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Current and Future Plans

Hi everyone!I hope you've been enjoying Racing Lagoon. The public response to the patch has been amazing and it's been incredible seeing this game come to life after all these years.Currently I am in the exploration phase of the next project. This means poking around in the files of different games to see if an...

Racing Lagoon Full English Patch Release!

Hello everyone,The past six months have been an absolute pleasure, and I've been humbled by the amount of support this project has gotten. Over twenty years later, it is finally time for the rest of the world to experience one of the most unique and memorable RPGs ever created. I want to extend my deepest thanks to...

Credits Tier Patron preferred name roll-call

Hi!With the Racing Lagoon project completing soon, I want to give all the credits-tier patrons a chance to let me know what name you want to have appear in the in-game credits of Racing Lagoon. If you don't want me to use the name you have on Patreon, please let me know what name you prefer in the comments, or send...

The Penultimate Racing Lagoon English Patch!

Hi all!This is the second-to-last Racing Lagoon update! It includes the next two chapters. The only chapter left now is the ending! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported this project up until this point! It has been a pleasure to translate this game.Current additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Ke...

Racing Lagoon Night 10 and 11 English Patch Released!

Hi all!The next two chapters (Night 10 and Night 11) of Racing Lagoon are now available! Once again, thank you to everyone who is supporting me through this project.Current additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Kendalljp2, MVD, Pancake @PancakeTaicho, Mistyhands-Hacking and Graphics: _Ombra_, SolidSnake11-A...

Racing Lagoon Night 9 English Patch Released!

Hi all!The next two chapters (Night 9 and 9th Midnight) of Racing Lagoon are now available! Once again, thank you to everyone who is supporting me through this project.Current additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Kendalljp2, MVD, Pancake @PancakeTaicho, Mistyhands-Hacking and Graphics: OmbraRD, SolidSnake1...

Developer Secrets Episode 3! The wild developer wishlist

Hi all! The next episode of Developer Secrets for Racing Lagoon is available here: https://youtu.be/VBqLMDPAzfQThis episode goes into the strangest set of hidden developer messages that we've found so far.-Hilltop

Racing Lagoon Night 8 Patch Released!

Hi all!The next three chapters of Racing Lagoon are now available! The upcoming Night is the longest one in the game, so expect a longer wait for the next patch.Promo Image Illustrator: @DEMODANZACurrent additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Kendalljp2, MVD, Pancake @PancakeTaicho, Mistyhands-Hacking and Gr...

Racing Lagoon English Patch Night 7 Released!

Hi all!The latest chapter of Racing Lagoon is now available. This was a very short chapter so please expect a much longer wait until the next one. Also: this chapter doesn't have an open world segment, so you may want to wait until the Night 8 patch to move forward in the story if you are playing the game actively....

Racing Lagoon Night 6 English Patch Release!

Hi all!The latest chapter of Racing Lagoon is now available. This patch includes Night 6 and the following interlude before Night 7.Current additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Kendalljp2, MVD, Pancake @PancakeTaicho, Mistyhands-Hacking and Graphics: OmbraRD, SolidSnake11-Automotive Consultants: SYD-88, RX...

Racing Lagoon English patch Night 5 released!

Hi all!The latest chapter of Racing Lagoon is now available. Once again, I am deeply grateful to all the Patrons who are donating to support this project. The reaction to the patch has been stellar so far, it's encouraging to see people so happy with the translation.Current additional project members:-Translators: ...

Racing Lagoon Night 4 English Patch Released!

Hi all!The latest chapter of Racing Lagoon is now available.Current additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Kendalljp2, MVD, Pancake @PancakeTaicho, Mistyhands-Hacking and Graphics: OmbraRD, SolidSnake11-Automotive Consultants: SYD-88, RXNFS @AngelAtRedline↓↓↓↓↓ Download link should be here, include...

Developer Secrets Episode 2! Hidden parts

Hi everyone! A new episode of Developer Secrets is now available. This took a lot of effort to compile so I hope you enjoy this look at hidden game data. There's even more to share from this game so please, stay tuned for that in the future as well.Here's the video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Ucc2QAJ...

Racing Lagoon Night 3 English Patch Released!

Racing Lagoon Night 2 Patch Now Available!

Hi everyone!Another exciting chapter of Racing Lagoon has been fully translated!This is a very pivotal chapter in the story and I would love to hear your feedback for the translation of the events at the end of Night 2.Current additional project members:-Translators: Kendall @Kendalljp2, MVD, Pancake @PancakeTaicho-Hac...

Racing Lagoon Night 1 patch released!

Hi everyone! Extremely excited to release the next playable chapter of Racing Lagoon. Absolutely everything in the first chapter has been translated: graphics, dialogue, tutorials, menus, parts, and more.As always, if you spot a typo or a bug, PLEASE send me a message either here or on twitter.Current additional projec...

New patron benefit!

Hi everyone! I've launched a new Discord channel here: https://discord.gg/M4VkVemWgGYou can discuss all my past and present projects, and I'll be around to post tidbits and answer questions. As patrons, you get access to a Patron-only channel and a Patron role, so just send me a message anywhere with your Disco...

Developer Secrets Episode 1

Hi all, here's the first episode of Developer Secrets for Tier 2 and up patrons. This episode goes into some of the leftover storyboarding messages in the script from the developers. If you have any feedback on this series, please let me know!-Hilltop

Play the Racing Lagoon Prologue Chapter, FULLY in English!

Hey all! You can download and play the prologue night in Racing Lagoon, 100% in English! Download it from the attachment in this post, instructions are included in the zip file.This is a huge milestone for the patch. A TON of work was frontloaded on this project, with several text, image, and menu formats needing to be...

Progress Update!

Hi everyone, it's time to fill you in on the progress on the Racing Lagoon English patch. A LOT of work has been completed on the programming side, as you can see in the image above. Once the last bit of work has been finalized on the text pipeline, you'll start to see some much more fun stuff.If you want to se...

Important Patreon News - Racing Lagoon

Hi everyone!The amount of support behind this project has truly blown me away. The outpouring of excitement from fans has been huge and I could not be more excited to work on this project. I've also been approached by other translators and romhackers who want to help out with the project to make it the best it can ...

Racing Lagoon announcement trailer!

Hi all, super excited to share with you my next project. Racing Lagoon is a very cool game that many people have been requesting, and I'm finally ready to go public with it. I've created a prototype patch for the game that translates the opening cinematic and a couple lines from the opening. This is a much more...

My next project

Hi all, I've decided on my next game to translate, and I'm going to tackle Squaresoft's experimental JRPG/Racing hybrid game, Racing Lagoon for PS1. I've been hard at work cracking the file compression, verifying that I can edit the FMV's, and finding ways to inject a larger English script and I&#39...

What's Next.

Dr. Slump is complete! I hope you've been enjoying the game. It was a blast to see people finally get a chance to play it. So what's next for me? I've been working very hard at gathering data and testing options for my next project.Initially I wanted to do the Fist of the North Star PS1 game, and I was actu...

Dr. Slump Version 1.1

Hi everyone! Based on the feedback I've gotten after the release I've put together a 1.1 version of the patch. I've changed some of the character portraits for Arale and Gatchan to reflect their classic design in the classic patch, as well as fixed some small typos.Your existing save file is compatible with...

Dr. Slump Complete English Patch!

It's done! The patch is finally complete! Thank you for choosing to support me throughout its development.What's more is I've added the option to play as the original purple-haired Arale design with a matching green haired Gatchan!I did do a full playthrough of it to make sure everything works, but if you d...

Chapter 6 Complete Patch!

Hey, how's it going? Chapter 6 is fully translated and patched. Just 1 chapter to go and a little bit of an epilogue. The patch is coming together really well and I can't wait to release it when it's fully complete. Once again, if you find any typos or bugs please reach out to me here or on twitter.-Hilltop

Secret #2: Chapter 0, the beta chapter

Dr. Slump contains an entire heap of unused lines of text. Often random lines in the middle of a script never appear in game due to objects being moved to different scenes, sometimes lines are censored for content, and often for no clear reason whatsoever. However the largest source of unused text are in the files of a...

Chapter 1 to 5 beta patch!

Hi again. Chapter 5 has been fully translated and patched. This leaves only 2 chapters to go. With so little to go I've been thinking about what I'll do after Dr. Slump is complete. If you have any suggestions or requests for untranslated Japanese games I'd love to hear it.-Hilltop

Chapter 4 Complete Patch!

Hi again!Chapter 4 is now complete. I've also gone ahead and done all the texture editing for the remaining chapters, so all that's left is the script for the 3 remaining chapters. Once again, please let me know of any bugs or typos you come across.I've also confirmed that ODE devices like xStations are now...