Not sure if this has been discussed already but I know it would interest a couple of you.
#POLICENAUTS PC98 VERSION PATCH#
The patch to convert the Sega Saturn port's in-game dialogue to English is still in development, however, the team behind this release recently demonstrated their work at the Spanish retro gaming convention, RetroMadrid. So why exactly should you care about this fan translation patch - especially when there is already a PlayStation 1 version available? The Sega Saturn port of Policenauts features several additional scenes, a slightly modified story and light gun support - effectively making the Sega Saturn edition of the game the definitive one. While this feat may have been unofficial, Konami supposedly worked on an official English translation of the Sega Saturn version many years ago, only to scrap development following various complications. Game hackers successfully converted all of the in-game dialogue in the PlayStation 1 port to English, releasing their work on Hideo Kojima's 46th birthday. It also contains a summarized timeline of the game's events, among other things.) The Policenauts Paradise and Snatcher Shrine (A site dedicated to Hideo Kojima's games 'Policenauts' and 'Snatcher.
The arrival of this Sega Saturn translation, however, is not the first time Policenauts has been made accessible to English speaking audiences. Policenauts (Official game website) (The English translation patch for the PSX version of the game can be downloaded from this site. The game focuses around our protagonist, Jonathan Ingram, a detective who travels to the stars into Earth's space colony in an attempt investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his ex-wife's murder and her new husband's disappearance. In 1994 Hideo Kojima wrote and directed an adventure game featuring a hard science fiction storyline for Konami, which was initially released for the PC-9821 computer platform in 1994. Policenauts? You're not alone in wondering what this elusive title might be. The final port of Policenauts, the more complete Sega Saturn version, is finally being fan translated. Despite being such a timeless title with a huge following, Konami's multi-console release never ventured out of Japan.
Policenauts is without a doubt one of the greatest cinematic adventure games ever released.
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