Wizardry Wizardry IV: Throb of the Demon's Heart

[MrRichard999]

I could take a look at it if you need a hand. Never messed around with PC-88 before though You use Windhex for your hex editing? Also do you have a font table file?

 

[Cool name]

Ooh, awesome!

Helly Agassi could you maybe help MrRichard999 translate the text?

I'm kind of rusty on my japanese but I can give it a try once I am done moving and finding a life over there.

In exchange for huggies and plushies, of course.

Only on the text, though. Coding and hacking are alien to me.

 

[MrRichard999]

With all these brofists flying I figure why not post a few more screenshots to show more progress Still need to finish off all the class and race descriptions, the rest of the spells, half of the battle dialogue, and some more short text strings. Its looking promising so far The large font dialogue will be a whole other animal to work on after all the small font stuff is done. Also just spoke to a fellow Wizardry fan and he tells me that somebody is close to completion on the Wizardry Gaiden games (I,II,III) for the game boy :D Hopefully he will post here after sending him an email to share his progress. Well here are some more photos for you guys :D

 

[MrRichard999]

Thank you for replying Any help is always most welcome and highly valued. I don't think I would ask about much of the code stuff for the most part. When the time comes to edit that large font though I will have to ask the professionals on how to work it though.

 

[Helly]

I could take a look at it if you need a hand. Never messed around with PC-88 before though You use Windhex for your hex editing? Also do you have a font table file?

Thanks for the offer, I need all the help I can get
No font table, just my hex editor and a lot of decompiling failures

 

[tangyi_chang]

Awesome!
It's easy to make font table since Gaiden 1~4 shares the same one. Here is:

91=あ EE=ほ B1=ア CE=ホ 41=A 20=space 61=a
92=い EF=ま B2=イ CF=マ 42=B 21=! 62=b
93=う F0=み B3=ウ D0=ミ 43=C 23=# 63=c
94=え F1=む B4=エ D1=ム 44=D 24=$ 64=d
95=お F2=め B5=オ D2=メ 45=E 25=% 65=e
96=か F3=も B6=カ D3=モ 46=F 26=& 66=f
97=き F4=や B7=キ D4=ヤ 47=G 27=' 67=g
98=く F5=ゆ B8=ク D5=ユ 48=H 28=( 68=h
99=け F6=よ B9=ケ D6=ヨ 49=I 29=) 69=i
9A=こ F7=ら BA=コ D7=ラ 4A=J 2B=+ 6A=j
9B=さ F8=り BB=サ D8=リ 4B=K 2D=- 6B=k
9C=し F9=る BC=シ D9=ル 4C=L 2E=. 6C=l
9D=す FA=れ BD=ス DA=レ 4D=M 2F=/ 6D=m
9E=せ FB=ろ BE=セ DB=ロ 4E=N 30=0 6E=n
9F=そ FC=わ BF=ソ DC=ワ 4F=O 31=1 6F=o
E0=た FD=ん C0=タ DD=ン 50=P 32=2 70=p
E1=ち 86=を C1=チ DE=" 51=Q 33=3 71=q
E2=つ 87=ぁ C2=ツ DF=。 52=R 34=4 72=r
E3=て 88=ぃ C3=テ A6=ヲ 53=S 35=5 73=s
E4=と 89=ぅ C4=ト A7=ァ 54=T 36=6 74=t
E5=な 8A=ぇ C5=ナ A8=ィ 55=U 37=7 75=u
E6=に 8B=ぉ C6=ニ A9=ゥ 56=V 38=8 76=v
E7=ぬ 8C=ゃ C7=ヌ AA=ェ 57=W 39=9 77=w
E8=ね 8D=ゅ C8=ネ AB=ォ 58=X 3A=: 78=x
E9=の 8E=ょ C9=ノ AC=ャ 59=Y 3F=? 79=y
EA=は 8F=っ CA=ハ AD=ュ 5A=Z 7A=z
EB=ひ CB=ヒ AE=ョ
EC=ふ CC=フ AF=ッ
ED=へ CD=ヘ

 

[MrRichard999]

Oh yeah, tangyi_chang is working on Wizardry Gaiden I,II,III and is almost complete with all of them!! I'll post a picture of the work he has. We may get a full set of games released in English around the same time possibly!

If all these get done we should all team up and finish off the last in the set, Wizardry Dimguil!

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Figures, the best Jap stuff remains unknown and inaccessible for for decades. I only played Wizardry 8, and frankly Wizardry Gaiden iv looks more promising to me.

Great Work MrRichard999

 

[MrRichard999]

Figures, the best Jap stuff remains unknown and inaccessible for for decades. I only played Wizardry 8, and frankly Wizardry Gaiden iv looks more promising to me.

Great Work MrRichard999

Here is a translation done by Aeon Genesis for an SNES version of the First three in the series. Its a trilogy edition all done in english. - http://www.romhacking.net/translations/496/
Here is one done for Wizardry 6 for the SNES - http://www.romhacking.net/translations/939/
And of course Wizardry V is already in English for the SNES
There are so many offset titles in this franchise by a ridiculous amount also so there may be more projects within this series that might get worked on after this one!

• Wizardry Gaiden 1: Suffering of the Queen (Game Boy, 1991)
• Wizardry Gaiden 2: Curse of the Ancient Emperor (Game Boy, 1992)
• Wizardry Gaiden 3: Scripture of the Dark (Game Boy, 1993)
• Wizardry Gaiden 4: Throb of the Demon's Heart (SNES, 1996)
• Wizardry: Dimguil (PlayStation, 2000)
• Wizardry Empire (PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 2000)
• Wizardry Empire II: Fukkatsu no Tsue (PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 2002)
• Wizardry Empire III (PlayStation 2, 2003)
• Wizardry Chronicle (Microsoft Windows)
• Wizardry Summoner (Game Boy Advance, 2001) published by Natsume
• Busin: Wizardry Alternative (Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land in North America) (PlayStation 2, 2001)
• Busin 0: Wizardry Alternative Neo (PlayStation 2)
• Wizardry Traditional (Cell phone)
• Wizardry Traditional 2 (Cell phone)
• Wizardry Xth Academy of Frontier (PlayStation 2, 2005)
• Wizardry Asterisk: Hiiro no Fūin (Nintendo DS, 2005)
• Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles (PlayStation 2, 2005)
• Wizardry Summoner (PlayStation 2, 2005)
• Wizardry Xth2 UNLIMITED STUDENT (PlayStation 2, 2006)
• Wizardry Empire III: Haō no Keifu (PSP, 2007)
• Wizardry Torawareshi Tamashii no Meikyū (Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls) (PSN, 2009)
• Wizardry Seimei no Kusabi (Wizardry: Wedge of Life) (DS, 2009)
• Wizardry Bōkyaku no Isan (DS, 2010)
• Wizardry: Torawareshi Bourei no Machi (PSN, 2011)
• Wizardry: Prisoners of the Lost City (PSN, 2011)

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Figures, the best Jap stuff remains unknown and inaccessible for for decades. I only played Wizardry 8, and frankly Wizardry Gaiden iv looks more promising to me.

Great Work MrRichard999

Here is a translation done by Aeon Genesis for an SNES version of the First three in the series. Its a trilogy edition all done in english. - http://www.romhacking.net/translations/496/
Here is one done for Wizardry 6 for the SNES - http://www.romhacking.net/translations/939/
And of course Wizardry V is already in English for the SNES
There are so many offset titles in this franchise by a ridiculous amount also so there may be more projects within this series that might get worked on after this one!

• Wizardry Gaiden 1: Suffering of the Queen (Game Boy, 1991)
• Wizardry Gaiden 2: Curse of the Ancient Emperor (Game Boy, 1992)
• Wizardry Gaiden 3: Scripture of the Dark (Game Boy, 1993)
• Wizardry Gaiden 4: Throb of the Demon's Heart (SNES, 1996)
• Wizardry: Dimguil (PlayStation, 2000)
• Wizardry Empire (PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 2000)
• Wizardry Empire II: Fukkatsu no Tsue (PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 2002)
• Wizardry Empire III (PlayStation 2, 2003)
• Wizardry Chronicle (Microsoft Windows)
• Wizardry Summoner (Game Boy Advance, 2001) published by Natsume
• Busin: Wizardry Alternative (Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land in North America) (PlayStation 2, 2001)
• Busin 0: Wizardry Alternative Neo (PlayStation 2)
• Wizardry Traditional (Cell phone)
• Wizardry Traditional 2 (Cell phone)
• Wizardry Xth Academy of Frontier (PlayStation 2, 2005)
• Wizardry Asterisk: Hiiro no Fūin (Nintendo DS, 2005)
• Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles (PlayStation 2, 2005)
• Wizardry Summoner (PlayStation 2, 2005)
• Wizardry Xth2 UNLIMITED STUDENT (PlayStation 2, 2006)
• Wizardry Empire III: Haō no Keifu (PSP, 2007)
• Wizardry Torawareshi Tamashii no Meikyū (Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls) (PSN, 2009)
• Wizardry Seimei no Kusabi (Wizardry: Wedge of Life) (DS, 2009)
• Wizardry Bōkyaku no Isan (DS, 2010)
• Wizardry: Torawareshi Bourei no Machi (PSN, 2011)
• Wizardry: Prisoners of the Lost City (PSN, 2011)

Damn... the japs sure loved the Wizardry blobbers.

I am not much of a blobber fan, mostly play them on phone (emulated) during work/commuting because that means not raging for tactical positioning on small shitty touchscreen. Playing sruff like Disgaea is a massive exercise in masochism on a 4" touchscreen

The snes ones give me a lot of options when I finish strange journey and etrian odyssey 3.

 

[tangyi_chang]

Japs also like to livecast their playthrough. Check out at youtube with keyword “ウィザードリィ外伝” (Wizardry Gaiden), you will find a channel owned by a wizardry addict who finished most of games (including those spinoffs released only in Japan) of the series.

There are many wiz-like newcomers on NDS, like Dark Spire, Etrian Odyssey and Elminage.

There are two sets of fonts in Gaiden 4. Bigger one (including some jap kanji) for event in dungeon, and smaller one for rest of the text.

 

[MrRichard999]

Hey all the class creation is finally done thanks to Hella! :D (Except for the Ninja & Lord which need to be extracted last). Here are some screenshots.

 

[MrRichard999]

Oh yeah, changed the starting roll out character names so its not Fighter1,Fighter2,Thief, and etc...

 

[Crooked Bee]

Awesome. It's "Helly" though, not "Hella"

 

[MrRichard999]

Oops, just fixed it

 

[Helly]

I'm in a team with bee-chan and kuroneko-chan How long do we last before getting miserably slaughtered ?

 

[MrRichard999]

Great news, all the magic & abilities are done now! Going to dump a script to finish the rest of the small character dialogue now. After all of this is complete I will release a beta patch for the public Then it will be onto the large font dialogue...

 

[tangyi_chang]

Well done!
I just translate the "Switch" options and then move to the first three gaiden games.
Any Japanese translation problem pls call me at any time. My friend SUZUNE is an expert at both Eng and Jap.

 

[MrRichard999]

I want to see I,II, and III Is there an import character function in II or III like in IV where it involves a name and code?

 

[MrRichard999]

Just dumped a combined image of how the large font is laid out and it massive. Wondering if anybody with the know how would like to take a shot at making a font table for all this lettering. If someone were brave enough to do this it would help really speed this up immensely! I gotta wait till I finish what work I have here for school first and do the smaller text stuff before I attempt to try it. Let me know :D Also I believe that there is a black spot which is first in the font set which is not shown. The other image is for uf anyone needs to reference to any English lettering to find values.

 

[tangyi_chang]

You don't have to dump the font images in I, II, III because they are definitely in ASCII code.
For IV, I'm still waiting for the reply from those hack experts.

 

[MrRichard999]

Figured as much with the game boy roms that they would stick to the simpler font layouts. Tried doing relative searches for the words and also with spaces and wildcards such as a*n*c*t*u*a*r*y and I got nothing on it. Trying to get help and assistance on this but not getting far. Only getting documents to read about it Was hoping somebody could maybe take a look and let me know how its done but so far nothing... If you gather any useful help or information on this let me know. Going to try to mess around with it after I do my exams this week.

 

[tangyi_chang]

Hi, Richard. I've got both a good news and a bad one.
The good thing is I find the tool which calculate offset value of jap characters in SNES games. It's called Relativeful Search.
The opposite thing is those characters are not put in alphabetical order, that makes the rearcher invaild.

 

[Xi]

Awesome work guys!

 

[LundB]

If all these get done we should all team up and finish off the last in the set, Wizardry Dimguil!

Oh shit, Dimguil's the one I played a looooong time ago I think. Was pretty fun from what I remember, with fairly non-weeabooish art. I could potentially help on the language side of things (don't know shit about the technical stuff), though only if work gets less hectic than it is atm.