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-BlackPaladin's Dracula 2: The Cursed Seal Translation Patch-
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*Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin*
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Dracula 2: The Cursed Seal is an action RPG, released by Konami, set seven years after the events of the previous game, "Akumajou Dracula" (Castlevania).

Simon Belmondo slew Dracula seven years prior, but he recently learned that after he dispatched the Prince of Darkness, a curse was placed upon him which will weaken him and claim his life.  To undo this curse, Simon must find five of Dracula's body parts inside five mansions, bring them back to Dracula's castle to burn them, and revive Dracula again so that he could slay the vampire and remove the curse.

For those unaware, this game was released in the United States and Europe as "Castlevania II: Simon's Quest".

As for what differs between the FDS version and the localized NES versions of the game, they are as follows...

1.  Dracula II has a much different sound, due to the extra sound channels from the Famicom Disk System.
2.  Instead of using a password, you can save your progress in the game.
3.  The ending credits will display after earning one of the three endings of the game.

The patch comes in two flavors...

Dracula II - The Cursed Seal (English v1.0a).ips
--English translation patch (IPS Format)
Dracula II - The Cursed Seal (English v1.0a).bps
--English translation patch (BPS Format)

Also included with the patches are the English translated script files, all Atlas-compatible, and in a seperate folder "Script Files" with English table files.  These are for anyone who'd want to translate this game in any other language.

The patch requires the ROM with the following hashes...

File/ROM SHA-1: 82BE8E77C41C2E9D0675DAC8F20D6BF85C7F8F19
File/ROM CRC32: 3A0BB17B

Use either the IPS or the BPS patch to get the ROM with the following hashes (Don't use both patches.)

File/ROM SHA-1: F260077DF3613BF08B9685D8EAEC0BA5627002DC
File/ROM CRC32: 6CC6FEB3

What's done?

All text translated and inserted
Translated Title screen
All text in the game's endings have been fixed

v1.0

Initial Release

v1.0a

One of the thirteen tomes had its text fixed

Special Thanks

FCEUX Team (Used their emulator for testing purposes)
Mesen Team (Used their emulator for testing purposes)
WindHex32 Team (Used their hex editor to edit the game)
YY-CHR Team (Used their graphic editor to edit the game)
Phantom Donut (Translated the text in the game)
Anime_World (Authored tools to compress/recompress graphics in the game)
Cyneprepou4uk (Helped with disabling hacking protection)
mziab (Helped with Title Screen Translation Hacking)
abridgewater (Helped with Title Screen Translation Hacking and Bug Fixes)
bizqwit (His notes on his translation project helped with this patch's production)
FCAndChill (Beta Testing and ROM Hacking)
xttx (Beta Testing)
Lorenz (Beta Testing)
Konami (They made the game in the first place)

All credits to "Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin" belong to their respective creators and programmers.  This patch is mainly for pure entertainment for those who cannot enjoy the game.  All right reserved.  (Konami, please don't come after me!)