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		rcfox on March 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nintendo games on a Mac For me, the biggest value in emulation is playing the fan translations of games that were never originally made available in English. Some of my favourites: Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou! http://www.romhacking.net/translations/226/ Romancing SaGa 3 http://www.romhacking.net/translations/416/ Seiken Densetsu 3 http://www.romhacking.net/translations/440/ (Note: None of those links will point you at the ROMs themselves, just translation patches.)

tiglionabbit on March 4, 2013 | [–]

Hell yes. Also check out Wonder Project J 1 and 2. And then there's Star Fox 2, which is an awesome game that was never released.

mparlane on March 4, 2013 | [–]

I thought half the fun was in NOT understanding the Japanese text ?

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