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==================Maten Douji=========================
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Genre: Action
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Source language: Japanese
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Patch language: English
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Author: Pennywise/Eien Ni Hen
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E-mail: yojimbogarrett@gmail.com
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http://yojimbo.eludevisibility.org/
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Maten Douji
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Background:
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Maten Douji was released in the US as Conquest of the
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Crystal Palace. At the first glance the games seem
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the same, but there are some differences. The first
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stage has this skull monkey creature that was changed
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to a slug. The biggest difference is in the third stage.
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The Japanese version is much more creepy and they really
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toned it down by changing the background and altering these
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blue ghost babies that puke at you to these spider-like
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creatures. It's quite noticable. I'm assuming this was
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due to Nintendo's strict content policy that prohibited
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"offsensive" content.
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I've wanted to do this game for a while, but I never
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got around to asking Eien Ni Hen until recently despite
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knowing that her avatar on RHDN was from this game for
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a few years now. I think it goes without saying that
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my hacking work is very impressive and looks mighty fine.
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Naturally I consider it to be far more superior than the
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official localization which wasn't exactly terrible, but
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it's limited by a few things. The main limiting factor is
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a lack of space in the ROM to fit the english text. I was
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easily able to bypass this by expanding the ROM something
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that wasn't possible for the localization due to what I
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believe was ultimately a cost issue. The other limiting
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factor is that the game only displayed 2 lines of text
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per screen. Not a big deal for the story stuff, but it
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makes a huge difference in the shop text.
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Now that I've got all that out of the way, I highly
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recommend that this game be played because it's
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awesome and really cool. I would describe it as
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an arcade style action game with a clear oriential
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influence. You can't go wrong and can easily beat it
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in an afternoon.
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Game Tips
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* To reach a secret area in Stage 2, after the mid-point
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(of where you fight the dog and the soldier at the stairway),
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go to the area where Kim's second shop is. Continue right
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and find some pits. Jump down the second pit.
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* In the course of your journey, you can piss off the shop
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girl or make her fall in love with you. Not sure if the latter
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leads to discounts, but play around with her to find out.
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Notes from the translator
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This game was originally released in English as
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"Conquest of the Crystal Palace", and a lot was changed
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from the Japanese version. The story stayed the same
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(sort of), but the characters' names and locations in
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the game were completely changed. This was probably due
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to Nintendo's censorship standards, as the Japanese
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version has a ton of religious overtones.
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When comparing the original localization with the
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Japanese version, it really isn't terrible--just
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heavily censored and shortened drastically.
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Also surprising was the fact that very few of the on-
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screen kanji were actually translated in the first
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English release, including kanji at the beginning
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of each stage and on various weapons. I opted not
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to have some of them translated in our version
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for space reasons, and because they look darn cool.
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Below are the kanji that were left in:
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (Symbol on the Lively Orb) - Swallow (the bird)
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (Symbol the Dummy Orb - Drunk
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<EFBFBD>h (Symbol on the Firecracker - Awe
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You can also obtain items with the kanji <20><> (profit),
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (energy), <20><> (strength), <20><> (orb), <20><> (body), and
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (leap).
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The giant <20>V that appears on the floor in the opening
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scene means "Heaven", and in the last stage an
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abbreviated version of the symbol <20><> ("demon") can
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be seen in the background.
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Also, some of the item names are actually Japanese
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puns, a fact that was completely ignored in the
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previous translation. I tried to keep the flavor of
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the original names, so that's why some of the item
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names (Good and Plenty Herb, for example), seem kind
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of silly.
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I hope you enjoy playing the game as much as I've
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enjoyed translating it!
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Version History
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V 1.0 - Initial release
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V 1.0a - Minor update that removes an unnecessary 0
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Patching Instructions
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Before you apply the patch, the ROM must be expanded.
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I have included a simple ROM expander program courtesy
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of DvD that is setup to work with the Japanese ROM.
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The program will convert and expand the ROM from
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Matendouji (J) to Matendouji.
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After you've run the program, apply the patch
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and everything should be good.
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We would be highly grateful, if you find some time to
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contact us with proposals or corrections. Information
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on found bugs or corrections would be highly
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appreciated.
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P.S.
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Support the game industry by buying used games!
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Even if the money doesn't go to the developers
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directly, as the games become rare and harder
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to find, the price goes up, and people become
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more inclined to buy new releases "while they can!"
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Credits go to:
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Pennywise - main hacking, testing
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Eien Ni Hen - translation, testing
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DvD - title screen design and hacking, misc graphics, ROM Expander
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Sin Batsu - misc graphics
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aishsha - thanks
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All those who contributed into this process.
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Compiled by Pennywise. August 2011.
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