Blast Wind English Translation

Blast Wind

Original game : Blast Wind

Platform : Sega Saturn

Language : English

Released by : CF

Release date : 08 June 2024

Status : Fully Playable

Patch version : 1.0

Downloads : 0

ROM Information

Serial Number: T-1810G
Original File/ROM SHA-1: D5AC10BCF50D4D8D23BFC129BA8F7F0DD41616B2
Original File/ROM CRC32: 6C91FA72
Patched File/ROM SHA-1: BF328957D5C49FE571A5C144AF4CD28DCDF4976C
Patched File/ROM CRC32: 82C9B0B8

Translation description

This is a translation patch with the following features:

Newly added English narration for the intro sequence

A newly dubbed voice actor for the leader of the GORN Empire

Script injections which include fixes to typos in the original English portions of the game (For example, "Atlantiss" is now fixed)

Originally, the background music was considered far too quiet and it is very much drowned out by the sound effects in the original game; the audio balancing has been adjusted and all the music is much more audible now

A 1CC guide is included as a final bonus

This patch is incompatible with Sega Saturn Patcher. A set of folders and an .xdelta file is included with the patch. The user need only put their vanilla ISO (in Redump format) inside the "redump_original" folder and double-click "apply_patch.bat" to experience the patch.

As a final note, if the game asks for RAM during the very first boot sequence, the first option is for main RAM and the second option is for cartridge RAM.

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Credits:

CF for the main translation work and hacking

Nina Nikolic for voicing the narrator

Noir Thorton for voicing the GORN leader

Maël Hörz for HxD

Derek Pascarella (ateam) for patcher script help

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
CF	Hacking	Lead hacker and translator
Nina Nikolic	Voice Acting	Narrator
Noir Thorton	Voice Acting	GORN's leader
Derek Pascarella	Hacking	Patcher script help

Reviews

A massive improvement	Cloudstrife7894	2024-06-12	Version 1.0
This is a patch for the Saturn shmup Blast Wind, curtesy of CF. It provides subtle but beneficial enhancements. The added English voiced narration in the intro and GORN Empire have a suitably campy yet sincere sense of delivery that fits the material to a tee. But perhaps the most welcome feature is the boosted audio levels for the music; in the regular game, it's drowned out by the sound effects, but now it's much much better balanced and is easier to appreciate as a result. For those who love shmups and can't enough of the Saturn, this patch is absolutely worth a look.

Barely Can't Recommend...But JUST Barely!	UhmYeahBut	2024-06-09	Version 1.0
The problem with the current translation is - by the author's own admission - it is incomplete; Places like the RAM-selection screen goes untranslated, and the intro's subtitles remain in Japanese. Whatever English has been cleaned up here was ALREADY in English! This should be treated as a proof-of concept, as it does have new English dubs. But Bulk Slash and Stellar Assault SS are completed examples. This one isn't.

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