Galerians (PS1) UNDUB

[contrail_]

Once every couple of years I search the internet for an undub of Galerians on the ps1. This game has been described before as a mix between earlier Resident Evil and Akira and I suppose it's a good way to put it in one sentence. The english voice acting is not to my liking so I really wanted to play it with the original audio...
So I was digging around again the other day and found this link on some reddit thread and pretty much nowhere else:

GitHub - descawed/galerians-undub: Undub of the North American version of Galerians

Undub of the North American version of Galerians. Contribute to descawed/galerians-undub development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I fired up a virtual machine and utilized this (never run github code from people you don't know on your main OS). It yielded three (3) xdelta files, one for each US disk of the game. I then applied said patches to the US version of the game via the xdelta patcher and played a little bit, using duckstation. From what I can tell so far the game seems to be properly undubbed with subtitled fmvs. (I haven't tested the entire thing and I won't get to do so properly any time soon because work.)
It's an interesting patch. In order to use it you need both the US and the JP versions of the game. You also need jpsxdec (PS1 audio/video converter) and galsdk (by the same dude who's made this patch). It uses galsdk to extract assets from the games and jpsxdec and ffmpeg to insert subtitles into the videos.
I don't know why the dude hasn't made more noise about this patch in particular and why he hasn't just uploaded the xdelta patches somewhere instead.
If you decide to try this, as with everything else on the internet, use caution and common sense (and a virtual machine) when running software you downloaded from the internet.

I decided to make this post, since I haven't seen anyone talk about or test this undub.

 

[otogirisou]

never run github code from people you don't know on your main OS

i will never trust github anymore

 

[Cloudstrife7894]

It would be great to see the undub uploaded to RGT Repo.

Can you please show us pictures of what the FNB subtitles look like?

 

[contrail_]

Can you please show us pictures of what the FNB subtitles look like?

Sure, here's a couple of shots from the opening video. I also took pictures of how it looks on a crt tv. It's hard to take a good picture of a picture tube, sorry for the blur.

 

[Cloudstrife7894]

Those subs look nice, easy to read. It’s a shame that getting the xdelta files seems like an arduous process. If the undub is problem-free, then it’d be great to see it preserved.

 

[king salmon]

Any possibility of the patched undub getting uploaded on this site?

 

[Darko]

Once every couple of years I search the internet for an undub of Galerians on the ps1. This game has been described before as a mix between earlier Resident Evil and Akira and I suppose it's a good way to put it in one sentence. The english voice acting is not to my liking so I really wanted to play it with the original audio...
So I was digging around again the other day and found this link on some reddit thread and pretty much nowhere else:

GitHub - descawed/galerians-undub: Undub of the North American version of Galerians

Undub of the North American version of Galerians. Contribute to descawed/galerians-undub development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I fired up a virtual machine and utilized this (never run github code from people you don't know on your main OS). It yielded three (3) xdelta files, one for each US disk of the game. I then applied said patches to the US version of the game via the xdelta patcher and played a little bit, using duckstation. From what I can tell so far the game seems to be properly undubbed with subtitled fmvs. (I haven't tested the entire thing and I won't get to do so properly any time soon because work.)
It's an interesting patch. In order to use it you need both the US and the JP versions of the game. You also need jpsxdec (PS1 audio/video converter) and galsdk (by the same dude who's made this patch). It uses galsdk to extract assets from the games and jpsxdec and ffmpeg to insert subtitles into the videos.
I don't know why the dude hasn't made more noise about this patch in particular and why he hasn't just uploaded the xdelta patches somewhere instead.
If you decide to try this, as with everything else on the internet, use caution and common sense (and a virtual machine) when running software you downloaded from the internet.

I decided to make this post, since I haven't seen anyone talk about or test this undub.

I did manage to create the xdelta patches but there's a glitch in which the intro fmv goes continuously to more fmv. Normally after the intro fmv ends it goes to the title screen. Was wondering if you have the same issue on your undub.

 

[contrail_]

I did manage to create the xdelta patches but there's a glitch in which the intro fmv goes continuously to more fmv. Normally after the intro fmv ends it goes to the title screen. Was wondering if you have the same issue on your undub.

For me, when you run the game in duckstation or in retroarch and you let the intro play to the end, it seems to play other fmvs in sequence instead of going to title screen. Pressing start or X gets you to the title screen though.
If I had to make a guess, it's either a bug, or the person who created this patch made it like this on purpose in order to be able to see if the videos were subtitled and reintroduced into the game correctly, without having to play all the way through it, but don't quote me on that.