User blog:RottenBlock/System 1-3 Games Playability Status

This page will attempt to list all of Alicesoft's System games and their playability status on 64-bit Windows without the use of virtual machines and emulators.

This is based only on a cursory exploration for the time being but I will update the list as the situation changes.

For speed's sake, Takeda Toshiya's 32 bit ports of System 1-3 will be appreviated to "TTSys." Games that work in TTSys can theoretically be decompiled, translated and then recompiled once I've finished preparing the tools, which is the major aim here.

System 3.5 ports do not require the extra footwork, since they can be decompiled using Sys3Decompiler and, supposing no errors on the part of the porting team, are arguably the superior version.

System 1

 * Little Vampire: Has dedicated support in TTSys, seems to work perfectly.
 * Gakuen Senki: Extracting from the MSX disc doesn't seem to produce any recognizable System files, might not actually be a System game.
 * Rance 1: System 3.5 port localized.
 * Policewoman VX: Has dedicated support in TTSys, but I haven't yet been able to extract the game from any version of the disks that includes the bonus game. Toshiya notes "It is bundled with system3 for win32," by which I think he means a 3.5 SDK release, but I haven't been able to find it (haven't had much luck getting the SDK to work).
 * Intruder: Has dedicated support in TTSys, seems to work perfectly.
 * Crescent Moon is There: Has dedicated support in TTSys, seems to work perfectly.
 * Dangerous Tengu Legend: Has dedicated support in TTSys, seems to work perfectly.
 * D.P.S.: Has dedicated support in TTSys, seems to work perfectly. Note that all DGS games from this era are collected in DPS All.
 * Rance 2: System 3.5 port exists, unlocalized.
 * Rance 2 Hint Disk: Has yet to be found. If you know where to find a copy, please contact me, it should be covered by the freeware release.
 * SD Rance: Above.
 * D.P.S. SG: TTSys' DPS EXE also seems to work here. Note that all DGS games from this era are collected in DPS All.
 * DPS SG set2: Same.
 * DPS SG set3: Same.
 * Toushin Toshi: System 3.5 port localized.
 * Toushin Toshi Hint Disk: Graphical errors in TTSys.
 * Rance Side Story: Above.
 * Alice's Cottage 1: Uses variant file names, which is causing problems. Further experimentation required.

System 2
I'm not so sure about the first few titles being System 2, since TTSys is so incomplete on the Sys2 front that all I have to signal that something is System 2 is the fact that it doesn't work in either.
 * Rance 3: System 3.5 port localized.
 * Rance 3 Hint Disk: Graphic errors on the title screen, but otherwise seems fine.
 * The Night Before the Dangerous Culture Festival: Seems fine?
 * DALK: System 3.5 port exists, unlocalized.
 * DALK Hint Disk: TTSys seems to lock up in certain sections.
 * Dr. STOP!: System 3.5 port exists, unlocalized.
 * Alice's Cottage 2: Minor graphical errors in TTSys.
 * Super D.P.S.: Has dedicated support in TTSys, seems to work fine. Note that all DGS games from this era are collected in DPS All.

System 3.0
System and TTSys standardize here, so there should be less problems, although CD audio is now on the scene causing trouble. Unsure of other post-Kichikuou titles (3.0 should stop not long after Kichikuou but there might be some games that were already in development), but with my CD mounting problems I'm not going to be able to tell for certain for the time being.
 * Prostudent G: No obvious problems with TTSys.
 * Ayumi-chan's Story (1993): No music with TTSys. inmm could fix?
 * Ayum-chan's Story Hint Disk: Crashes in TTSys. We actually get further, although with no graphics, if using a Sys2 EXE.
 * Rance 4: System 3.5 port localized.
 * Demo: Crashes in TTSys.
 * Rance 4 Hint Disk: Crashes in TTSys. Gets only a little further with Sys2.
 * AmbivalenZ:
 * Floppy: No obvious problems with TTSys.
 * CD: No music with TTSys. inmm?
 * Space Bandit Fanny Bee:
 * Floppy: No obvious problems with TTSys.
 * CD: No music with TTSys. inmm?
 * Toushin Toshi 2: System 3.5 port localized.
 * Toushin Toshi 2 Graphic Disk: No obvious problems.
 * Alice's Cottage 3: Both FD and CD versions seem to work without problems, since they don't use CD audio.
 * Gakuen KING: Intro plays in TTSys with apparent text mis-alignment before crashing after the title. I may have installed it wrong.
 * Illusion of a Dream: No obvious problems with TTSys.
 * Rance 4.1 and Rance 4.2: No obvious problems with TTSys.
 * Rance 4.1 and 4.2 Hint Disks: Crashes in TTSys, may have extracted it wrong.
 * DPS All: Having trouble mounting CD image.
 * Only You - The Decadent Juliettes: Seems to have a 3.5 port released with the remake? Not sure I have the right files with my disc mounting problems.
 * Toushin Toshi 2 - Soshite sorekara: Having trouble mounting CD image, but did see enough to confirm it's System 3.0.