can quickly fix any problems and don't forget to archive it as well and spread the word to anyone interested in the game.

1. Here's the iso for Genghis Khan IV. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sv8evMmWmuF6A5l3qKy2FTeehYGp-e_5/view?usp=sharing

2. Here's the iso for the PUK. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SyEFWYlMRKh6BX1084RxuOB2XTP-orK0/view?usp=sharing

3. And here's the partial english translation that only works if you only have the OG version installed and not the PUK. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cf3Kmr2lj_3eQivt0XCvYRfYeAflWwXB/view?usp=sharing

Be sure to give a screenshot of the game once everything is okay.

 

[Arconde]

Thanks buddy. Have you studied the method that could be used to translate the game? Maybe among several of us we could achieve the project.

 

[Thorakitai]

Thanks buddy. Have you studied the method that could be used to translate the game? Maybe among several of us we could achieve the project.

Unfortunately no and I sadly don't have free time anymore to even help but the Tokugawa Corporate thread I linked to you before had the posters there mentioning their methods of partial translating the text, the programs needed (Resourcehacker, UltraEdit), that you need someone knowledgable in hacking to translate hardcoded text. Someone there has even managed to extract all the text from the game and it can be downloaded.

For me, I had to do the painful job of taking screenshots of the menus and use the fancy feature of Google Translate's image translation and use Photoshop to add the translated text to the screenshots.

Best of luck to you if you're planning on going fully translating the game. The game is hidden gem that deserves to be brought to light.

 

[Thorakitai]

I've finally managed to compile the various information and guides regarding Genghis Khan IV from the various websites in the JP internet, (translated from DeepL, an online machine translation that better than Google Translate but lacks the ability to directly translate images) into one big txt file. It's been a great help in understanding the game's underlying mechanics that manual neglects to mention.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ebSEu-Ae3DlT14sBFFhYkrnUtB6xdkn6/view?usp=drivesdk

And here are the other Koei games that I've also painstakingly machine translated their menus, tutorial and Glossary.



The Nintendo DS port of Nobunaga's Ambition Reppuden

Using the same engine as Genghis Khan IV, Reppuden is basically the game which introduced many familar mechanics seen in the modern Nobunaga's Ambition games like Rise to Power and Iron Triangle.

Here's the menu translation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sndPcCCmKZVP6lCEasf0Wiu-AhhQ29lD/view?usp=drivesdk

Item translation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZBrTMy-OsSas0Lr4RWdQqoEoULj2I6WH/view?usp=drivesdk

In-game glossary translation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CooYsVP-Vui2pqHKHfwFuoE5SnaZ8eG5/view?usp=drivesdk

In-game tutorial translation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z_xQFLE1wR-0LNirvcjQPxHGVSNHCUSV/view?usp=drivesdk



Romance of the Three Kingdoms V Nintendo DS port: This game is the one of two games in the series which has not accquired an english translation, the other is RoTK12(considered the worse game in the series). A pity that V is only one of the best games in the series and like Reppuden, it too manages to introduce mechanics which are used in the modern titles.

Here's the menu translation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-hrvzVzt8knJkfzkPmD27gTea49hFJJf/view?usp=drivesdk

and here's the in-game glossary:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWV0fMTIvoj4_NXxrYU_dlFToPdHkYHb/view?usp=drivesdk

It's not as good as an actual translation but hoping the people who interested in these games but lack the time to learn Japanese would be able to properly play it and enjoy it as I did.

Looking at all these, I'm surprised that I actually did all this and it was due to my love of Koei games that braved to the tedious effort of machine translating bit by bit of screenshots. I hope these translations have help attract interest in this games. These are too good be locked in the wall of obscurity.

 

[Thorakitai]

Seeing how that my previous completed Let's Play for Genghis Khan IV is now a few searches away when you google the game, I've updated the first page new download links to the game itself due to the original link expiring but also new download links to the PC soundtrack due to the youtube video holding it also expired as well.

Upon revisitng the page, I only just found out that the posters there were actually voting for the Kingdom of Poland as an option when they referred to it as Potatoland and I mistook them for voting for Tibet insead. Shame, that would have been an interesting playthrough due to Krakov being the poorest cultured city in Europe with weak starting officers but can recruit units such as Heavy Infantry and Catapults.