ROM hacking. Japanese-to-English translation. Programming. Electronics. I’m Samuel Messner, obskyr online, and I do a lot of things – some of which you’ll surely want to check out! But more importantly, I’ve got a jammin’ personality, and I’m way approachable – so don’t hesitate to reach out if you feel like it. My main online presence is on Twitter, so head on over there!
Here’s a small sampler plate of my projects – for a full-ish list, see the projects page.
The 1997 PC-98 adventure about death, family, and an otherworldly train. In English for the first time in over two decades. A flawed diamond, forgotten by time. With the translation comes a Player’s Companion, which offers context on the game’s development and explanations for cultural references.
Human Entertainment’s cult classic PlayStation 1 game about a group of girls investigating urban legends in their home town. Known in the West for being heavily referenced in Danganronpa 2. Can you believe it’s never been fan translated!? Someone’s gotta do it, and that someone is me.
Old video games’ save chips run on batteries… and when those run out, your savefiles are gone forever. This hardware mod I developed for Game Boy (and Game Boy Color) cartridges makes your savefiles immortal! Launched for purchase in January 2021.
I translated all of the text in this legendary leak, and did quite a bit of disassembly, hacking, and documentation work to boot. Cryin’ shame the team fell to pieces. Art by RacieB!
