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Project Melancholia: SD Snatcher Retranslation

Project Melancholia’s extensively re-engineered English retranslation of Konami’s SD Snatcher for MSX2.

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The project story

Why this game.

This page will tell the story of choosing Project Melancholia: SD Snatcher Retranslation: what made the original game memorable, why an English version mattered, and how the project first began.

Behind the translation

Building it, one byte at a time.

Here I will document the translation, programming, tools, discoveries, and technical obstacles behind the project. Screenshots, development notes, and credits can be added as the story grows.

Original project home

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Project Melancholia has its own dedicated website with the complete development history, technical features, footage, and translation download.

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