SCI/Japanese Games

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SCI Sierra On-Line Japanese Games

Sierra On-Line released a few games in Japan, fully translated to Japanese.

The following games may have been released as well: RAMA, Torin's Passage, Gabriel Knight 2

The 3.25" 1.2MB floppies (Space Quest 4, King's Quest 5) are only readable on PC using special floppy drives, that support Mode 3. For example the Sony USB PCGA-UFD5. Floppies will still not just work in Windows, you will probably need [RawWrite for Windows] and finally [DiskExplorer] to extract the files from the images.

The 5.25" floppies (Quest for Glory 1, Police Quest 2) however can be read using a regular PC 5.25" floppy drive.

Castle of Dr. Brain / ドクターブレイン パズルの城 (PC-98)

SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-1.jpg SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-2.jpg SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-3.jpg

on 2x 5.25" floppy discs
features Japanese + English text

King's Quest V / キングズクエストV / キングスクエストV (FM-Towns)

SCI-Jap-FMTowns-KQ5-1.jpg SCI-Jap-FMTowns-KQ5-2.jpg

(FM-Towns floppy not shown)
features Japanese + English voice acting

King's Quest V / キングズクエストV / キングスクエストV (PC-98)

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on 6x 3.25" floppy discs (1.2MB)
features Japanese + English text

King's Quest VII / キングスクエストVII / キングスクエストVII (PC Windows) (SPRW-5003)

did definitely exist, no further details known atm

Lighthouse / ライトハウス (PC DOS/Windows) (SPRW-5011)

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features Japanese voice acting + text

Mixed-Up Mother Goose / おかしなマザーグース SCI1 (FM-Towns)

SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-1.jpg SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-2.jpg SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-3.jpg SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-4.jpg

features full Japanese voice acting

Phantasmagoria 1 / ファンタズム / Phantasm (PC Windows) (SPRW-5002)

SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Box.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Box2.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Manual.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Manual2.jpg

on 7 CDs
includes 20-page b/w manual
details to be added

Phantasmagoria / ファンタズム / Phantasm (Guide)

SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Guide-Front.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Guide-Back.jpg

160 pages

Phantasmagoria 2 / ファンタズム2 (PC Windows) (SPRW-5016)

SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Box.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Box2.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Manual.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Manual2.jpg SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-CDs.jpg

on 5 CDs
includes 40-page b/w manual
features English audio and Japanese subtitles. Game itself was fully localized, text in background pictures was changed to Japanese.
Game is also fully uncut. For more information on Phantasmagoria 2 censorship, click here.

Police Quest 2 / ポリスクエスト2 (PC-98)

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on 3 5.25" floppies
also includes 50-page manual, small poster/ad
There also exists a version with 3.5" floppies. Further details unknown at this point.

Police Quest: SWAT / ポリスクエスト SWAT (PC DOS/Windows) (SPRW-1004)

Further details coming soon

RAMA / ??? (PC Windows) (SPRW-5017)

did definitely exist, no further details known atm

Quest for Glory 1 / クエスト フォー グローリィ (PC-98)

SCI-Jap-PC98-QfG1-1.jpg SCI-Jap-PC98-QfG1-2.jpg SCI-Jap-PC98-QfG1-3.jpg

on 2x 3 5.25" floppies
(1 set is the 16 color version, the other set is the 8 color version)

Quest For Glory / Police Quest 2 3D AVG box set (PC-98)

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Police Quest 2: on 3 5.25" floppies
Quest for Glory 1: on 2x 3 5.25" floppies (1 set is the 16 color version, the other set is the 8 color version)

Red Baron 2 / レッドバロン2 (PC Windows) (SPRW-1026)

=NOT A SCI GAME=
features full Japanese voice acting
Photos and details coming soon

Shivers / ??? (PC Windows) (SPRW-5005)

did definitely exist, no further details known atm

Space Quest IV / スペースクエストIV (PC-98)

SCI-Jap-PC98-SQ4-1.jpg SCI-Jap-PC98-SQ4-2.jpg SCI-Jap-PC98-SQ4-3.jpg

on 3x 3.25" floppy discs (1.2MB)
features Japanese + English text

Trophy Bass 2 / トロフィーバス2 (PC Windows) (SPRW-5013)

=NOT A SCI GAME=
features full Japanese voice acting
Photos and details coming soon


Sierra Pioneer

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Many of the above games were published in Japan under a joint venture with the Pioneer Corporation. This company, called Sierra Pioneer Co., Ltd., was formed in July 1995. One may find the Japanese name (シエラ パイオニア) to be helpful in searching the web or auction sites. For the same reason, the Japanese titles are also provided below.

The table below lists the part numbers of every game published during this venture, whether or not the game uses the SCI engine. If a game below doesn't use the SCI engine, it is not in scope for ScummVM.

There are some patterns to the part numbers.

SPRW = Windows
SPRM = Macintosh
SPRH = Hybrid disc
10xx = English language begins with 1
50xx = Japanese language begins with 5
English Title Japanese Title Translation Part Number Platform Language SCI? Notes
Phantasmagoria シエラ パイオニア Phantasm SPRW-1001 Windows English Yes See also SPRW-5002
The Incredible Machine 2 インクレディブル マシン The Incredible Machine SPRW-1002 Windows English No V3.0
Police Quest: SWAT ポリスクエスト スワット Police Quest: SWAT SPRW-1004 Windows English Yes
Shivers シバース -呪われた博物館- Shivers: The Cursed Museum SPRW-1005 Windows English Yes See also SPRW-5005
Torin's Passage トリンズ・パッセージ Torin's Passage SPRW-1006 Windows English Yes
Trophy Bass トロフィーバス Trophy Bass SPRW-1007 Windows English No
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery ザ ビースト ウィズイン ~ガブリエル ナイト ミステリー~ The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery SPRW-1008 Windows English Yes
Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '96 Season メジャーリーグベースボール '96 Major League Baseball '96 SPRW-1016 Windows English No
Casino De Luxe カジノ デラックス Casino Deluxe SPRW-1017 Windows English No
NASCAR Racing 2 ナスカー レーシング 2 NASCAR Racing 2 SPRW-1018 Windows English No
Front Page Sports: Football Pro '97 アメリカンフットボール '97 American Football '97 SPRW-1019 Windows English No
Casino Deluxe 2 カジノ デラックス 2 Casino Deluxe 2 SPRW-1020 Windows English No
Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '98 メジャーリーグベースボール '98 Major League Baseball '98 SPRW-1021 Windows English No
Front Page Sports: Ski Racing スキーレーシング Ski Racing SPRW-1022 Windows English No
Sierra Pro Pilot シエラ プロパイロット Sierra Pro Pilot SPRW-1024 Windows English No
3-D Ultra Minigolf PatしてGoo Pat and Goo SPRW-1025 Windows English No
Red Baron II レッドバロン 2 Red Baron II SPRW-1026 Windows English No
SODA Off-Road Racing オフロード・チャンピオンシップ Off-Road Championship SPRW-1027 Windows English No
to be continued ...
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