The weirdest game on the original PlayStation can now be played in English, as LSD: Dream Emulator has received a fan translation. The original PlayStation had numerous experimental games that gained cult followings, as Sony wanted to distance itself from Nintendo with its more adult and off-beat content, while the CD-ROM medium meant that games were cheaper to produce than ever.

The PlayStation was released during the era of techno music, which was reflected in games like the Wipeout series. There was one game which was released in Japan that reveled in acid house/drug-fueled imagery, and that was LSD: Dream Emulator. The name isn’t just for show, as LSD: Dream Emulator is one of the weirdest video games ever made. It’s a first-person walking simulator that was first released in 1998 where the player journeys through dreams that become more bizarre over the course of the game. LSD: Dream Emulator was never released outside of Japan, but it found a cult following when it became a popular choice for streamers.

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One of the trickiest aspects of playing LSD: Dream Emulator were text sections written entirely in Japanse. It’s now possible to play these in English, thanks to a new fan translation that has been released. According to Siliconera, a patch has been released on Romhacking.net that translates all of the Japanese text in LSD: Dream Emulator into English.

There has been no shortage of weird games in 2020, but LSD: Dream Emulator is a special kind of bizarre, as it comes from a place that wasn’t trying to shock or tantalize the audience for cheap clicks. LSD: Dream Emulator is one of the most unique and unsettling experiences in video game history and it’s a shame that it has never been released outside of Japan. If the rumors of the PlayStation 5’s backward compatibility with the original PlayStation are true, then players might actually see some of these bizarre old Japanese games brought to PSN in the future.

The popularity of Let’s Play streams, coupled with the massive market reach of platforms like Steam means that there has never been a better time to bring these weird old Japanese games to the west. Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is being translated into English due to its connections to Undertale, while the excellent Collection of Mana localized Trials of Mana into English for the first time. There is an audience for these older games and the day may come when fans can enjoy an official localization of the original PlayStation’s LSD: Dream Emulator, but if it never arrives then there is at least a fan translation out there.

Source: Siliconera

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