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Welcome to Learning Languages Through Video Games, or LLTVG for short, where we host heavily annotated and translated script dumps and transcripts of video games! We don't have very much right now, but you're always free to add new games or expand upon what we have...

Our current focus tends to be on classics from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, but this is likely to change as more games are added.

Activity is a little low right now, but don't let that discourage you. Hey, we can't get bigger without your help, right? :)

Check out the forum! You can also talk to us on IRC at #lltvg on freenode.net.

Recommendations

If you're looking for something to work on, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is one of our biggest projects. We recommend working on this rather than starting your own project unless your project is reasonably small, but we won't stop you from working on any game you want.

Also check out our to-do list with pages that have items marked TODO on them if you want to fix some of our many small errors or incomplete details.

Finished games

These translations are, to the best of our knowledge, 100% complete. (This is not to say that there is no room for improvement!) In this section and others, when the languages are not mentioned, assume the translation is from Japanese to English.

Latest additions are in bold.

• Bucky O'Hare (NES)
• Caesars Palace
• Chavez, a variant of Riddick Bowe Boxing (Spanish to English)
• Contra (NES) (with full audio)
• Donald Duck, a variant of Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular
• Hoops (燃えろ！！ Junior Basket)
• I Love Softball — missing descriptions of team and player names, but this is unessential information
• The Legend of Zelda (The Hyrule Fantasy ゼルダの伝説)
• Mega Man 2 (Rockman 2: Ｄｒ．ワイリーの謎) — including bonus translation of the song "Can't Beat Air Man"
• Metal Gear
• Metroid
• Neo Bomberman (Spanish and Japanese to English) — a couple of Japanese voice clips are missing, but they're not important
• Ninja Baseball Bat Man (野球格闘リーグマン)
• Operation Thunderbolt
• Operation Wolf
• Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (Hello! Pac-Man)
• Pizza Pop!
• Ring King (Family Boxing)
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Mario World
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) (激亀忍者伝)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (TMNT2 in Japan)
• Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
• Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (Spanish and Japanese to English)
• Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland (Montana Landへようこそ)
• Whomp 'Em (西遊記ワールドⅡ　天上界の魔神)
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (The Legend of Zelda 2 リンクの冒険)
• Zero Wing (Genesis)

Almost finished games

• Bomberman World (Arcade)
• The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (ゼルダの伝説　神々のトライフォース)
• Lupin III: Pandora no Isan — all the text is ready and translated, but most dialogue lacks kanji, context, and other annotations; some translation mistakes may exist
• Mega Man 3 (Rockman 3: Ｄｒ．ワイリーの最期！？)
• Mega Man 4 (Rockman 4: 新たなる野望！！)
• Mega Man 5 (Rockman 5: ブルースの罠！？)
• Mega Man 6 (Rockman 6: 史上最大の戦い！！)
• Rockman X Cross, a fan-made hack of Rockman 5
• Super Metroid
• Taiyou no Tenshi Marlowe — possibly done; need to find out if there's more text
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (TMNT: Return of the Shredder) — needs more glosses
• Star Fox — just a few missing translations
• X-Men (Arcade)

WIP games

Games whose translations still have a ways to go.

• Final Fight
• Kickle Cubicle (Arcade) (迷宮島)
• Rock 'n' Ball (Family Pinball)
• SimCity (SNES)
• Zelda: Ocarina of Time (時のオカリナ) — through Kokiri Forest

Games we've just started

These games have either not formally been started yet or have barely been started.

• Aladdin (SNES)
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
• Ar Tonelico III (アルトネリコIII〜世界終焉の引金は少女の詩が引く)
• Bayonetta
• Bionic Commando (NES) (ヒトラーの復活)
• Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future
• Dungeons and Dam
• Grand Theft Auto (Italian to English)
• Hero 30 Second Demo (勇者30 SECOND)
• The Ignition Factor (Fire Fighting)
• Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) (French to English)
• Kabuki Quantum Fighter (地獄極楽丸)
• Mindseeker
• Star Fox 2
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Territoire Demo (テリトワール, strategy, developed by EasyGameStation, no official translations yet)

Scripts only

These games haven't had the actual translations started at all. In some cases the transcript or script dump may not be complete either.

• Aladdin (Genesis)
• Battle Clash (Space Bazooka)
• Demon's Crest (Demon's Blazon 魔界村紋章編)
• E.V.O.: Search for Eden (４６億年物語　はるかなるエディンへ)
• Final Fantasy
• Go Go! Mile Smile
• Grand Theft Auto (French and German)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (夢をみる島) (German, French, Japanese)
• Lupin III: Densetsu no Hihou o Oe!
• Mega Man 7 (Rockman 7: 宿命の対決！)
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
• Mighty Final Fight
• Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
• Mother 2 (EarthBound)
• Oishii Puzzle wa Irimasen ka
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
• Quackshot Starring Donald Duck
• The Secret of Monkey Island
• Shining Force
• Sokoban DX
• Star Fox 64
• Street Fighter II
• Super Mario RPG
• Super Punch-Out!! (SNES)
• Super Robot Wars (スーパーロボット大戦)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES) (TMNT: Mutant Warriors)
• Tinkle Pit
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
• Wonder Project J
• Yoshi's Safari (ヨッシーのロードハンティング)

Wish list

These are games we're not starting yet, but would like to add eventually...

• 2020 Super Baseball
• Actraiser
• Aerobiz (エアーマネジメント 大空に賭ける)
• Aerobiz Supersonic (エアーマネジメントⅡ 航空王をめざせ)
• Bad Dudes (Dragon Ninja) — note that arcade and Famicom versions have different text
• Battle Cross
• Bioshock
• Bioshock 2
• Cat Ninden Teyandee (Samurai Pizza Cats)
• Cave Story (洞窟物語)
• Cosmo Gang the Puzzle
• Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Poi Poi
• Deja Vu
• Donkey Kong Country
• Donkey Kong Country 2
• Donkey Kong Country 3
• Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest)
• DuckTales (わんぱくダック夢冒険)
• Final Fantasy VI
• The Flintstones (Genesis)
• Fortune Summoners Deluxe: Arche's Spirit Stone (フォーチュンサモナーズDeluxe -アルチェの精霊石-, action RPG, developed by Lizsoft, no official translations yet)
• Game Dev Story
• Ganbare Goemon
• Grand Theft Auto 2 (Spanish)
• Gugnir Demo (グングニル, strategy, developed by Sting, no official translations yet)
• Harvest Moon (牧場物語)
• Hook (NES)
• Hook (SNES)
• Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Jp version released on FM Towns)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (Jp version released on FM Towns)
• The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
• Jurassic Park (SNES) (incl. European translations)
• Kickle Cubicle (NES) (迷宮島)
• Kid Klown in Crazy Chase
• Kirby no KiraKira Kids
• Kirby's Adventure (星のカービィ　夢の泉の物語, incl. European translations)
• Kirby Super Star (星のカービィスーパーデラックス)
• La-Mulana
• The Lost Vikings (incl. Spanish translation)
• Magical Drop
• Magical Drop II
• Magical Drop III
• Maniac Mansion (Jp version released for NES)
• Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima
• Mega Man: The Power Battle (ロックマン・ザ・パワーバトル)
• Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (ロックマン2・ザ・パワーファイターズ, incl. Spanish version)
• Metal Gear Solid (incl. Spanish translation)
• Metroid Fusion
• Metroid Zero Mission
• Monopoly (NES)
• The Monopoly Game
• The Monopoly Game 2
• Mother
• Mother 3
• NBA Give 'N Go (ＮＢＡ実況バスケット　ウィンニングダンク)
• Pac-In-Time
• Pachinko Sexy Reaction
• Panel de Pon
• Pilotwings
• Plok!
• Popful Mail
• President no Sentaku
• Pro Yakyuu Satsujin Jiken!
• Puyo Puyo (Genesis)
• Rampart (Famicom)
• Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (RECETTEAR ～アイテム屋さんのはじめ方～), sim/action RPG, developed by EasyGameStation
• River City Ransom
• Rockin' Kats (N.Y. Nyankies)
• Sam & Max Hit the Road (European languages)
• Same Game (SNES)
• Sexy Parodius
• Shadowrun (SegaCD)
• Shadowrun (SNES)
• Shuffle Fight
• Snoopy Concert
• Space Invaders: The Original Game
• Street Fighter 2010
• Street Fighter Alpha (incl. Spanish version)
• Street Fighter Alpha 2 (incl. Spanish version)
• Street Fighter Alpha 3
• Super Back to the Future: Part II
• Super Caesars Palace (Super Casino)
• Super Casino 2
• Super Mario 64
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Super Puzzle Fighter II X]]
• Takeshi no Chousenjou
• Tamagotchi (Game Boy)
• Tamagotchi 2 (Game Boy)
• Tamagotchi 3 (Game Boy)
• Tamagotchi Town
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Genesis)
• Terranigma (incl. Spanish translation)
• Tetris Battle Gaiden
• Vegas Stakes (Las Vegas Dream)
• Vs. Collection
• Wario's Woods (NES) (ワリオの森)
• Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (has several European-language translations)
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (ditto)
• Wonder Project J2 (ワンダープロジェクト J2 コルロの森のジョゼット)
• Wrecking Crew '98
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter (incl. Spanish version)
• Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone
• Yokozuna Monogatari (横綱物語)

Other

• Some games here have script dumps (or tools to make them) and a couple even have translations.
• Word of the Day suggestion list
• The Not in Japanese list for games that were never released in Japanese