The PC-FX has always been the black sheep of the NEC hardware library. The final chapter in NEC's console legacy went out in disappointment. I recall sitting eagerly reading about NEC's 32-bit follow up to the PC Engine. The greatest console of my childhood is getting a follow up!! Only to be left in Japan with a small library and lacking the variety of it's older sibling of OBEY. The PC-FX's disappointing run did give us a few gems that we've enjoyed in English speaking regions (and I do mean FEW). Games like Zeroigar, Zenki FX, and Chip Chan Kick always remain the stand-by "fun" games accessible to those non-Japanese speaking retro fans. With a sprinkle in of some Pia Carrot (Translated by filler and David Michael) we have a small handful of the sparse PC-FX library in English.
That changes now!! The amazing PC Engine translation/mod community continues to pump out incredible projects, and this year we got an incredible Christmas gift!! Team Innocent on the PC-FX in ENGLISH for the first time!!
I would say outside of the games mention above, that Team Innocent was seen as one of the more impressive PC-FX exclusive titles that are actually really fun to play no matter what language you speak! The BETA of this work is here!!
"Team Innocent: The Point of No Return - G.C.P.O.SS plunges players into a futuristic saga of mystery and survival," says the group behind this patch. "The story begins with the Galactic Police uncovering a horrifying secret: a rogue scientist, Cronus, has been conducting forbidden genetic experiments on humans. In a daring rescue, the police chief saves three young girls, each marked by the results of these experiments."
Fifteen years pass, and those girls – Saki, Lilis, and Ariel – are now adults and are serving in the Galactic Police force. Troubled by their past, the trio embark on individual quests to uncover the truth.
Team Innocent uses pre-rendered backgrounds and 2D sprites and employs fixed camera angles similar to Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil. As PC-FX never made it outside of Japan, no official English version exists.
This unofficial translation has been accomplished by and incredible team consisting of Elmer, EsperKnight and Derek Pascarella (programming / hacking), Filler (translation) and Eien ni Hen and Josh / hasnopants (editing). Pascarella also acts as the project manager for the patch!!
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