La storia ancestrale (The Ancestral Trail)

[thebigboss94ita]

:)Hello. In 1994 Hobby & Work publicated a partwork magazine that was originally published by Marshall Cavendish in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in the early nineties. It was also translated into French, German, Italian and Spanish. In Italy a group of programmers, Holodream Software, started from scratch and designed the games, adapting the story to four adventure games. Then borned La storia ancestrale for DOS. I'm sure that is abandonware. Just came here (http://www.farenga.it/). But on the abandonwarez site doesn't exist. I can give you the whole pack of 4 disks. The game is in italian but I've heard about a fan's english translation.
Just tell me what shall I do and I'll do that. Bye:)

http://www.farenga.it/images/storia-ancestrale.jpg

[The Fifth Horseman]

If you have the floppies, use WinImage (http://www.winimage.com/download.htm) to create IMG files from them (for floppies it's the equivalent of ISO images for CD-ROM discs). Then upload these. :)

[Dave]

Welcome to Abandonia :)
This is the official site of the developer, the game is freeware I think, he let you donwload the 4 disks ;) :
http://www.farenga.it/default.asp

[thebigboss94ita]

so? i've got the game from 1995. What should I do? Give up?:weird:

[Dave]

No, I simply told you the status of the game, it's not protected or sold, it's ok for Abandonia.
But we need those English translations, we don't insert non-english games on site.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Exceptions do happen, if we can't find the English version or there's some problem with it. ^_^

[Dave]

Glad to hear it http://www.reloaded.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/ok.gif

[The Fifth Horseman]

See Atlantis: Tales of the Lost City for one, and Black Sect for another. There probably was one or two more, earlier, but I don't remember which ones.

[thebigboss94ita]

:(Sorry but I haven't found the english translation.
:idea:But don't worrie. I'm pretty good with hexadecimal editor. and I'll do an english translation.
But Have I to post also the italian version? Or anly the english?:confused:

[Juanca]

Hi i got interested in this game and did a little search

I found this page where Farenga is working with some persons to get an English translation maybe you could join them.:idea:

http://eabmobile.abime.net/showthread.php?t=32981

[thebigboss94ita]

:nuts:That's it! That's the site! Good work!!!
But no english translation...

[thebigboss94ita]

Have I to traslate also the INSTALLATION exe?
222
How about this?:cheesy:

[_r.u.s.s.]

man, english translation on that one would have been great

looks awesome
(but installation would have been nice if it's essential)

[Dave]

You are doing a great work :OK:

[thebigboss94ita]

Thanks David:)
I've almost finished. Then I've to check the error (if there are)
But about make the floppy images: if I'll do that, then were you can save the game?
On the HD?:huh:

Some new sreenshots:
224225

[The Fifth Horseman]

If the game is installed from floppy images, it will work fine. If it is ran from a floppy image, the savegame will be stored in the image file. Unlike ISOs, the IMG files for floppy disks can be modified after being created.

[Dave]

With Photoshop I think I could create a translated picture of the title "la storia ancestrale"...I'll do some tries.

[_r.u.s.s.]

if you're going to try, don't do it photoshop like but pixelart, what does la storia ancestrale mean anyways? the stories of the ancestors?

[Dave]

It should be "The Ancestral Trail", I won't change the stile don't worry :)

@thebigboss94ita: could you please send me the original image?

[_r.u.s.s.]

original (http://www.sendspace.com/file/6hnjv8)

[Japo]

Exceptions do happen, if we can't find the English version or there's some problem with it. ^_^
Really? Then what about this? :poke:

http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=17465:poke:

[Luchsen]

With Photoshop I think I could create a translated picture of the title "la storia ancestrale"...I'll do some tries.

A bit narrow, isn't it? Maybe like the second one?

[_r.u.s.s.]

i'd say it's good except for the wide T (on top of it), but heyy that's not fair, david said he'd do it

[Dave]

@Luchsen: not so bad :)
Edit: no problem russ, I didn't have time today.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Really? Then what about this? :poke:

http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=17465:poke:

To be specific, those exceptions apply when the text is not a requirement to complete the game. So with a FPS or a platformer it's more or less fine, but not quite so with a RPG or an adventure game.

[Luchsen]

I didn't want to oust David, I was in doubt if the English title would fit, so I had to try. http://crowl25.250free.com/desmond.gif

[Luchsen]

except for the wide T

That's the only letter I had to do by myself. *^_^ Because of the wideness, or what? Please explain, otherwise I only can photoshop in the dark (like below).

[thebigboss94ita]

Hello :)
What???!! three pages? Wow! :perv:
Anyway. About the "Ancestral Trail Logo" look at this:231
Maybe it can be usefull.
But for now I don't know how to edit the images, I've tryed also opening the files as a raw files.
But it's not over yet!:)

[_r.u.s.s.]

i made these letters but can't fit it in argh

edit: nvm, i put some parts away a bit and somehow fit it in

[thebigboss94ita]

:thumbs: Great job russ. If i'll find a way to edit the image i'll use surely the yours.
:(However tommorrow will start the school, so I can't translate at the same velocity.
But if I finish the traslation of the first chapter, maybe it's better if I give it to a true english man (i'm italian and only the 90% I think is real english :perv:) for test it and to report the errors (if any)

[thebigboss94ita]

I've finished to translate the 1st chapter!!!!!!!!! :thumbs::drunk::laugh::OK::birthday::partytime::1s tplace::dance::thankyou::banana::pyromaniac::apple ::kitty:
and now?
241 242 243

244 245

[_r.u.s.s.]

nice! but yeah, some grammar nazi playing through the game would have been good i guess.

what does "how i'm here" mean for example? =S

[Dave]

Yeah, I see some direct translations from Italian that doesn't have sense in English. But hold on ;)

Did you meant: "Come sono finito qui?" with "how I'm here?"

Isn't better:
"How I came here?"

[thebigboss94ita]

:) Don't worrie about this. I've already change it in "Hi, I'm Richard. how did I#get here?" (thanks lulu and RUSS:thumbs:)

[Dave]

Yes, definitely better :OK:

[thebigboss94ita]

Hi everybody! I had many troubles last year :wall: (not with the translation) but I'm continuing it. Sorry to be so late!!!! :(
Btw I'm going to put a beta translation of the game (Yes, a beta to test it :rocks:) on my space. The game will run throught your browser just like this italian version of the game which is on my space (http://tuttogamesitalia.altervista.org/giochi/JPC/la_storia_ancestrale.html) :thumbs:.I'll give you the english link as soon as possible!
Bye all!!!