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Gideon Zhi

Posted on 03-29-07 03:16 AM

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Ten years ago today, Dark Law was unleashed unto the Japanese masses. And now, to celebrate its tenth, Aeon Genesis has made it available in English for the first time! An unbelievable amount of work has gone into making this translation look as good as it possibly can, and I think it was worth it!

Dark Law is essentially the Japanese interpretation of the pencil-and-paper RPG into a videogame format. The focus is rather heavy on exploration and light on combat, with copious amounts of storytelling thrown in for good measure. It, like Dark Lord before it, is told through a series of short stories ("Scenarios") which tie together by the final conclusion. It's a pretty cool game, on the whole.

The patch is complete and should be bug-free. Enjoy!

Googie

Posted on 03-29-07 04:56 AM

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I remember reading about this game in EGM long time ago (or mebbie it was Game Pro) I'll have to try this out, it looks too good to pass up. Awsome work as always Gid.

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Shadic

Posted on 03-29-07 05:00 AM (rev. 2 of 03-29-07 05:11 AM)

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Not to be a graphic whore, but this game look very pretty. I'm going to try it out right now, it seems like it's a good game.

Thanks for the heads-up.

EDIT: Aaaah, whenever I apply the patch and try to play the (Previously working) ROM, I get garbage when it tries to run the title screen, after doing the company logos and whatnot. Happened with two different roms from two different sources, and I'm patching with Lunar IPS.

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Tatrion

Posted on 03-30-07 05:22 PM

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Posted by Shadic
EDIT: Aaaah, whenever I apply the patch and try to play the (Previously working) ROM, I get garbage when it tries to run the title screen, after doing the company logos and whatnot. Happened with two different roms from two different sources, and I'm patching with Lunar IPS.

I'm gonna stab at the guess that the patch was made with a unheadered ROM, and you're trying to put it on a headered, or vice versa.

Anyway, I'm pretty fond of RPGs where you explore a lot, so I'll enjoy using this translation.

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Posted on 03-30-07 08:14 PM

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Looks awesome!
Gonna try this out soon.

Slightly off topic, but are you still working on that Sutte Hakkun translation?

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Gideon Zhi

Posted on 03-30-07 08:29 PM

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Posted by Tatrion
Posted by Shadic
EDIT: Aaaah, whenever I apply the patch and try to play the (Previously working) ROM, I get garbage when it tries to run the title screen, after doing the company logos and whatnot. Happened with two different roms from two different sources, and I'm patching with Lunar IPS.

I'm gonna stab at the guess that the patch was made with a unheadered ROM, and you're trying to put it on a headered, or vice versa.

Of course. I always mention the specs of the target rom in the readme.

Slightly off topic, but are you still working on that Sutte Hakkun translation?

Is it still listed as active on the site? :p

TheGreatGuy

Posted on 03-31-07 04:38 AM

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This looks interesting, I'll have to give it a try. More based on exploration than combat will be a refreshing change from my more recent RPG games. Good work on translating it!

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Shadic

Posted on 03-31-07 06:14 PM

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My idiocy aside, (Sorry about that, I seem to always be able to read everything in the ReadMe EXCEPT what I actually need.) this game is pretty nifty. I just got my ass handed to me by three bats. (Seriously, what's up with that, three!?)

I dislike the combat system, though. It seems you either do max damage, or 1 damage. And my luck (In the game and out) isn't very good. Just hacking away at things, constantly doing 1 damage isn't very exciting.

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Gideon Zhi

Posted on 03-31-07 09:01 PM

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Some tips: first, make sure you create a full party at the beginning of the game. Even though you have to pick to start with just one of them, you can add two of the others to your team at the Lackadack.

Secondly, the frequency of the 1 result is based on your character's Aim stat. The higher this stat, the less often you'll inflict a glancing blow and the more often you'll land something solid.

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