But maybe the boomerang used to be more powerfull so when they decreased it's strength they got rid of the choice as well.Originally Posted by Rob2600
But then again my brother, who is a self-proclaimed Legend of Zelda master, has beaten the game having never taken the sword.
Last edited by jb143; 01-11-2008 at 01:29 PM.
The video is very small and compressed, but here is an enlarged screen shot:
Is it clear enough to translate?
By the way, here's a crystal clear abridged version of that video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aErhrhqXs
Too bad it doesn't show the boomerang/sword screen.
Last edited by Rob2600; 01-14-2008 at 09:26 AM.
Early NES betas like that are near impossible to find. You'd have to ask Miyamoto himself, or we'll probably never know.
Maybe. Do you have the original small one too?Is it clear enough to translate?
Some of the syllables are blurred by enlargement, where some others are made clearer. I know I could just shrink this one, but it may not be the same.
-Rob
EDIT: Well, I don't have much yet, but here's the symbols I can make out. All are in katakana.
Hi to ge (?)(?)(?) ge n so *
Su * no bu * wa to (?)
Not sure what those blotches are, so I just put asterisks there. The question marks are things I can't distinguish. Maybe other frames of the video would have less blurriness?
Hey, I've got an idea...anyone got a good screen grab of the name entry section for the FDS Zeruda no Densetsu? I'm at workand not able to obtain it right now. It would make a great comparison.
-Rob
Last edited by rbudrick; 01-14-2008 at 09:59 AM.
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
I captured different frames and they're almost equally blurry. Here's a photo at the original size:
Last edited by Rob2600; 01-14-2008 at 09:28 AM.
Edited above post, btw.
Hey just how did you capture those grabs anyway?
-Rob
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
These should help:
In Mac OS X, I use the built-in Grab utility (Applications-Utilities-Grab).
In Windows XP, I press the "Print Screen" key on the keyboard and then paste the image into an image editing program (in my case, Photoshop).
Last edited by Rob2600; 01-14-2008 at 12:22 PM.
Well, the print screen function blacks out that part of the picture when a video is on screen. Stupid WIndows.
Those screens do help, but isn't there a screen that allows you to type your name that lists all the symbols on one page? I seem to remember the name input screen working that way.
-Rob
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
Yes, but I can't find anything like that online and I don't have a Famicom Disk System.
Wow, I was way off on that first line. I see it matches one of the pics.
The correct first line is
hi to ri de ? ki ke n ja
second line somewhat corrected:
Shu no byu wa to (?)
I'm quite positive onthe first line, except that one character. The second line, I'm not positive, but it's gotta be close. Wish I knew wtf those other two symbols where.
-Rob
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
Problem is, the first line in those pictures is the same, but the second one is different. Look closely.
Please tell me "Kill Mode" is the erase entry option.These should help:
:P
My Gaming Collection (Now at Google Drive!)
Umm, yeah, that's what I said, man.
-Rob
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
Ask and you shall receive...
All this talk about not having a Famicom Disk System, most modern NES emulators will run FDS games as long as you have a FDS disksys.rom BIOS file. NEStopia is my emulator of choice. Hell, you can play FDS games on the Dreamcast with NESterDC v7.1.
Yup, "Elimination Mode" on USA games was almost always "Kill Mode" on the Japanese original.
Last edited by InsaneDavid; 01-15-2008 at 02:41 PM.
Wow, thanks! Maybe now someone can put all of the pieces together and translate that boomerang/sword screenshot.
Thanks, InsaneD!
Ok, pretty sure about this now:
First line:
hi to ri de ha ki ke n ja
Second Line:
shu no byu u to ru
That shu could be sha, but I don't think much else. The byu could be bya, or something else, but I doubt it.
I'll try to check this against my dictionaries when I get home, since I'm not that great at Japanese.
-Rob
Last edited by rbudrick; 01-15-2008 at 04:52 PM.
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
That's great. We could finally solve this twenty-year-old mystery!
Good job gumshoes.
This is comming along much better than I ever expected.
Now watch it say something like "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this. And this banana if you get hungry."
一人では危険じゃ
That's the first line if it weren't written in katakana.
Hitori de is "by or for oneself, alone." Kiken is "danger."
Tha'ts all I got out of the first line.
The second line is a pain in the ass. The only thing I'm pretty sure about is toru, "take."
I can't get my head around Japanese grammar, so I can't get anexact translation, but "It's dangerous to go alone, take one of these" is my guess, but I'm just going by the few words I actually got. I quit...anyone else wanna pick up from here?
-Rob
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
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