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Title: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: jasonbar on December 06, 2015, 07:45:43 PM: Is there a resource detailing how (if at all) the Japanese versions of US titles differ?
Thanks,
Jason
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: Black Tiger on December 06, 2015, 11:18:30 PM: There is at least one thread somewhere.
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: MNKyDeth on December 07, 2015, 04:42:56 AM: I know one diff right off that bat. US games are generally in English. JP games are generally in Japanese.

Ok, aside from that. I know we have a toned down version of Splatterhouse here in the US compared to the JP version but I don't know the full details. :D
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: jasonbar on December 07, 2015, 02:11:38 PM: I ask because I was going through some ROMs on my Turbo EverDrive this weekend, & the handful that I sampled in the beginning of the alphabet appeared to have identical US & JP versions, including the language. These games weren't very text-heavy, but the supposed JP ROMs had English menus.

Thanks,
-Jason
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: SignOfZeta on December 07, 2015, 02:21:43 PM: That's the way video games are.
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: Black Tiger on December 08, 2015, 12:00:37 AM: Many seemingly identical games have different enemy placement, stage order, cut it added content, etc.
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: Pokun on December 08, 2015, 08:00:12 AM: You could do a byte by byte comparison of the ROM images to see if they are truly identical or not. I guess the US version will have the region protection code unlike the JP version though.
Title: Re: List of PCE/TG game differences?
Post by: wilykat on December 08, 2015, 10:19:00 AM: Region protection aside, some games may only differs at title screen (Japanese vs English) such as Blazing Lazer.