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The_bag_of_sand · Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Woodstock GA!

Does any one know if they actualy finished the translation? And does any one know why they all of a sudden canceled it? It looked like a fun game, but probaly wouldent of sold too well here. None the less it probaly would of had a hard core fan base from the looks of it.

TheRedEye · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:34 am Post subject:

I don't know if it was completed, but it got far enough to have a build at least partially playable in english. I actually passed up an english build for $300, I don't know who bought it.

ProgrammingAce · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 580

ArnoldRimmer83 · Staff Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 540

Personally I'm still waiting for somebody to translate Rent a Hero for the Genesis.

Sardius · Staff Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 508 Location: Austin, TX

The publisher updated its site a few years back saying that the game was fully translated and ready for release, but was on indefinite hold due to "the current gaming climate."

EGM and GMR reviewed it, too, so there's got to be like a million copies floating around somewhere. Okay, maybe more like a dozen, but still.

I want this game really bad, by the way. I'm surprised it hasn't been ripped and distributed yet.

ArnoldRimmer83 · Staff Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 540

iamstillhiro1112 · Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 154 Location: Minnesota

It's supsrising the Genesis version wasn't even translated. Here is a partial translation if that helps. http://www.romhacking.net/trans/74/

The_bag_of_sand · Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Woodstock GA!

I hope it does get ripped, that way in the future when I decide to mod my Xbox I can play it. It looks really fun, I tried the Genesis rom but couldent get far due to the lack of Japanese I know (None). I am also surprised that it hasnt been translated. Another unlikely senerio is that Sega will translate the Genesis one and release it on Virtual Console (which is like a -00.1% chance).

exodus · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 45

yeah, translation was done - I talked to a company about bringing it out here, but it's too late for that now...

kap · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

Quitter. If RW Bivens had your attitude we never would've seen some true lost classics like Penn & Teller's Smoke & Mirrors. Shame on you.

exodus · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 45

oh, well this is one of those companies that needs to make money, though.

I don't know why a budget publisher hasn't picked it up though, frankly. where's 505 gamestreet when you need them?

TheRedEye · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:

Italy :(

ProgrammingAce · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 580

ProgAce looks at the release date for Red Star, looks at his watch. Waits....

mrdomino · Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 167

505 abandoned the xbox a while back, it seems. Guilty Gear Isuka and whatever they were calling Shikigami no Shiro both got cancelled, at least - I'm sure i heard rumblings of them picking up Rent-a-Hero, but thinking about it I might just be making shit up.

JSzczep · Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 67 Location: On a trampoline

I emailed Rami Galante (Managing Director of Digital Bros S.p.A. - AKA 505 Street Games) back in March 2005, asking about RAH1 and he replied, asking for more info on the game. Apparently he'd not heard of it.

So I sent him a bunch of links explaining the game, and bigging it up.

He seemed really keen after that.

I was going to post the emails, but after his name is the legal mumbo jumbo about not passing the emails on.

Anyway... I was really psyched about RaH1. I mean REALLY psyched. Actually, nearly all the original Xbox games I actually like are Sega ones. The rest is either multiformat, or crap.

Hopefully it gets ripped and released.

James · Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 86

hey didn't you say you'd buy it up and horde it when this came up ages ago?

I think I wrote a funny post about fat knights questing for bubsy 3D protos and eating ham ;D

handofg0d · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 455 Location: PA

JSzczep · Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 67 Location: On a trampoline

Druid II · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 50

All I know about RAH1 is that it was translated more or less fully, but never released. A pity, I was really looking forward for this game.

Although, as Segagaga is currently in the process of being translated, maybe theres a chance that the same team will work on the DC RAH1 afterwards.

Also, I heard that a RAH remake was planned for the saturn first, but was canned (possibly the project was moved to the DC, as well as Shenmue: the games most likely feature similar engines). The remains of RAH Saturn can be seen in Fighters Megamix, where he is a playable fighter with his own vocal theme song (instrumental in overseas versions).

handofg0d · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 455 Location: PA

I somehow doubt it. The SegaGaga Translation is being offered as an unofficial patch to be applied to backup copies of SegaGaga. And they are doing it in their spare time as a side project. Considering that RAH1 was already (mostly) localized, a localization I doubt they have access to, I don't think they'd take the time to start from scratch. I could be completely wrong, as I don't know James Howell et. al. personally but it seems pretty unlikely.

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