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by **BrainWalker** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:13 pm

Well, this is what I had to work with.

Somehow, I doubt that helps a whole lot. <p><div style="text-align:center">

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by **Molokidan** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:37 pm

Yeah....no, no, it doesn't.

Are you getting these out of a game of some type? There should be a way to make higher-quality captures...oh well. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:13 pm

Yea, these are all basically PSX screenshots. That's what they actually look like, so I'm not entirely sure how it would be possible to get a better quality shot than that. <p><div style="text-align:center">

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by **Molokidan** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:42 pm

Oh, crud. Well that sucks! Anyway, on with the imaging! <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **PriamNevhausten** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:03 am

I would, like, take that image and filter it to get a better resolution out of that set of characters, but, you know. Shitty programs, and lazy. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

by **BrainWalker** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:29 am

No matter what filters you try to apply to a big, ugly pile of grey squares with little contrast between them, it's always going to end up being an ugly pile of grey squares.

Anyway, it seems like that last one helps explain the relationship between Morden's forces and the Mars People, but we're kind of missing a point about their contact reguarding that destroyed spaceship or something. Too bad :(

Anyway, next up, a little something to soothe the soul!

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at: 4/5/05 22:40

by **Molokidan** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:59 pm

*GRENADE!*

This hand-held weapon that the Seikigun Tokusho Guntai (Special Army Corps.) brought to the public hands has become a battlefield standard. It moves with the power of the bomb and the speed of a bullet, completely surpassing the power of an everyday soldier. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:08 pm

Okay, I'll admit it, I didn't really expect to find any useful information in that last one. That was totally for the aesthetics.

Also, for this round, I'ma try something a little different. OPTIONS!! I really don't think I've accomplished much in Paint Shop, so we're gonna do this thrice today.

First off, the rhetoric I've sort of been applying for the last couple:

And now, the original, pulled straight from the game, at 1:1 pixel ratio:

And finally, the same thing as last time, only doubled in size for what was supposed to be easier reading but may, actually, be more eye-exploding.

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by **Molokidan** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:58 am

Interesting!

I'd say the first and second have the best quality, we should never need the third one. I'd say keep posting them in the form of the first, but use a 'second' if we need back-up.

Allen in Love

It seems as if this time you've been stationed in a very cold place. Please take good care of your body and watch that you don't catch a cold. I've enclosed a picture of baby Nancy. We wait for the day when we can be reunited with you. Your wife, Henrietta
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"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **EKDS5k** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:36 am

Re the illegible pile of kanji. According to Eri it's â€™Ã„â€”Å½Å½â€“Å’ÃŒ, and it means something about crashing into the ground.

by **Molokidan** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:06 pm

Oh, thanks EKDS!

Okay, so the Mars people DID crash. That's really all that sentence said. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:37 pm

Okay, so apparently the mars people actually crash-landed on Earth, and that was the origin of their contact with Morden's forces, but I'm still having some trouble following the logic on that one. It sounds like Morden found out about the crash and sent his troops out there to help the mars people make repairs, but then the segue into General Morden wanting to destroy a planet doesn't make sense.

Also: Allen is a family man! I was unaware! Now I have yet another reason to dig that crazy bastard.

Anyway, moving on. This next one was actually fairly clearly written, so I was thinking that just the straight screenshot would be passable. If it's not, I can always give it the jazz later.

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at: 4/6/05 11:07

by **Molokidan** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:15 am

**THE TEAR OF AJIRABIA**

This enourmous stone comes from the underground catacombs of Ajirabia. The exact date of the stone's creation seems to date back past 7,000 years. Even to this date, however, there is still no information about where the stone comes from. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **EKDS5k** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:25 am

Man I wish I could read Japanese like that. Even half as well would be nice.

by **FlamingDeth** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:39 am

That "complete fucking imersion" thing is probably helping, though. <p>
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This month's "Transformer of the Month" is Grimlock in a Santa hat! He's quite jolly.</center></p>

by **EKDS5k** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:17 am

Slowly. Currently I'm studying a kanji book aimed at *checks* 6 year olds, and some of the instructions are still too complicated.

by **Molokidan** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:09 am

Everyone's gotta start somewhere, EKDS! I remember coloring kanji just to remember what they meant and stuff.

As long as you study hard every day and really WANT to learn, you'll get it in no time~! <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **EKDS5k** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:03 am

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by **BrainWalker** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:11 am

BW needs a Japanese font or something.

ANYWAY!

Today, we've got a two for one special! Mostly because these are also surprsingly legible, and they're also the only two items with extensive text that's anywhere near legible and aren't in the "items" or "people" categories.

... we'll get back to the interesting stuff next time, I swear! XP <p><div style="text-align:center">

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at: 4/16/05 19:40

by **EKDS5k** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:24 am

If you were going to study Japanese, then yeah, you might want a Japanese font. But right now, does it really help you know that that says "dakedo, ima wa muzukashii yo"?

by **BrainWalker** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:28 am

It helps me more than this:

At least I could potentially look up "dakedo, ima wa muzukashii yo" somewhere. <p><div style="text-align:center">

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at: 4/6/05 11:29

by **PriamNevhausten** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:48 pm

Hai, muzukashii @_@

Also, you probably already have a japanese typeface.

IE: Right click text, Encoding -> (some entry with 'JIS' in it)
Firefox: View -> Character Encoding -> "Japanese (Shift_JIS)" <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

by **BrainWalker** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:40 pm

Oh, hey, there we go. That's much better! <p><div style="text-align:center">

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by **Molokidan** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:57 pm

(Sorry...RE4 has devoured my soul as of late. Here's the first one.)

**HIGH-BACK TANK SARUBIA!**

This tank was developed to be like a barricade against all attackers. It moves slowly on the ground, but is equipped with powerful bullets and artillery shells.

**ATTACK JEEP HEAVY-B**

On top of this jeep's ceiling lies a rocket launcher, as this vehicle was designed specifically for launching rockets. It is also the most mobile of heavy weaponry units. <p>---------------

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at: 4/12/05 0:03

by **BrainWalker** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:41 pm

Oh, shits! Sorry, I forgot to keep up with this thread 'cause I've had a lot on my plate lately.

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at: 4/17/05 13:12

by **PriamNevhausten** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:29 am

....why did they use 'miito' instead of 'niku'? <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

by **Molokidan** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:14 am

**NEXT MEAT** (The katakana was "Nekusuto"....'Next' is pretty much the only thing that it translates as! I even checked my dictionary. So...that's weird. Unless it's a special word from Metal Slug for something.)

By mixing standard meat with processed diet meat, the NEXT MEAT corporation developed a new type of meat that is three times as healthy! If one eats it, the extent of the power that one gains from the mysterious ingredients has been kept as the company's secret.

(PS. Priam, because it's cool to say "MIIIITO!") <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:12 pm

Nick speaks the truth!

Also, given that they did, in fact, use "Miito" instead of the proper Japanese word for meat, it is probable that Molo is right on the money on that "Nekutsuto" jazz. Also probable considering that this "new" meat is apparently vastly improved over the previous meat standard set by whoever was the leader of the MEAT industry before these guys came along.

God I love Metal Slug XP

Next up, it's one of those ones that's probably hard to read, and might be full of eccentric terminology like the Neminato Cock! Hurrah!

And also:

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by **Molokidan** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:13 pm

**Mutant Soldiers!**

This fearsomely powerful infantry is created by the Morden army through human body remodelling operations. They are created for various purposes, and do not feel emotion no matter what sort of mission they are sent on. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:40 pm

Holy God! It lives! It refuses to die! Fuck you, search function :( Funny how Google is better at finding old threads in our forum than our forum's search option is.

Anyway, Molo and I got to talking in IM, and since he's been showing up recently, and is willing, we're going to give this crazy crap another shot! Let's see how far we get with it this time!

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at: 5/28/06 17:49

by **Molokidan** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:51 pm

**Canned Goods**

These goods are used to feed both normal soldiers and Morden's troops. They are prepared using high-quality ingredients and a vast amount of natural nutrients, and as a result, if are not eaten immediately, will quickly expire. <p>--------
"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:54 pm

Well, that was pretty straightforward. Not sure why I was expecting there to be more too it than that :P Nonetheless, an easy one to get back into the swing of things.

And now for one that's been puzzling me since I started this thread.

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by **ikozaedro** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:55 pm

come on, thats pretty self explanatory: TENTACLE RAPE! <p><div style="text-align:center">

my deviant art thingy!
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"-Lili! a deranged man is building an army of psychic death tanks to take over the world and there is nobody who can stop him except for you and me!
-Oh my god! LET'S MAKE OUT!"-Raz and Lili, Psychonauts</div>
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by **BrainWalker** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:57 pm

Yes, well, I know what it looks like... <p><div style="text-align:center">

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by **E Mouse** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:39 pm

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<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=priamnevhausten]PriamNevhausten 

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by **PriamNevhausten** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:28 am

Suddenly I'm kind of glad that I can't read kanji yet. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

by **BrainWalker** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:15 am

What... what the fruit?

Why is Hitler so good for comedy? <p><div style="text-align:center">

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by **Molokidan** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:30 pm

**STRANGE HAPPENINGS AT THE LODGING HOUSE!**

The lodging house in question was positioned in a faraway, cutoff area inhabited by Morden's troops, which also doubled as a graveyard. Deep in the night, soldiers who had been stationed in this lodging house would mysteriously disappear. These kind of mysterious incidents happened until none were left. Without a doubt, it was truly an issue of life and death, and strangely enough, the real truth has never surfaced... <p>--------
"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

by **BrainWalker** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:26 pm

That would be the kidnapping of General Morden, which explains the final bossfight in Metal Slug 2/X!

Also, to expidite the processes contained within this thread, I have discovered a useful link! They've got the entire gallery in there, so there's no need to wait for me to upload a screencap! But it also means that, if I don't, I won't be including images directly in this thread and thusly won't be able to resize them for alleged easier readability :( However, this also gives Molo the ability to choose his next passage to translate, if he is so motivated!

Time will tell if this turns out to be a useful alternative.

At any rate, there be treasure. <p><div style="text-align:center">

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by **RebelKitsune** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:09 am

This is just... wow. There was even one of my posts in the earlier parts. This is not a thread. This is history.

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