
                                    NEUGIER

                               The Journey Home


                                 A TRANSLATION

                              - Haeleth + RPGOne -


                                  version 2.00


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    CONTENTS
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        Contact details
        The patches
        Revision history
        Controls
        Notes
        Copyright


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    CONTACT DETAILS
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The primary contact for this patch is Haeleth, whose website is currently 
located at "www.haeleth.net".  The most up-to-date release of this patch can be 
found here.

I can be contacted at "haeleth@haeleth.net".  This address is solely for
correspondance related to my FAQs, translations, or the games concerned.

Polite responses are not likely to be given to ROM requests, translation
requests, or questions answered in this readme or on my website.  Questions
about translation in general (not directly related to my translations) _will_
receive polite responses, but I'm likely simply to refer you elsewhere.


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    THE PATCHES
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Three patches are included:

  Neugier.rup       - a NINJA-format patch for the Japanese ROM
  Neugier200.ips    - an IPS for use with the Japanese ROM
  Neugier200_up.ips - an IPS for use with the English ROM, version 1.10 only

If you encounter any problems, please use the NINJA patch.  The advantage of
NINJA patches is that they _can't_ be applied to the wrong ROM, so a whole
category of problems to do with headers and alternate dumps just vanishes.
See http://www.cinnamonpirate.com/software/ninja for details and programs.
 

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    REVISION HISTORY
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2.00 - 2006/2/19

  After nearly four years, the patch is finally complete with RPGOne's help.
Jonny has translated the menus and title screen and hacked the pointers to 
allow an uncut script to be used, and ChrisRPG has replaced the ugly 12x16 font 
with a rather prettier 8x16 variable-width font.
  For my part, I've revised the script thoroughly; not only are there now no 
major cuts (previously about 20% of the text had to be removed), but a number of 
inaccuracies have been removed in the process.

1.10 - 2002/3/18

  Fixed a few formatting bugs, and added a string that turned out to be used
after all.  Redoing the inserter bought me another 2k of space, so the script is
now somewhat more complete.  Still no menus.

1.01 - 2001/8/30

  Minor aesthetic update: introductory text scroll replaced with a fuller and
much prettier version, game script slightly revised and slightly expanded, rom
checksum hacked (see below).  No progress on menus.

1.00 - 2001/7/30

  Initial release.


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    CONTROLS
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  Directional pad - movement
  A - attack, talk, select
  B - jump, speed up dialogue
  X - select equipment
  Y - throw chain
  Start - pause
  Select - save game


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    NOTES
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1. Emulator compatibility

  To the best of my knowledge all modern SNES emulators are able to play this 
game correctly and without any special settings.
  I don't know whether this game will work on real SNES hardware with a copier.


2. Limits of the translation

  The credits sequence, and the names of monsters, were already in English.  I
have corrected spellings in both places.  The names in the credits are
untouched, even where the romanisation was inconsistent, with one exception:
in the second THANKS screen, I have abbreviated Hiroshi Hashimoto's given name
to H.


3. Character names

Bokey (Bogii)
   I'm pretty sure they didn't mean to call him "bogie" - hence the change.

Duke (Dyuuku): pronounced 'dyook', not 'dook'.

Gunther (Gyuntaa): pronounced 'gunter', not 'gunther'.
   The offical roman form was Gunter.  I'm interpreting this as a German name,
   hence my spelling.

Secia (Seshia): pronounced 'seSHIa', not 'seSIa', 'SEsha', etc.
   The spelling is the roman form used in the game.

Wein (Wein): pronounced as 'vine' or 'wayne'.
   The latter is the actual Japanese pronunciation, but I prefer to interpret
   it as another German name.  Feel free to disagree.

  Why all these German names?  Simply because "Neugier" is itself a German word,
meaning 'curiosity, inquisitiveness'.


4. Was this translation necessary?

  You may have heard rumours of an American release, and one was indeed planned,
under the title "The Journey Home"; screenshots were published in the American
gaming press, but ultimately the release never happened.  A prototype cartridge
may or may not exist.

  Even after all this work, I do sort of hope it turns up - it'd be interesting
to compare it with this version.

  This translation uses the subtitle "The Journey Home" in tribute to the 
unreleased version.


6. Just how short IS this game?

  I can complete the Japanese version in about forty minutes on an SFC, twenty 
in an emulator with save states but no other cheats.  I imagine anyone could 
match or beat that with practice.  I'm not planning to record people's best 
times or anything, but I would like to hear from anyone who manages to achieve 
Couch Potato rank without cheating!


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    LEGAL INFORMATION
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NEUGIER is copyright 1993 Wolf Team / Telenet Japan.

This patch is designed to be applied to an image of a Neugier ROM.  In many 
jurisdictions and situations it will be illegal to possess such images, or legal 
to possess them only where an original Neugier cartridge is owned; or the image 
may have to have been taken from this original cartridge for backup purposes. 
This means that you may not legally be able to use this patch.  It is your 
responsibility to ensure that you comply with all the relevant laws applicable 
in the jurisdiction under which you reside.  The authors IN NO WAY condone the 
illegal possession or distribution of copyrighted material.


THIS TRANSLATION PATCH is copyright 2001-2006 Haeleth and RPGOne.

You may distribute this translation freely, as long as the following conditions 
are met:

1. You may not charge for it.
2. You may not distribute it in any form other than as a package consisting of
   a patch, this file, and, at your option, any additional files you normally
   include to identify the site from which the package was downloaded.
3. It follows from (2) that you are particularly forbidden to distribute
   translated copies of the Neugier ROM file.

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