Mato
@clydemandelin.bsky.social
Professional translator, game programmer, Legends of Localization, EarthBound/MOTHER 3 guy, etc.
https://legendsoflocalization.com/
http://halito.tomato.game/about/
https://www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
https://tomatogame.itch.io/
https://legendsoflocalization.com/
http://halito.tomato.game/about/
https://www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
https://tomatogame.itch.io/
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Here it is! Castlevania II: Enhanced Edition on the SNES!
Huge shoutouts to Bizqwit for original NES hack, it make this game so much more polished and approachable.
I'll drop some details in replies here; the hack is available here:
mega.nz/folder/g5Jl1...
or
archive.org/details/cast...
Huge shoutouts to Bizqwit for original NES hack, it make this game so much more polished and approachable.
I'll drop some details in replies here; the hack is available here:
mega.nz/folder/g5Jl1...
or
archive.org/details/cast...
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here it is! Castlevania II: Enhanced Edition on the SNES!
Huge shoutouts to Bizqwit for original NES hack, it make this game so much more polished and approachable.
I'll drop some details in replies here; the hack is available here:
mega.nz/folder/g5Jl1...
or
archive.org/details/cast...
Huge shoutouts to Bizqwit for original NES hack, it make this game so much more polished and approachable.
I'll drop some details in replies here; the hack is available here:
mega.nz/folder/g5Jl1...
or
archive.org/details/cast...
Keeping up with script/translation changes is a fun game of its own, just like "I'm on Observation Duty" but with words and sentences #translation
while trying to explain the "almost Christmas" meme to the Ace Attorney dev team, I searched for screenshots and discovered that line is weirdly missing in the Japanese HD releases!
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Keeping up with script/translation changes is a fun game of its own, just like "I'm on Observation Duty" but with words and sentences #translation
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Last Breakers // CO2-Pro // PC-98
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Last Breakers // CO2-Pro // PC-98
Far off in the distance, a voice continues to shout:
"Why Japanese people???"
"Why Japanese people???"
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Far off in the distance, a voice continues to shout:
"Why Japanese people???"
"Why Japanese people???"
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threading some points of pride, for anyone who's not familiar with fangamer:
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
threading some points of pride, for anyone who's not familiar with fangamer:
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Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Graphic Designer
Fangamer is looking for a full time experienced designer with strong product and layout design skills to join our creative team. This position will be responsible for conceptualizing, speccing and pro...
www.fangamer.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
I'm happy EarthBound fans are still making a million cool things for other fans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm happy EarthBound fans are still making a million cool things for other fans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
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-BOUND TO THE DARK WORLD-
A project 2 years in the making
A ROMHACK of Earthbound that recreates Deltarune Chapter 1 in its entirety
Experience Deltarune as if it were made in the 90's
Available (for free!) October 31st, 2025
See you on Halloween
A project 2 years in the making
A ROMHACK of Earthbound that recreates Deltarune Chapter 1 in its entirety
Experience Deltarune as if it were made in the 90's
Available (for free!) October 31st, 2025
See you on Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
-BOUND TO THE DARK WORLD-
A project 2 years in the making
A ROMHACK of Earthbound that recreates Deltarune Chapter 1 in its entirety
Experience Deltarune as if it were made in the 90's
Available (for free!) October 31st, 2025
See you on Halloween
A project 2 years in the making
A ROMHACK of Earthbound that recreates Deltarune Chapter 1 in its entirety
Experience Deltarune as if it were made in the 90's
Available (for free!) October 31st, 2025
See you on Halloween
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STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
Poemato CX fans, we're streaming later today! www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Poemato CX fans, we're streaming later today! www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
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As a huge New York Style Hot Dog fan for years, felt compelled to recreate the poster in a high resolution and managed to find the original photo used in the texture
Many thanks to folks from VGPC for help with identifying blobs, especially Prominos and TBemme
bekoha.github.io/yakuza/New%2...
Many thanks to folks from VGPC for help with identifying blobs, especially Prominos and TBemme
bekoha.github.io/yakuza/New%2...
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As a huge New York Style Hot Dog fan for years, felt compelled to recreate the poster in a high resolution and managed to find the original photo used in the texture
Many thanks to folks from VGPC for help with identifying blobs, especially Prominos and TBemme
bekoha.github.io/yakuza/New%2...
Many thanks to folks from VGPC for help with identifying blobs, especially Prominos and TBemme
bekoha.github.io/yakuza/New%2...
I want to print this #Yakuza game image on a poster for my walls, is there a jpg or dumped file anywhere online?
#newyorkstyle
#newyorkstyle
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I want to print this #Yakuza game image on a poster for my walls, is there a jpg or dumped file anywhere online?
#newyorkstyle
#newyorkstyle
I updated my "Lost Woods" article!
I've added more examples of how 迷いの森 (mayoi no mori) has been translated in many different ways into English
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/los...
I've added more examples of how 迷いの森 (mayoi no mori) has been translated in many different ways into English
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/los...
Legends of Localization: The Many Translations of the “Lost Woods”
The Japanese term "mayoi no mori" can be translated many different ways.
legendsoflocalization.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I updated my "Lost Woods" article!
I've added more examples of how 迷いの森 (mayoi no mori) has been translated in many different ways into English
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/los...
I've added more examples of how 迷いの森 (mayoi no mori) has been translated in many different ways into English
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/los...
[From an old Japanese-to-English #translation contest some years back]
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
[From an old Japanese-to-English #translation contest some years back]
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
Old Poemato CX fans, we streamed yesterday for the first time in a long time! And of course it was #Zelda again www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6g...
Zelda 1 Text Hunt Pt. 1 (Nintendo Switch Online) [Poemato CX VOD]
YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Old Poemato CX fans, we streamed yesterday for the first time in a long time! And of course it was #Zelda again www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6g...
It's the 17th(?) anniversary of the #Mother3 fan translation's release!
Enjoy this video of our best development glitches! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXe...
Enjoy this video of our best development glitches! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXe...
MOTHER 3 Fan Translation - Best Development Glitches
YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's the 17th(?) anniversary of the #Mother3 fan translation's release!
Enjoy this video of our best development glitches! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXe...
Enjoy this video of our best development glitches! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXe...
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Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, so I hope you'll play my work-in-progress game demo about #Choctaw language and culture:
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, so I hope you'll play my work-in-progress game demo about #Choctaw language and culture:
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)
#gametranslation
#gametranslation
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)
#gametranslation
#gametranslation
Looking through my old Wanderbar dev folders, I REALLY want to continue developing/streaming this stuff sometime
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
October 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Looking through my old Wanderbar dev folders, I REALLY want to continue developing/streaming this stuff sometime
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
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You encounter the Sweltering Snowman.
Posted for no reason in particular.
(made by @reidman.bsky.social and @clydemandelin.bsky.social for an April Fool's 1999 joke)
Posted for no reason in particular.
(made by @reidman.bsky.social and @clydemandelin.bsky.social for an April Fool's 1999 joke)
September 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
You encounter the Sweltering Snowman.
Posted for no reason in particular.
(made by @reidman.bsky.social and @clydemandelin.bsky.social for an April Fool's 1999 joke)
Posted for no reason in particular.
(made by @reidman.bsky.social and @clydemandelin.bsky.social for an April Fool's 1999 joke)
The Choctaw word for "shoot / fire / emit" is super-close to Chinese (Southern Min) & Japanese - hear it for yourself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQS... #放射
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQS... #放射
"Fire / Shoot / Emit / 放射" in Choctaw, Chinese (Southern Min), and Japanese
YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The Choctaw word for "shoot / fire / emit" is super-close to Chinese (Southern Min) & Japanese - hear it for yourself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQS... #放射
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQS... #放射
While studying Choctaw last year, I decided to revisit this comedic & stereotype-heavy JRPG about Native Americans
Unfortunately, this game remains Japanese-only after all these decades
legendsoflocalization.com/videos/tenga... #nativeamerican #retrogames
Unfortunately, this game remains Japanese-only after all these decades
legendsoflocalization.com/videos/tenga... #nativeamerican #retrogames
Legends of Localization: [Stream VOD] Tengai Makyō: The Apocalypse IV Translation & Analysis
Let's examine Japanese stereotypes about America in this weird JRPG!
legendsoflocalization.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
While studying Choctaw last year, I decided to revisit this comedic & stereotype-heavy JRPG about Native Americans
Unfortunately, this game remains Japanese-only after all these decades
legendsoflocalization.com/videos/tenga... #nativeamerican #retrogames
Unfortunately, this game remains Japanese-only after all these decades
legendsoflocalization.com/videos/tenga... #nativeamerican #retrogames