PUBLIC BETA
Busin 0
Wizardry Alternative Neo
ブシン0 ウィザードリィ オルタナティブ ネオ
An unofficial English fan translation of a Japan-only PS2 dungeon crawler.
About the project
Busin 0 is a 40+ hour Wizardry-style first-person dungeon crawler that never left Japan. This project brings it into English by patching the actual disc data, so it runs on real PS2 hardware — not just emulators.
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A lost JP-only crawler
A 40+ hour first-person dungeon crawler in the Wizardry tradition, now playable in English.
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Real PS2 compatible
The patch modifies the real disc data — fonts, scripts, menus — so it works on hardware, not just emulator overlays.
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~83,000 lines translated
Dialogue, narration, menus and item text translated across the entire game.
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~13,000 lines of tooling
Custom reverse-engineering tools were written from scratch to decode the game's formats and re-inject English.
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Fully localized systems
Character creation, combat, quests, equipment and menus are all in English.
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A living public beta
The major systems work start to finish; bug reports from players drive the project forward.
Screenshots
Captured in-game from the translated build. Click any image to enlarge.
- Turn-based combat against an ogre, fully in English.
- Character creation — choosing a race.
- Translated stats and personality traits.
- The adventurer roster with English bios.
- Equipment and item descriptions in English.
- Quest and request board, translated.
Get the patch
The translation ships as an xdelta patch you apply to your own legal Japanese disc image. No game data is included.
You must supply your own legally-dumped Japanese disc (SLPM-65378, v2.01). No copyrighted game data is distributed.
How to apply
- Verify your JP ISO's MD5 matches the source hash below.
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Apply with xdelta3 on the command line:
xdelta3 -d -s "Busin 0 - Wizardry Alternative Neo (Japan) (v2.01).iso" busin0_en_v151.xdelta BUSIN0_EN.iso - Or use a GUI such as Delta Patcher: set the original file to your JP ISO, the patch to busin0_en_v151.xdelta, then Apply.
- Boot the resulting ISO fresh from the title screen. Do not load an old save state from before patching.
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Report bugs
This is a public beta — bug reports are the whole point. Deep and late-game content is largely untested.
When something breaks, the most useful thing you can send is a save to reproduce from. Please include:
- A PCSX2 save state (default hotkey F1) from just before a crash — not at the frozen screen.
- An in-game memory-card save near the problem.
- A one-line description of what you did.
- A screenshot for any bad text, formatting or untranslated content.
- The patch version (v151 beta).
- Your emulator and version (or "real PS2"), plus your PCSX2 renderer (Hardware vs Software) for graphics glitches.
Where to send reports: [ CONTACT / SUBREDDIT / DISCORD — to be added ]