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= SCI Sierra On-Line Japanese Games =
= SCI Sierra On-Line Japanese Games =
Sierra On-Line released a few games in Japan, fully translated to Japanese.
Sierra On-Line released a few games in Japan, fully translated to Japanese.
The following games may have been released as well:
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 [[http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite RawWrite for Windows]] and finally [[http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html DiskExplorer]] to extract the files from the images.
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 [[http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite RawWrite for Windows]] and finally [[http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html 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.
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) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-3.jpg|600px]]
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) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-KQ5-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-KQ5-2.jpg|600px]]
(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) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-KQ5-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-KQ5-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-KQ5-3.jpg|600px]]
on 6x 3.25" floppy discs (1.2MB), also available on 6x 5.25" floppy discs
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) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-Lighthouse1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Lighthouse2.jpg|600px]]
features Japanese voice acting + text
== Mixed-Up Mother Goose / おかしなマザーグース SCI1 (FM-Towns) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-3.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-4.jpg|600px]]
features full Japanese voice acting
== Phantasmagoria 1 / ファンタズム / Phantasm (PC Windows) (SPRW-5002) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Box.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Box2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Manual.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria1-Manual2.jpg|600px]]
on 7 CDs
includes 20-page b/w manual
details to be added
== Phantasmagoria / ファンタズム / Phantasm (Guide) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Guide-Front.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Guide-Back.jpg|600px]]
160 pages
== Phantasmagoria 2 / ファンタズム2 (PC Windows) (SPRW-5016) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Box.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Box2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Manual.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Manual2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-CDs.jpg|600px]]
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. [[SCI/Phantasmagoria 2 Censorship|For more information on Phantasmagoria 2 censorship, click here.]]


== Police Quest 2 / ポリスクエスト2 (PC-98) ==
== Police Quest 2 / ポリスクエスト2 (PC-98) ==
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  on 3 5.25" floppies
  on 3 5.25" floppies
  also includes 50-page manual, small poster/ad
  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 / RAMA 宇宙のランデヴー (PC Windows) (SPRW-5017) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Rama-Box-Front.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Rama-Box-Back.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Rama-CD-Case-Front.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Rama-CD-Case-Back.jpg|600px]]
on 3 CDs w/ 21-page manual in CD case
fully localized (Japanese audio + text), even the bonus interviews were dubbed in Japanese


== Quest for Glory 1 / クエスト フォー グローリィ (PC-98) ==
== Quest for Glory 1 / クエスト フォー グローリィ (PC-98) ==
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  on 2x 3 5.25" floppies
  on 2x 3 5.25" floppies
  (1 set is the 16 color version, the other set is the 8 color version)
  (1 set is the 16 color version, the other set is the 8 color version)
also available on 2x 3 3.5" floppies
the contents of the 5.25" and 3.5" floppies are identical, the 3.5" release seems to be way more rare


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


== Mixed-Up Mother Goose / おかしなマザーグース SCI1 (FM-Towns) ==
== Red Baron 2 / レッドバロン2 (PC Windows) (SPRW-1026) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-3.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-MotherGoose-4.jpg|600px]]


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


== King's Quest V / キングズクエストV / キングスクエストV (FM-Towns) ==
== Shivers / シバースー ~呪われた博物館~ (PC Windows) (SPRW-5005) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-KQ5-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Shivers-Box-Front.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-FMTowns-KQ5-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Shivers-Box-Back.jpg|600px]]
 
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Shivers-CD-Case-Front.jpg|600px]]
(FM-Towns floppy not shown)
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC-Shivers-CD-Case-Back.jpg|600px]]
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) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-KQ5-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-KQ5-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-KQ5-3.jpg|600px]]
 
on 6x 3.25" floppy discs (1.2MB)
features Japanese + English text
 
== Castle of Dr. Brain / ドクターブレイン パズルの城 (PC-98) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-PC98-CoDB-3.jpg|600px]]


  on 2x 5.25" floppy discs
  on 1 CD w/ 59-page b/w manual
  features Japanese + English text
  fully localized (Japanese audio + text), except for the credits and a few audio samples


== Space Quest IV / スペースクエストIV (PC-98) ==
== Space Quest IV / スペースクエストIV (PC-98) ==
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  features Japanese + English text
  features Japanese + English text


== Phantasmagoria 2 / ファンタズム2 (PC Windows) ==
== Trophy Bass 2 / トロフィーバス2 (PC Windows) (SPRW-5013) ==
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Box.jpg|600px]]
 
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Box2.jpg|600px]]
=NOT A SCI GAME=
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Manual.jpg|600px]]
features full Japanese voice acting
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-Manual2.jpg|600px]]
Photos and details coming soon
[[File:SCI-Jap-Phantasmagoria2-CDs.jpg|600px]]
 
= Sierra Pioneer =


on 5 CDs
[[File:SCI-SierraPioneerLogo.gif|right]] 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.
includes 40-page b/w manual
<br clear=all>
features English audio and Japanese subtitles. Game itself was fully localized, text in background pictures was changed to Japanese.


== Lighthouse / ライトハウス (PC DOS/Windows) ==
For more information, please see [[SCI/Sierra Pioneer|catalog information here]].
[[File:SCI-Jap-Lighthouse1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:SCI-Jap-Lighthouse2.jpg|600px]]


features Japanese voice acting + text
See also: [[SCI/Sierra Pioneer]]
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