Ganbare Goemon 2 (English)

About this project

Note: The original translation used for this addendum was updated to version 2.0 on April 11th 2022, making this patch obsolete, as it came with a new "Go for it!" graphic. As a result, this patch is no longer available.

This patch will change the title screen's "Ganbare" to "Go for it" in the English translation of Ganbare Goemon 2 by Stardust Crusaders, to be consistent with the translations of the SNES games by DDSTranslation.

Original game requirements

Database match: Ganbare Goemon 2 (Japan) Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: 4AEA034F62BD8F86932F6334B6CB09AC2006E757 File CRC32: 3424D0DC ROM SHA-1: 35C41BA88DD967CF6ECC406DAAAF246304AE7241 ROM CRC32: CC9FFEC * Prepatched ROM with the English translation: File SHA-1: A5616607328DAACFEA7646BC0D476F8BAAD265C3 File CRC32: B2FE26C7 ROM SHA-1: 568756853A209A7545189843D84DD27585CE55D5 ROM CRC32: 8A1309F7

Readme & instructions

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Information: Name: Ganbare Goemon 2 Region: Japan Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Action Adventure Players: 1/2 Release date: 04/01/1989 Description: This game is the first title that really defined the Ganbare Goemon series. It takes place in a virtual Japanese environment where every myth and legend that ever came to exist are brought to life, such as sophisticated clockwork machinery, ice spirits that are out to haunt the townsfolk, or even a trip down to the underworld. Like its predecessor, the general goal of the game is to progress from one area to another by getting to the gate…

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Information:
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Name: Ganbare Goemon 2
Region: Japan
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action Adventure
Players: 1/2
Release date: 04/01/1989

Description:
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This game is the first title that really defined the Ganbare Goemon series. It takes place in a virtual Japanese environment where every myth and legend that ever came to exist are brought to life, such as sophisticated clockwork machinery, ice spirits that are out to haunt the townsfolk, or even a trip down to the underworld.

Like its predecessor, the general goal of the game is to progress from one area to another by getting to the gate while collecting three passes. Finding these passes is no easy task, though, as the player must look out for secret passages and traverse complex mazes in order to obtain them.

The game diverges from the original as it provides more action stages where the goal is simply to get to the area's boss. The stages themselves consist of greater mazes and challenges.

The two-player mode offers simultaneous cooperative gameplay, which emphasizes on players working together in tandem, as one player's action directly influences the other. Both money and items are shared in this mode, as well as the effects of items collected onscreen. Similarly, the difficult can be increased on stages that require a lot of movement.

Source: Ganbare Goemon Wiki (https://goemon.fandom.com/wiki/Ganbare_Goemon_2)

Notes:
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This patch is just an addendum patch, which changes the title screen's "Ganbare" to "Go for it" in the English translation of this game made by Stardust Crusaders.

Used tools:
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YY-CHR: Editing the graphics

About the ROM:
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Name: Ganbare Goemon 2 (J) [!].nes (GoodNES) / Ganbare Goemon 2 (Japan).nes (No-Intro)
File CRC32: 3424D0DC
ROM CRC32: CC9FFEC
File MD5: ED3DE5E135907E079BE8236CCFBFCF47
ROM MD5: DE9DE5E4032F03EF63F9D3EF0EE131D3
File SHA1: 4AEA034F62BD8F86932F6334B6CB09AC2006E757
ROM SHA1: 35C41BA88DD967CF6ECC406DAAAF246304AE7241

Translation installation:
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You can use Lunar IPS (https://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lips/) or Floating IPS (https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=4883). The patch is in the .IPS format. First, you should apply the English translation patch, located here: https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1329/, to one of the following ROMs: Ganbare Goemon 2 (J) [!].nes (GoodNES) or Ganbare Goemon 2 (Japan).nes (No-Intro), with CRC32 CC9FFEC and a size of 256 KB (262,160 bytes). Then apply the addendum patch to the English patched ROM.