Final Fantasy III (English)

About this project

This is an alternate translation of the Famicom version of Final Fantasy III that isn't as widespread as AWJ's patch. It appears to be fully playable - the key difference between this translation and the other one is that the resulting ROM has an expanded size. This leads to generally more accurate dialog. However, the author also made some of the names more literal - which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you look at it. I guess you just can't win.

Unlike the other known complete translation, this author implemented some improvements and easter eggs (the most noticeable being the now-standard B button run). There are several other changes such as a slight change in the battle menu and meeting the translator in-game - who reveals some other enhancements which will remain a surprise. There are some minor glitches, however, such as temporary characters not able to keep up with your running.

Very little could be documented on this translation. Supposedly, the translator actually began work earlier than the AWJ one, but hasn't been popularized {{Citation needed}}. If this this true, it is a true shame since the author clearly did a lot of work as well. Do note that, as a whole megabyte NES ROM, it may not work on certain emulators - if that is the case, please follow the instructions included in the ZIP.
Unfortunately, NESticle is probably the most famous emulator to support the translation. VirtuaNES 0.97 has also tested to work, as a far less outdated emulator choice.
It is not likely to work on more accurate emulators as a normal MMC3 can only address up to 512KB PRG-ROM.

What are you waiting for? Enjoy this obscure and nearly lost alternate translation. It is highly recommended.

Final Fantasy III (J) [!].nes - NOINTRO CRC32: 170163F1 MD5: 4E9BDCDD1071FF48638A3AA0FDA325FC SHA-1: C4443FC24625E3C2BB859525EB44B6B3A80E7C35 SHA-256: 1A87487B1D702E85AE2CBC002182740D5C34B2B9AE145B1A0722A78936706F39

Readme & instructions

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FF3 translation notes (Christmas 2005 initial release) To apply this translation to your existing FF3.NES, run the included FF3TRANS.EXE program, select your FF3.NES file in the first dialog, then enter a name to save the translated .NES file as in the second dialog. (Don't overwrite your original ROM!) On non-Windows systems, compile the included "ff3trans.c" program with a C compiler, and run the resulting program like this: ff3trans <ff3.nes >ff3e.nes If you're using Windows and you get errors trying to extract FF3TRANS.EXE from the ZIP file, you may need to "unblock" the file: right-click on the ZIP file, open the Properties dialog, and…

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FF3 translation notes (Christmas 2005 initial release)
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To apply this translation to your existing FF3.NES, run the included
FF3TRANS.EXE program, select your FF3.NES file in the first dialog, then
enter a name to save the translated .NES file as in the second dialog.
(Don't overwrite your original ROM!)  On non-Windows systems, compile
the included "ff3trans.c" program with a C compiler, and run the
resulting program like this:
    ff3trans <ff3.nes >ff3e.nes

If you're using Windows and you get errors trying to extract FF3TRANS.EXE
from the ZIP file, you may need to "unblock" the file: right-click on the
ZIP file, open the Properties dialog, and click Unblock.

In order to make the translation as high-quality as possible, the patch
takes the approach of Dragon Quest/Warrior IV and expands the ROM size to
1MByte; unfortunately, some emulators don't support this type of ROM
correctly.  When the ROM starts, it checks whether the emulator can handle
1MB ROMs, and displays an error screen if not.  If you see the error, ask
the author of your emulator to fix MMC3 support for 1MB ROMs.

Emulators known to work:
* MESS 0.101
* NesterJ for PSP 1.07

Emulators known to NOT work:
* FCE Ultra 1.05
* NESten 0.61beta
* Nintendulator 0.950

There are IPS patches included that fix FCE Ultra 1.0 and 1.05 (apply the
appropriate IPS patch for your version to the FCEUXDSP.EXE file), and
source "diff" patches for FCE Ultra 1.05 and Nintendulator 0.950.

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