NES Tales of Phantasia (NES Bootleg) (English Patched) NES ROM

[CSmith327]

Game Description:​

Tales of Phantasia (NES Bootleg) (幻想传说 Huan Xiang Chuan Shuo) is a RPG video game published by Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Co and developed by Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Co released on 2005 for the NES.

This is a complete translation patch for Tales of Phantasia for the Famiclone.

Translation Credits:​

Released by: FCandChill, Life Bottle Productions
Language: English
Status: Complete
Patch Version: v1.0
Date: 01 April 2026

Source and details: https://romhack.ing/database/content/entry/4XW0-vc4ScKIb_U8SI8rqQ/

Info from the readme:

This is a translation patch for Tales of Phantasia (幻想传说, Huan Xiang Chuan Shuo) on Famiclone devices. There is also a game titled 魔幻世界 (Fantasy World) which is just a title screen swap. This translation patch only targets the Tales of Phantasia version.

In case it wasn't obvious, this game is terrible. Sometimes incorrect dialogue lines are displayed, bizarre palette choices were made, and the game balance is atrocious. To be perfectly clear, this is a translation patch. The game is littered with problems, but make sure to report issues that are wrong with the translation patch and not the game.

There is an optional easy mode patch where it starts all your party members at level 99 and decreases the encounter rate, but even then, the game is still kind of difficult. Make sure to apply the patch after applying the translation patch.

Anyway, I wouldn't say I hope you enjoy the game, but I hope you can laugh at how terrible it is. This game definitely didn't deserve the work put into it. This translation project has more work put into it than most projects for actually good games.

Cheats:

Enclosed with this translation is a `cheats.txt` file. This contains notable cheat codes and ROM addresses to change to make the game more playable. Additionally, I've included a MESEN Lua script that allows you to see enemy health.

Download Links​

• Tales of Phantasia (NES Bootleg) (English Patched) NES ROM

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Oh, was a bootleg? I thought that was a fan-made demake

 

[fenharelsson]

the colors on these nes Chinese bootlegs is quite something,

*the colors on these nes Chinese bootlegs are quite something.

 

[Don Patch]

This is pretty rad, NGL.

 

[RestoredaftrLostv2]

-_- I played this before this patch????.....lets just say, won't persuade me to retry it. UHH!!!

 

[Guncannon]

Will this bootleg gets the same treatment as the FF7 bootleg?

 

[saturnsh2x2]

People seriously talking about Cross Edition like it's the best way to play Tales of Phantasia when this exists

 

[frankfelidae]

Really this shitty bootleg Game get a translation and actually good bootlegs games like Star Beast and Digimon Crystal 3 for the gbc not, so ironic....

 

[Erik Óptero]

Xié xié, :).

 

[Sorion]

the colors on these nes Chinese bootlegs is quite something,

 

[gyrenrockz]

the definitve edition at its finest...

 

[mrrgrrgrr]

Bootlegs like this are always fascinating to me, because a lot of times they include sprites from various sources with a complete disregard to any artistic cohesion. For example, I looked up some gameplay footage and the first random encounter is a zombie and... some guy. What, are they working together or something?

 

[Nihon]

This was an aprils fools joke from the team at LBP I want to say. Clever one :)

 

[marxcore]

Oh no, you didn't