Clock Tower: Ghost Head ~Yokubari~

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Sent away without reason, a young girl gets off the train in Benten. She should be confused, but part of her knows. A flash of violet, boys looming over her, grasping for an amulet that wasn't there. Silence. Blood. Escape.

It wasn't her that did it--it was him. So as long as she has her Mikoshi, she is safe. Or is she? When she arrives at her relatives' home in this sleepy town, Yu Midoshima will quickly unravel the threads of her very existence.

This is a tale about the ends of greed: Yokubari.

Fully restored Japanese voice acting, with the Ending A FMV subtitled.
All Japanese character, location, and term names have been reverted to their originals--be it in graphics or text.
Corrected various translation errors.
Clarified the eight in-game hints.
Almost entirely recreated Story Guide, including an all-new translation.
Updated Gomoto's Story Guide sketch to reflect his in-game appearance.

7591readme.txt

CLOCK TOWER: GHOST HEAD YOKUBARI v1.00 (Feb 23 2023) Quick Find: Press Ctrl + F and type in the keyword, then press Enter to search for the section. TABLE OF CONTENTS Disclaimer .. [DSC1] Overview .... [OVR2] Changelog ... [CHG3] Tools Used .. [TOL4] Credits ..... [CRD5] Disclaimer [DSC1] - Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within/Clock Tower: Ghost Head (c) Sunsoft. All rights reserved. - No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within/Clock Tower: Ghost Head or the franchise from which it originates.

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                                       CLOCK TOWER: GHOST HEAD
                                              YOKUBARI
                                         v1.00 (Feb 23 2023)

Quick Find: Press Ctrl + F and type in the keyword, then press Enter to search for the section.


      TABLE OF CONTENTS
     Disclaimer .. [DSC1]
     Overview .... [OVR2]
     Changelog ... [CHG3]
     Tools Used .. [TOL4]
     Credits ..... [CRD5]

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Disclaimer [DSC1]
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- Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within/Clock Tower: Ghost Head (c) Sunsoft. All rights reserved.


- No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within/Clock Tower: Ghost
   Head or the franchise from which it originates. Commercial use of this patch, including but not
   limited to reproduction, sale, etc. is strictly prohibited.


- This unofficial, fan-made patch is provided "as-is" on a voluntary (i.e. non-profit) basis.
   FlamePurge is not liable for damage incurred to the end-user, their OS, or their hardware while
   using this patch.


- Apply this patch only to an NTSC-U ISO with the following specifications.

   Clock Tower II - The Struggle Within (USA).bin
   BIN/CUE format image
    SHA1 - A3F9742D9D94AE8E88ADE8A4AA9B80939DD5AA9A
     MD5 - 8D50A909B995D23D4D3087A66EE9AF57
   CRC32 - 46A5E547


- Players are encouraged to keep a backup of their original game file in case an error occurs.

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This archive contains the following files.

- ClockTower_GhostHead_Yokubari_v100.txt: This readme

- ClockTower_GhostHead_Yokubari_v100.xdelta: The patch file

- ClockTower_GhostHead_Yokubari.cue: A CUEsheet for use with this game. I think the vanilla CUE will
   work fine, but I included this for simplicity's sake. It assumes your game image is named
   "ClockTower_GhostHead_Yokubari.bin". To change this, open the CUEsheet in Notepad and rename the
   line in quotation marks to suit the name you want for your game's BIN.

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NOTE TO THOSE PLAYING ON A PS2 WITH OPL

To create Yokubari, I had to rebuild the ISO entirely. Therefore, the patch changes CTII's checksum.
This interferes with OPL auto-setting graphics rendering hacks. Point being:

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*** For this mod to work in OPL, you must force-set the 0x4 hack. ***
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See here for more info:

https://bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/compatibility


There are still a few errors, as this stops some objects from properly disappearing at certain
camera angles. I'm hoping that gets fixed as word of Yokubari grows.

I have not seen anything else that has this issue.
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Overview [OVR2]
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TEXT:

- Restored all character, item, and location names from the NTSC-J original.


- Script revised, a hybrid of the official localization and a new retranslation, based on
   translations by Waddle Bih.


- Restored Fujika's original personality.


- Hybridized Sho's more no-nonsense parlance with Bates' edgier, more adult way of speaking.


- Typos and formatting issues corrected.

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SOUND:

- All Japanese voice acting tracks completely restored. This includes incidental sound effects,
   such as Alyssa/Yu's gasp, Stephanie/Chinatsu's laugh, Bates/Sho's grunt, etc. (Credit: swosho)

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GRAPHICS:

- Subtitled FMV for Ending A. (Credit: swosho)


- Revised and retranslated Pamphlet's Story Guide graphics, based on translations by Waddle Bih.


- Recolored Bowman/Gomoto's colored sketch in his Story Guide graphics to reflect his in-game
   skin and jeans tones.
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Changelog [CHG3]
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v1.00 (Feb 23 2023)


TEXT:

- Restored all terms and names used in the NTSC-J original. Note that the Extra Mode rules and the
   Sound Test still call the monsters "zombies," as this discrepancy was present in the NTSC-J
   original.
(Alyssa Hale                           -> Yu Midoshima
 Bates                                 -> Sho
 Philip Tate                           -> Hajime Takano
 Kathryn Tate                          -> Yayoi Takano
 Ashley Tate                           -> Akiyo Takano
 Stephanie Tate                        -> Chinatsu Takano
 Michael Tate                          -> Masaharu Takano
 Allen Hale                            -> Takashi Midoshima
 Alex Corey                            -> Hitoshi Ishizue
 Doug Bowman                           -> Wataru Gomoto
 Shannon Lewis                         -> Fujika
 Henry Kaplan                          -> Tatsushi Uro
 Jessica Cook                          -> Atsushi Kishi
 Lynn Maxwell                          -> Rin Saido
 George Maxwell                        -> Fushihito Saido
 Amulet                                -> Mikoshi
 Milicana                              -> Inori
 Cerebral Toxin                        -> HU599 Bacterial Toxin
 Zombie                                -> Monster/Creature
 San Francisco                         -> Tokyo
 Monterey County                       -> Osaka
 Salinas                               -> Benten Ward
 Prunedale                             -> Sanmai Ward
 Memorial Hospital                     -> Benten Hospital
 Memorial Pharmaceuticals Research Lab -> Benten Pharmaceuticals Research Lab)


- Spot-checked each line of text and compared it against retranslations by Waddle Bih. The absolute
   worst lines have been corrected, but much of the localization was fine to begin with.

  The largest correction was the distinction between the unnamed hallucinogenic chemicals and the
   HU599 toxin; this plot point is now much clearer.


- Named Saido's stalker form "Ghost Head" for a connection to the NTSC-J title. This first appeared
   on the back of the NTSC-U cover art.


- Merged Sho's more blunt personality with Bates' edgy and sadistic nature.


- Restored Fujika's original personality.


- Reformatted the script to account for unnecessary spaces after the colon and comma characters.


- Retimed several subtitles to account for new and altered text.


- Adjusted text to better clue player in on how to find the Back door key in Chapter 2.


- Merged original text for Hint #1 and Hint #2, as they were similar to begin with.


- Rewrote Hint #2 to be about Alyssa/Yu and Bates/Sho's different methods of dealing with a stalker
   situation. This is to help players understand that Yu doesn't use guns.


- Rewrote Hint #8 to be about obtaining all 13 endings in just two playthroughs. The original Hint
   #8 text was absolutely worthless.


- Various typos and inconsistencies inherent to the retail localization corrected.

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SOUND:

- [Applied Patch] Clock Tower II Undub by Swosho
   Completely restores all Japanese voice acting to the game, and subtitles the FMV for Ending A.

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GRAPHICS:

- Fully remade each page in the Pamphlet's Story Guide to account for the cast's restored names.


- Added the number 9 to Chapter 2's font for "HU599".


- Added the numbers 5 and 9 to Chapter 3's font for "HU599".


- Added the capital letter K to Chapter 3's font for "Kishi".


- Recolored Bowman/Gomoto's colored sketch in his Story Guide entries. Now it reflects his darker
   skin and dark-wash jeans from in-game.


- Normalized item names to only capitalize the first letter of each name.


- Reverted and corrected several Sound Test track titles.
(Clock Tower II -> Ghost head
 Mistery        -> Mystery
 Curse statue   -> Cursed statue
 fear of death  -> Fear of death
 truth          -> Truth
 a crippled     -> Crippled
 shiver~Zombi   -> shiver~Zombie
 shiver~Maxwell -> shiver~Saido
 appear~Maxwell -> appear~Saido
 appear~Shannon -> appear~Fujika)
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Tools Used [TOL4]
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- AddSubtitlesToSTR: SnowyAria aka ArcaneAria

- Clock Tower II Extractor: ViM

- CrystalTile2: angel-team

- FFmpeg: The FFmpeg Team

- GIMP: The GNU Project

- HxD: Maël Hörz

- jpsxdec: m35

- mkpsxiso: Lameguy64

- PS1mple RAW to TIM: weissvulf

- Python: T Python Software Foundation

- TIM Viewer: rveach

- WindHex32: Bongo`
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Credits [CRD5]
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- swosho: Undub patch and blessing to use it, guidance on modding the game, guidance on adjusting
   Ending A FMV subtitles, being an all-around awesome person.
   https://www.romhacking.net/community/7711/

- navarchos: Demystifying text, guidance on editing Character Guide, guidance on editing Sound Test
   track titles, also being an all-around awesome person with the patience of a saint!
   https://www.romhacking.net/community/6967/

- mziab: Guidance on using TIMViewer.
   https://www.romhacking.net/community/689/

- Waddle Bih: Translations from the NTSC-J original, providing test saves.
   https://twitter.com/waddlefuckisdis

- BobSchneeder45: Demystifying item name images, guidance on editing Sound Test track titles.
   https://www.romhacking.net/community/6283/

- VampDeLeon: Reviewing/approving updated Bowman/Gomoto colors in the Story Guide.
   https://vampdeleon.carrd.co/

- TheNewSon: Special thanks for being one of the developers keeping the spirit of Clock Tower
   alive. Please check out Ladies of Sorrow: Night One.
   https://gamejolt.com/games/ladies-of-sorrow-night-one/769637
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