Super Famicom in English Platform Project | Every Translated Game Imported/Represented 1G1R Style | All Unified Japanese Only Artwork | Pre Organised Platform XML, Just Add Games (sorta, mwaha) 1.0.0

For the longest time I've wanted to put together a definitive Super Famicom platform, but exclusively for games that are playable in English. There's a lot of translations out there, and going through each of those to compile a definitive list is no small feat. But now, thankfully and mercifully, there are a couple of different resources to track every Japanese SNES game with a translation. 

The best definitive list of translations with all the info you could need, is this one here https://backloggd.com/u/lockstepper/list/the-complete-list-of-snessfc-games-fan-translated/ I had simply compiled a list of all translations. This crazy person has tested each one, culling the list down to what is ACTUALLY playable in English! Some incomplete translations are fully playable, others are not, only having the title screen changed any nothing else, for an RPG lol. This person has stripped out all games that really aren't playable in English, and identified which translations are best to use, if there are multiple. Truly the best list for translations I have ever seen. So, of course my list is derived from theirs.  

If you are having to patch your games, you ABSOLUTLY need to check out the that list.

"Rules" for the Project

Now, there aren't really any "rules" when it comes to translations and Japanese platforms. Especially with game titles. A Japanese game can have its original title, the English translation title... and it's western release title, which can be different to the Japanese to English translation. Confusing...yes.

Also, artwork in general is a bit of a nightmare for Japanese games. Finding full unified 3D boxes that actually cover the full library is tough, and Box - Fronts can be different sizes depending on the source, causing my OCD to throw a fit.

Another point is the rom association with the DB. A lot of time has gone into ensuring all games and their artwork are correctly associated under the proper DB ID. Some games when imported under the translated title will catch a RomHACK ID or something completely different due to the difference in title, not on my watch.

Anyway, the rules I have applied for this platform are as follows.

• 1G1R. Only 1 game per entry
• ONLY Japanese unified artwork for Box Fronts, 3D boxes, 2D Carts and Clear Logos. I took most of the clear logos from @BeBopSin's Core pack, as they focused on Japanese only art.
• Game titles set to the translated English title. This aligns the game name and title screen. Keep in mind not all translations have a translated title.
• Only the better translations with improvements (if any) listed/imported. (No FastROM hacks as I keep those in a separate platform)
• Artwork NOT named to Rom name. Instead I exported the images via the media pack maker, which names art to the DB entry, not the ROM name. This is best for 'ADD ROMS' situations.
• NO non Japanese translations. This includes French games translated to English, and Japanese games only translated to anything other than English. Strictly Japanese to English here.
• NO Satellaview exclusives. This is really it's own platform and doesn't belong here. Satellaview will be covered separately, in depth, as it has loads of "confusing crossover" with the normal Super Famicom library.

Now here comes the nasty part. ROM NAMING.

Despite there not really being any solid naming standard, mostly looking like this... Dragon Quest III (Japan) [T-En] ....one has emerged and it looks like this.....

Dragon Quest III (Japan) [T-En by DQ Translations v1.1] [Add by Rod Mérida v1.0c] [SNES Mini] [i] [n]

Yes it's long, but information rich. Losing track of what you have applied to which rom is the WORST. Name them like this so you know exactly what's going on and be able to backtrack.

This way, we know who done the original translation along with the version, who made the addendums (if any) and any other additional info such as 'SNES Mini' or 'improvement patch x' applied on top.

[i] means Incomplete - [n] means the title screen has been changed to it's translated title

Some people don't change the Rom title to it's translated name, opting to keep the original Japanese title. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE.

If a game has a translated title, the general rule of thumb is to rename the rom to match, which is what has been done here.

The fact this naming convention is the same as the best 'resource' out there is completely coincidental  

INSTRUCTIONS (Back up yo s*it if you need to)

• Download images and platform xml from this page
• Make sure LB is NOT running
• Place Super Famicom platform xml into correct place... Data--> Platforms 
• Start LB
• Super Famicom platform should then appear in LB, if not, restart LB.
• Place 3D Boxes, Boxes, Cart Front & Clear Logo folders into.... Images --> Super Famicom
• Change roms file path to where you Super Famicom roms are. Click on any Super Famicom game, press Ctrl+A to sellect all games, go to Tools top left, go to File Management and select 'Change Roms Folder Path For Selected Games', select  your folder location for Super Famicom games, and hit OK.
• If you have the correct source, rom names should be the same.
• If not... you have your work cut out for you. You can rename your roms to match how they are imported, or you can change the file name LB is expecting by.... Right Clicking on a game, edit Metadata and then change the launching path and name to match yours. This will be painstaking work.
• Make sure your emulator is setup AND ASSOCIATED with the Super Famicom Platform.

I wanna try to mitigate the main issue of rom names, and getting your specific roms associated to the correct games if you don't have the same naming convention. If people can let me know how they name their translation roms I'll put out an additional xml with those commonly used names instead. If anyone knows of a better way to..... like....reverse import!?...., please do let me know.

LISTS

IN ANY CASE. This is the FULL list of every game with a translation in this Project using the best translations (I hope). There are also some Japanese games already in English that don't need patching listed at the bottom, of course these are also in the build. I the list you will see the translated name if there is one, and MOST importantly the LB Database ID. The ID's are paramount to tracking these entries and their associated translated titles. You can use these IDs if building yourself, they come in handy to say the least. With the rom name descriptors, you should be able to find those translations/patches with google, if you need to use these.

If you see anything incorrect or you see a "technically inferior" translation, drop a comment. This list will of course grow as new translations are released. Again, if you know of any new ones let us know.

(May 14, 2025) Full list of ENGLISH TRANSLATED Super Famicom Games in the Project - Made from this master list: https://backloggd.com/u/lockstepper/list/the-complete-list-of-snessfc-games-fan-translated/

List of Japanese Exclusive Games Already in English - No need to patch. Identifiable with '(Japan) (En)' tags, together.