Scarica Phantasy Star III Text Cleanup Rom Hack

                                   Phantasy Star III: Text Cleanup
                                         v0.2 (Apr 10 2020)

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Disclaimer
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- No ownership is claimed by vivify93 over Phantasy Star III or the franchise from which it
  originates.

- Apply this patch only to "Phantasy Star III - Generations of Doom (USA, Europe, Korea).bin".

- Send bug reports to vivify93 via PM on ROMhacking.net or by posting in the main project thread.

- Players are encouraged to keep a backup of their original ROM in case an error occurs.


Text is the least of Phantasy Star III's issues, but it stands out regardless. From strange
equipment name abbreviations to entirely inaccurate tech names, and even a major broken series
reference. This small project aims to improve both the menu text and the font.
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Overview
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- Several typo and consistency corrections to the script.

- Spoken dialogue amended to use standard script format.

- Renamed several items for clarity purposes.

- Renamed several techs to clarify their use and fit with other games in the series.

- Inserted font from Peaches, lory1990, and Rebecca Capowski's retranslation.
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Changelog
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v0.2
- Spoken dialogue is now in script format as opposed to quotation marks.


- Minor dialogue corrections.


- Changed "Alisa" to "Alis", thereby restoring series consistency.


- Replaced font with font used in Phantasy Star III: Successors of Time retranslation by Peaches,
   Rebecca Capowski, and lory1990.


- Added "ll" digraph to font for the shop menu selection "SEL".


- Swapped order of word "damage" and number display in battle. It will now properly read "# damage".


- Altered two inventory selections.
(Techniq > Tech
 Switch  > Order)


- Renamed several techs for consistency with Phantasy Star II and IV.

Tsu    > Wat   (Water-elemental damage, not light-elemental.)
Gires  > Sar   (Heals party, as opposed to mid-rank heal on one ally.)
Rimit  > Shinb (Increases party's escape chance. Does not paralyze one foe.)
Shiza  > Seals (Seals techs for any type of foe.)
Deban  > Gelun (Seals foe's physical attacks. Does not halve damage party sustains.)
Fanbi  > Shift (Raises one ally's ATK. Does not absorb enemy HP.)
Forsa  > Vol   (Instant death to any type of foe. Does not decrease one machine's Dexterity.)
Megido > Megid (Consistency with PSII/IV.)
Grantz > Ryuka (Acts as teleportation during a cutscene. Is not light-elemental damage.)


- Renamed many weapons to better utilize available space.

Short Swd > ShortSwrd 
Steel Swd > SteelSwrd 
Ceram Swd > CeramSwrd 
Laser Swd > LaserSwrd 
Force Swd > ForceSwrd 
Lacon Swd > Lac Sword 
Royal Swd > RoyalSwrd 
Nei Sword > Neisword
Huntg Knf > HuntKnife 
Steel Knf > SteelKnfe 
Ceram Knf > CeramKnfe 
Force Knf > ForceKnfe 
Lacon Knf > Lac Knife 
Royal Knf > RoyalKnfe 
Huntg Stf > Hunt Cane 
Steel Stf > SteelCane
Ceram Stf > CeramCane 
Laser Stf > LaserCane
Force Stf > ForceCane
Lacon Stf > LaconCane 
Ceram Slr > CeramSlcr 
Laser Slr > LaserSlce 
Force Slr > ForceSlce 
Lacon Slr > LacSlicer 
Royal Slr > RoyalSlce 
PlanarSlr > PlanarSlc 
Lune'sSlr > LuneSlice 
Nei Slicr > Neislicer
Huntg Clw > Hunt Claw 
Steel Clw > SteelClaw
Ceram Clw > CeramClaw 
Laser Clw > LaserClaw
Force Clw > ForceClaw
Lacon Clw > LaconClaw 
Royal Clw > RoyalClaw
Nei Claw  > Neiclaw
Muin'sClw > Muin Claw
Huntg Bow > Hunt Bow 
Ceram Bow > CeramcBow 
Laya'sBow > Laya Bow
Nei Bow   > Neibow
HuntgShot > Hunt Shot 
PulseVlcn > PulseVulc 
Nei Shot  > Neishot
Needle    > Dart
Huntg Ndl > Hunt Dart 
Steel Ndl > SteelDart
Ceram Ndl > CeramDart 
Laser Ndl > LaserDart
Force Ndl > ForceDart
Lacon Ndl > LaconDart 
Royal Ndl > RoyalDart


- Renamed several armor to better utilize available space and impart clarity.

HuntgHelm > Hunt Helm 
HuntgBand > Hunt Band 
Garment   > Clothes
LaconCrwn > Lac Crown 
HuntgRibn > HuntRibbn 
LaconRibn > LacRibbon 
Head Gear > Headgear
HuntgArmr > HuntArmor 
LaconArmr > Lac Armor 
PlanarArm > PlanarAmr 
HuntgChst > HuntPlate 
SteelChst > SteelPlte 
LaconChst > Lac Plate 
RoyalChst > RoyalPlte 
Fiblira   > Tunic
Steel Fib > SteelTunc 
Lacon Fib > Lac Tunic 
Royal Fib > RoyalTunc 


- Renamed a few items to impart clarity.

MoonStone > Moonstone
DragnTear > DrakeTear
MstryStar > Odd Star


- Chirper and Chirpbot are now Rappy and Rappybot. The other Chirper variations have not been
   renamed.



v0.1
- Initial release.
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Credits
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- FreshFeeling: Table files

- Hugues Johnson: Aridia and Phantasy Star III research
   http://www.huguesjohnson.com/

- Peaches, Rebecca Capowski, lory1990: Retranslation from which the new font comes
   https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3549/

- Sega

...and all you Phantasy Star fans out there! See you on Alis-III!
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