Assault Suit Leynos Re-Localization (English Translation) Genesis

This is a full retranslation of Assault Suit Leynos, originally released in Japan for the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 and later localized in the West as Target Earth.

The original western localization was heavily censored and simplified, removing key story elements such as:

The romantic exchanges between two characters.
Multiple death scenes (including a full cutscene at the end of Episode 3 and another later in the game).

This patch restores all the removed content and brings additional improvements. The ROM size was expanded to 8Mb (1MB) to allow for:

Unique introduction screens for every mission.
Variable Width Font (VWF) for cleaner, more readable dialogue.

Two patches are available:

Assault Suit Leynos Retranslation 1.0.ips
- Includes Translation, VWF and Custom Stage Backgrounds.

Assault Suit Leynos Retranslation 1.0 (No BGs, no VWF).bps
- Translation only (No VWF or Custom Backgrounds).

The patches must be applied on the Japanese ROM, not the US/EUR!

Hashes:

Filename: Juusou Kihei Leynos (Japan).md
CRC-32: 81a2c800
SHA-1: 332886d9fe7823092fed6530781269b60f24d792

Staff/Credits:

GoodLuckTrying: Project Lead, Script Translation/Check, Testing, Custom Backgrounds & Testing
Tryphon: Full Hacking
Mi: Native Translator Aid

Relevant link: https://github.com/tryphon77/Assault-Suit-Leynos-Translation/tree/main

File download:

Help about patching:

Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:

Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
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