Monday 31 May 2021

24 years after its release, Japanese bookstore simulator game BookStory is translated into English

BookStory is a classic example of a certain genre of legendary game: Japanese, obscure, unusual but fascinating subject matter, and untranslated. Now you can enjoy it in English, thanks to a fansub decades in the making. The technical work that went into making this possible — hacking 1990s-era Visual Basic binaries! — Read the rest