DS #2050: Populous DS (Japan)

[adgloride]

Populous was great one the Amiga, I played it for hours. Have the included wi-fi by any chance so you can play against a real opponent, instead of the computer?

 

[Tanas]

Populous was great one the Amiga, I played it for hours. Have the included wi-fi by any chance so you can play against a real opponent, instead of the computer?

It doesnt have WiFi.

 

[mrbass]

no wi-fi but has wireless to play against a local opponent.

 

[Resident0]

LOL!!! 'Plactise!' thats brilliant!

 

[JPH]

K, got everything uploaded...but what cracks me up is the icon (for some reason

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I'll try this out after school and tell everyone how it is

 

[DespizingU]

Thanks for that Killermech. Can't wait to try it.

Any feedback on it yet?

 

[stephenophof]

Cool!!
If you unpack this rom you can translate this rom to your own language :-)

Thank you EA!
I hope more Nintendo DS games will use this method for text, so everyone can edit it

 

[enarky]

Umh, anyone knows how to use ndstool to properly unpack and rebuild a NDS ROM? I used to have the command line options somewhere in a text file, but I can't find it anymore. And, like all .NET programms, DSLazy won't work with Linux.

 

[GeekyGuy]

"If their power become 0, they would be died."

Good stuff. At least it's fairly understandable. Interesting concept for a sim-type game. Never played those other games mentioned, so this should be a neat one to tinker with.

 

[enarky]

Found it!

How to change Populous DS to (something closely resembling) English language, using Linux, in five easy steps:

1. Get ndstool (e.g. from DevkitPro -> /devkitARM/bin/) and copy to a new dir together with 6rz-pdj.nds
2. Unpack ROM with ndstool: ./ndstool -x 6rz-pdj.nds -9 arm9.bin -7 arm7.bin -y9 y9.bin -y7 y7.bin -d data -y overlay -t banner.bin -h header.bin
3. Remove Japanese language: rm -r data/text/japanese/
4. Rename English language dir to Japanese: mv data/text/english/ data/text/japanese
5. Rebuild ROM: ./ndstool -c Populous_DS_JPN_NDS-6rz.nds -9 arm9.bin -7 arm7.bin -y9 y9.bin -y7 y7.bin -d data -y overlay -t banner.bin -h header.bin

Play Engrish Populous.

 

[pasc]

I guess theoretically this game should be patchabel with an AR too ?

 

[Psyfira]

None the less is this another childhood memory ruined or a nice update?

The original didn't actually need any written text, so I'm taking the three-page discussion about languages to be a bad sign...

Someone actually comment about the gameplay and prove me wrong? (please)

 

[raulpica]

"Build Your Own City" as Genre doesn't fit this game fully...

The correct genre would be "Deity Simulator"

 

[amptor]

Armageddon mode pls.

 

[berlinka]

This game rocks! It combines the best of Populous I + II with nice action scenes.

The only thing bad about this game is the touch screen controls. Luckily you can play it almost entirely without...

 

[jagviper]

The English is so confusing

 

[Kouta]

"Build Your Own City" as Genre doesn't fit this game fully...

The correct genre would be "Deity Simulator"

More like a terrain flattenin' game.

 

[CreX]

Last time I played Populous were on the Amiga.

 

[OSW]

anyone figure out a simple hex edit to change the language (like with mario @ olympics and some other games)? i prefer to do it this way rather than repacking with dslazy.

 

[enarky]

Got a link to that hex-edit?

EDIT: Found it, don't have any idea what it does, though...