Doukutsu Monogatari Translated into English

Yosho writes "Doukutsu Monogatari, a freeware platformer for Windows by the Japanese Studio Pixel, has been translated into English. The game has been making a lot of waves in the freeware gaming circles recently, and for good reason; it's quite fun, and it's comparable to commercial games in length and depth."

All your base are belong to us!

[Pan T. Hose]

Those were the days! Today, the Japanese-English translation is just boring.

What you say!!

[Pan T. Hose]

I should have been more specific in my previous post [slashdot.org]. What I mean is that this is good:

In A.D. 2101
War was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It's you !!
Cats: How are you gentlemen !!
Cats: All your base are belong to us.
Cats: You are on the way to destruction.
Captain: What you say !!
Cats: You have no chance to survive make your

Re:What you say!!

[maxgilead]

I'm not saying that second version is perfect or something, but at least it can be understood. The first one is simply garbage.

Re:What you say!!

[Random832]

What does the second version add that can't be understood in the first?

Re:What you say!!

[Dwedit]

Probably the bit about the UN, if you get a real translation. None of this "federation" crap.

Re:What you say!!

[Random832]

That's not a very credible way to say that the second translation is better than the first, since neither mention the UN. Anyway, I was disputing the claim that the first translation wasn't "understandable"

Available for the Mac too...

[XxtraLarGe]

According to the author of the game [insidemacgames.com], it's also available for the Mac.

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Re:no offense but

[yamcha666]

Yes, I agree with Yosho, go back to your Doom 3. Some of the best games I've ever played came from the days of 8 and 16-bit consoles. Super Mario Brothers, Paper Boy, NES Tetris, Earthbound, Final Fantasy III/VI. I mean, come on!

A game doesn't need to have flashy graphics and super 3D polygons to be fun - nor does it have to involve killing people or raping and pillage!

If I had to choose between an XBox and an SNES, You bet your ass I'll go with the SNES - Childhood memories, man!

And I've played a little

Re:no offense but

[neumayr]

You seem to be implying that enjoying Doom3 and Doukutsu are somehow mutualy exclusive, which I strongly disagree with. At least I like both games.

The original poster might not have given the game enough of a chance, but that's no reason to discredit Doom3 and its players :-/

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Not allowed!

[fm6]

A game without fancy 3d graphics, where the player's skill and imagination are key? I'm pretty sure that's illegal.

huh?

[turbopunk]

comparable to commercial games in length and depth.

does that mean it 4 hours long, no real character development, and buggy as hell . . . ?

Re:huh?

[TrickFred]

Somewhat buggy anyways, it freezes and locks my system up everytime I get to the graveyard - about 5 minutes of playtime in... anyone else having problems with it?

Re:huh?

[Datasage]

Yeah i also had a problem with that. It seems to crash in the graveyard.

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Re:huh?

[TrickFred]

Thanks for the tip. :D

Deus Ex 2

[mindaktiviti]

Deus Ex 2 was only 2 hours long you insensitive clod!

(I recall reading some guy finishing it in just under an hour, I don't know how, I personally beat it in 2).

Re:huh?

[angedinoir]

Playing through the game for the best ending now. To tell you the truth I've had way more fun with this little game than Half-Life 2 or any of the other recent releases. It's retro, but it's got a fun story and memorable characters.

Any luck with wine?

[arose]

Anyone tried?

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Re:Any luck with wine?

[forkazoo]

Yeah. She started doing Molly Shannon impressions, but she still didn't talk to me at work. Oh, you mean WINE, not wine? sorry, I have a Mac, can't test it for you.

Re:Any luck with wine?

[DoktorSeven]

I'm using Wine 20040813 and what little I played seems to run well except for the sound being a little scratchy. English patch installer ran flawlessly as well.

I didn't try the OrgView player, though.

Ick!

[The-Bus]

Far be it from me to judge a book by its cover but judge I will. The graphics are not all bad, some of it seems really good [romhack.net], but is this really a "platformer"? Some of it looks like an RPG with lists of items you have [romhack.net] and occasional reminders of the Zelda series [romhack.net] on the NES/Famicom.

Anyone play it yet? Is it too RPGish or are we looking at a regular "fun" platformer without tedious RPG elements?

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zerg

[Lord Omlette]

I saw a couple of friends playing this the other day, but the fuckers did shit all to explain what it was and where they got it from.

So thanks, Slashdot.

Definately a good sign

[tod_miller]

Although on the surface, I see little to be too excited about, there are some awesome awesome freeware games around, that can take up more of your time than HL2.

I do see the OS gaming catching up with studios, because, by its nature, you can build, recycle, and team up, and make some awesome things.

I wish that game (which I forgot the name of) written in Java (you can find a link on the java.net site) which has key movement and mouse fire, top down maze thingy, was open sourced. It has a great platform fo

Re:Definately a good sign

[Pxtl]

You see OS games catching up? That's funny, 'cause from where I'm sitting most of the OS games look pretty damn primitive, even compared to late '90s gaming. Sad, but true. The best projects I've seen are simply expansions on Id's engines, and none of them have content that looks anywhere near as nice as the original (although the engines are pleasantly beefy with modern graphics features).

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How hard can it be?

[biglig2]

I mean, "Doukutsu Monogatari" is just two words. Buy a dictionary, people!

keybord woes

[Fëanáro]

looks good, but the keyboard layout is problematic

It only allows the y and z keys for jump and fire, and those keys are very uncomfortable to press with on hand on a german keyboard.
changing the keyboard layout under windows has no effect on the game.

has anyone found out a way to change that?

Re:keybord woes

[Random832]

y and z are equally far apart on normal keyboard layouts as on german ones

Re:keybord woes

[Fëanáro]

meant to say x and z.
y and z are swapped on a german keyboard
But nevermind, found my old gamepad
nice game

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Cave Story

[chigun]

I think it's great. It's got the best aspects of Castlevania and Metroid in there along with an interesting way to power-up your various weapons. Controls haven't been an issue for me as it recognized and mapped my Gravis Gamepad Pro automagically. This game is seriously fun, deep, and addictive. What more could you ask for?

Hey let's make it in 3D and TOTALLY ruin it! No thanks.

Mac Version

[NEOtaku17]

Here [eonet.ne.jp] is the link to the Mac version of the game.

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Worth checking out

[atarrri]

I've played most of the top freeware games and this game is definitely one of the best. I'm a few hours in and am thoroughly impressed so far. Its an action platform game sort of like Metroid. There are even some innovations like the way weapon upgrading/downgrading works. Great graphics, fun homage to 2d tile engine. One techincal thing that impresses me is they dont use any alpha blending, but it still looks great. Also, I recommend using a game pad if you have one.

mirror on NGI

[zr-rifle]

contains all the archives in zip format and the installer patch.

http://www.ngi.it/download-3416-cave-story-1055-en glish-installer.html [www.ngi.it]

Try Ikachan by the same authors

[xDCDx]

Try this game too: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA022293/FreeSoft/I kachan.html [vector.co.jp]

It's similar to Doukutsu Monogatari, with a very fun gravity based gameplay, you can only rotate and propel yourself.

It would be great if they translated this too.

This is the best game I've played all year.

[Tom7]

This is the best game I've played all year.

Granted, 2005 is pretty short so far, but that does include Halo 2.