24-04-23, 04:44 | #1 |
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Unique Japan release
I've always considered myself the biggest fan of the Japanese dubs and their releases. I thought I had everything..
I've been clued onto what seems to be a unique release from Japan. TR5+TRLE, but including some levels marketing Japanese brands (Yodabashi Camera) for example. A youtuber has uploaded video walks but has not replied to any comments for more info/Where to obtain. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...fFderKJWConXjc Doing some googling in both English and Japanese only results in duplicates of the same news release about it, but that's all the information it really contains. Would love some more info behind this if anyone knows |
24-04-23, 05:15 | #2 |
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Wow I never saw this before ! It is exclusive tutorials levels to Japan ? That is really cool !
thank you for sharing ! If you ever found it, would you consider sharing the prj, wad, tga and tr4 files with everyone ? Last edited by CheshireBitch; 24-04-23 at 05:22. |
24-04-23, 10:33 | #3 |
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Holy moly, I was just about to message you about this! Treeble and I are working on finding out more about these levels - I can PM you the info we have so far if you want, I'm not sure how much I should post here because I suspect any links I type up will automatically be removed...
I talked to Tartan already, he no longer has the files and the place he downloaded them from is gone now. I'm planning on contacting as many people as possible and turning this into a crowdsourcing effort; if/when we get the maps we will make sure they're uploaded publicly and preserved as they rightly should be. |
24-04-23, 10:56 | #4 |
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Wow, thanks so much Ejecta, I hope you will all succeed in founding the original files !!
Do we already have an idea who/which company did these maps ?? |
24-04-23, 11:13 | #5 | |
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Logically speaking, the maps must have been created by one person or a group of people working together; they were then distributed for the first production line of a special Japanese edition of TR5 at four different store chains in Tokyo: LaOX, Sofmap, T-ZONE and Yodobashi Camera. You would have had to have bought the game four different times to get all four maps, so the odds are truly against us... |
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24-04-23, 15:38 | #6 |
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Wow, yeah that is a really long shot... especially when you consider how unpopular TR was in Japan...
at least we got the videos, it's something ! Thanks for the information about who probably made the maps, so it's core design ! I thought maybe it would have been a different dev (kinda like capcom did the PS1 adaptations to the japenese market) |
24-04-23, 16:51 | #7 |
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Thanks to all involved for putting feelers out and keeping us updated
It's hard to do anything helpful without speaking Japanese but we're here on the sidelines cheering |
24-04-23, 16:53 | #8 |
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Exactly, I attempted to look into it myself as well. But without knowing the language I wasn't even sure what I was looking for in the majority of cases.
And I don't know anyone from that part of the world who could help me look either. Looking forward to any more information! |
25-04-23, 11:30 | #9 |
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Its amazing we are still finding unique levels from a game that is now decades old.
I hope someone can supply the data files for us all to play them |
25-04-23, 18:52 | #10 | |
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This is what I posted about the levels on the trlenet forums, minus the links:
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