Hino Tori - Hououhen

Firebird - The Phoenix Saga


Konami 1987 - English translation
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For MSX2 with 128 KB VRAM or later generations.


List of changes:

- Full translation all texts in the game.
- Bigger text window to accomodate the larger English texts.
- Translation of title screen and end demo screens.
- Translation of special passwords. Don't bother looking for them, as they are
  stored differently.
- Tweaked built-in Game Master menu.
- Kanji icons are updated to more explanatory icons.
- Minor improvements in existing English texts such as the demonstration run
  texts.
- Increased the system requirement for MSX2 to 128 KB VRAM.


Optional:

- Turbo patch. The game will switch between screens faster and no slowdowns in
  crowded areas when running on MSXturboR machines.
- Force 60 Hz interrupt frequency as the game is supposed to run at that
  speed.
- Boss 4 tablet fix patch. The tablet you'll get when defeating Insane Demon
  will be correct in stead of mainly white.
- The title screen will be restored when starting the game from the built-in
  Game Master menu.
- King Kong 2 SRAMdisk save patch. Will use the Game Master 2 SRAMdisk feature
  to save the game situation to. Up to 8 saves are possible.


Files:

FBIRD-EN.IPS - Japanese to English translation patch for the MSX2 version of
               Hinotori - Hououhen. The translation is based on the most
               recent version. The following checksums are of this version:

               CRC32: D95116B0
                 MD5: C35D87613BC6C7F5C03BFB8FA220A3F6
                SHA1: 612c18616bc800d9eb69b9da3cd29eca31f50c1c

FBIRD-EN.TXT - This text file.

Firebird Manual.pdf contains snippets translated from the manual with extra
information explaining the icons. Firebird Manual.pdf, FBIRD-EN.IPS and
FBIRD-EN.TXT are the minimum required redistributable files for the
translation only. 


Optional files:

FBIRD-TP.IPS - Turbo patch. Switches between screens faster and no slowdowns
               in crowded areas when running on MSXturboR machines. Also
               forces the game to run at 60 Hz.
FBIRDFIX.IPS - Boss 4 tablet fix patch. The tablet you'll get when defeating
               Insane Demon will be correct instead of mainly white. Also the
               title screen will be restored when starting the game from the
               built-in Game Master menu.
FBIRD-KK.IPS - King Kong 2 SRAMdisk save patch. It will use the Game Master 2
               SRAMdisk feature to save the game situation to instead of to
               cassette. Up to 8 saves are possible. If Game Master 2 wasn't
               detected, King Kong 2 will run without the save feature.

               While playing the game, press F4 to load and press F5 to save.
               When an error occurs fire button B or ESC key will return to
               the game.


Credits:

232: Translation, Icon design
BiFi: Coding, Graphics, Manual layout
Max Iwamoto: Website


Contact:

Even though great care was taken creating these patches, we are only human and
errors or bugs might have slipped in. If you experience problems, contact us.

email: bifi@msxnet.org
  IRC: #msxdev @ Rizon network (http://msxbanzai.tni.nl/dev/#msxdev)


Disclaimer:

Use of these patches are at your own risk. We can't be held responsible for
any damages to files, directly nor indirectly.