Seed of the Dragon: Dragon's Descendant

— シードオブドラゴン―竜の末裔― (しーどおぶどらごん) —

Complete Japanese to English translation for MSX Turbo R by MSX.Translations

232 (Translation, research, beta testing)
Max Iwamoto (Reverse engineering, coding, GFX, fonts, re-design, beta testing)
BiFi (Reverse engineering PCM routine, inserting samples, beta testing)
Vampier (Proofing, beta testing, voice acting)
FutureDisk 50 Intial distribution on FutureDisk 50

Translation Features

[ General ]

  • Full translation of all the texts on all 3 disks (Intro, Main Game, Credits).
  • Updated the title screen, teleport screen and end screen closely fitting the original.
  • Recreated in-game compressor to allow modification of GFX and data and re-compression back into the game.
  • Implemented translated PCM samples voiced by Vampier working from the original routines.
  • New print routine to display the translated text. The texts are no longer dependent on Kanji ROM. Also a new variable width font was created.
  • Improvements to the game to remove some small flaws.

Screenshots Comparison (Japanese vs. English)

Slide 1 of 3 Auto Seed of the Dragon logo
Japanese (Before)
Seed of the Dragon logo Japanese
English (After)
Seed of the Dragon logo English
Japanese (Before)
Items screen Japanese
English (After)
Items Screen English
Japanese (Before)
In-game screen Japanese
English (After)
In-game screen English
Also available for these systems: MSX Turbo R Exclusive