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7.5 KiB
239 lines
7.5 KiB
DvD Translations
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presents
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Antarctic Adventure
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for the NES
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published by
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Konami
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Patch Version: 1.0
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Release Date: February 3, 2005
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Hello and welcome to the ReadMe file for
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"Antarctic Adventure"
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Although the in-game title for the game is "Antarctic
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Adventure", written in English, the full title of the game
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on the box is written in Japanese. It literally translates
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to "Eventually Antarctic Big Adventure." Our only guess is
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that the Japanese word for "Eventually" was really put there
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to rhyme with the Japanese word for "Antarctic" so, in that
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light, we could call it:
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"Avalanche-ly Antarctic Adventure"
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But, as it doesn't sound that good, we suggest sticking
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with the in-game English name.
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In this file I've included info on how to use the patch
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and how to play.
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Credits:
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DvD Translations
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dvdtranslations.eludevisibility.org
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DvD - Tile editor
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- Tester
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- ReadMe author
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Shiroi - Translations:
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* "South Pole"
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* "Avalanche-ly Antarctic Adventure"
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A little history of Konami and the NES
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Original game ROM size: 1 16k program ROM bank
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&
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1 8k character ROM bank
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= 24 kBytes
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= 24576 Bytes
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Games designed for the original Famicom/NES hardware could
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be 1 or 2 16k program banks and 1 8k character bank. Later,
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all games made for the NES used special mapper chips to
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expand the size of the addressable ROM beyond these
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limitations. As this game only uses 1 program bank, it is
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the smallest (and cheapest to manufacture) a game for the
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NES could be!
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Konami was the first 3rd party company that Nintendo
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licensed to manufacture their own games for the Famicom.
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Antarctic Adventure was Konami's first release for the
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Famicom along with Yie Ar Kung-Fu! I believe the latter
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was their first game released for any home system,
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specifically the Microsoft MSX.
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List of Konami's Original 24k ROM Famicom Releases
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4-22-85 Yie Ar Kung-Fu MSX 1982
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4-22-85 Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibouken /
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Antarctic Adventure MSX 1984
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7-11-85 Road Fighter
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9-20-85 Pooyan (w/ Hudson Soft)
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3- 4-86 Circus Charlie (w/ Soft Pro)
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How to patch the ROM file:
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You need:
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1) A ROM file. The file must include the standard 16
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byte iNES header followed by the program ROM. This
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makes the ROM file 24592 Bytes in size.
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I'm not telling you how to get the ROM file, but
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for this game, the format of the 16 byte iNES header
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should be:
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4E 45 53 1A 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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2) Patch File: AA_v1_00.IPS
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3) An IPS patching program
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Recommended patching program for IBM PC:
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Snes-Tool.exe by The M.C.A./Elite
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Using SNES Tool:
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1) Make a copy of the un-patched ROM. You always want to
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keep the un-patched ROM around for later revisions of
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the patch.
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2) Place an un-patched ROM file with header
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(I'll call it AA.nes), AA_v1_00.IPS, and
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Snes-Tool.exe in the same directory.
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3) Run Snes-Tool.exe
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4) Type 'U' for "Use IPS"
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5) Press the down arrow key until AA_v1_00.IPS
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is highlighted.
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6) Hit Enter.
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7) Press the down arrow key until AA.NES is highlighted.
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8) Hit Enter.
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9) Hit 'Q' to quit.
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Note: If patching the file on a Mac, I recommend UIPS.
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Playing the game on an emulator:
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For the PC, I recommend FCE Ultra, although being such a
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basic ROM with no mapper and no fancy timing code, I'm sure
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it works in every NES emulator ever made.
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Why I chose to translate THIS game:
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1) I wanted to take a brake from determining the exact
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context of the nearly 500 blocks of text in Port Pier.
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I've made great progress, but staring at a text editor
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for months wasn't good on the eyes.
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2) I've played and passed all the prequels to this game.
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It doesn't have any. I have this thing about playing
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games that are part of a series in the order in which
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they came out...
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3) I've played and passed many of the SEQUELS to this game.
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* "Yume Penguin Monogatari", for the NES, is essentially
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the closest thing to a true sequel to this game.
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* Penta the Penguin also shows up as a playable character
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in all of the games in the Parodius series. Also
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many other penguins are cannon fodder in the game.
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* Konami's Krazy Racers (Wai Wai Racing) has an entire
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level devoted to Antarctic Adventure, the theme song
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plays and you drive over ice and avoid penguins.
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* I'm sure Penguin's show up at some time in the Wai Wai
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World series of games.
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4) It's one of my family's favorite games on our 63in1 cart.
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Why YOU should bother playing THIS game:
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1) To understand where Konami's fascination with penguins
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came from!
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It's a pretty simple game... but what do you expect for 24k?
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Game Controls Chart:
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1) Title & Demo Screen Controls
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- Start :Bring up level section screen
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:Start game
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- Select :Bring up level section screen
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:Select difficulty level
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2) Game Controls
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- Start :Pause/Un-Pause
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- Control Pad
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- Up :Accelerate
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- Down :Decelerate
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- Left :Move left
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- Right :Move right
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- A or B :Jump
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:Climb out of fissure
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- while wearing
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helicopter hat
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and jumping :Fly
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3) The basic goal is to make it to the South Pole and back,
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stopping at different country's outposts along the way.
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You have a certain time to reach each outpost. Along
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the way you can collect flags and fish for points.
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Avoid holes, seals, and falling into fissures. A
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flashing flag not only gives you points but also gives
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you a helicopter hat that allows you to fly for a short
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distance over holes (but not seals).
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4) Check out Brian P. Sulpher's Antarctic Adventure
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FAQ/Walkthrough at www.gamefaqs.com for more information.
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Translation Progress History:
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Patch Version Release Date
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1.00 January 25th, 2005 - Patch Completed
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1.00 February 3rd, 2005 - Patch Released
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* "South Pole" translation - Complete
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* "REST" & "km" font cleaned up - Complete
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* Title screen hack - DvD Translations - Complete
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* Japanese title translation - Complete
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* ReadMe - Complete
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Software used in this translation:
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* Emulator
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FCE Ultra 0.94
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by Bero & xodnizel
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* Tile Editor
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Tile Layer Pro 1.0
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by Kent Hansen
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* IPS Patch File Creator
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Snes-Tool Version 1.2
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by The M.C.A./Elite
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* ReadMe Creation
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Notepad
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by Microsoft
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