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Posted March 25, 2016
Keep an eye out for these localized game versions that just hit our catalog.



Throughout the years, many of the games that are part of GOG.com have seen localized releases and we ventured to collect many of them with the help of our dedicated community and a thorough search through our master archives. Today, 21 games featuring some of these elusive releases enter our wonderful, digitized catalog.

Learning a foreign language is no easy task, although games have been known to expedite the process. And hunting down localized versions comes with its own challenges but we are not ones to give up easily. Besides, we were not alone in this noble quest. Many of the localized versions on this list come from our personal collections, others we acquired through persistent eBay hunting, but a good number of them were submitted by members of our wonderful multilingual community, that humbled us with their generosity. Let’s take a moment to offer these people a resounding high-five and a warm "thank you" for making this Community Language Pack possible with their contributions.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the extensive list of localized versions, debuting today on GOG.com:



<span class="bold">Afterlife</span>: French, Italian, Spanish
Thanks MIK0 for the Italian version
<span class="bold">The 11th Hour</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">Beneath a Steel Sky</span>: Italian, German, Spanish
Thanks ScummVM.org
<span class="bold">Gothic</span>: Polish, Czech
From our archives
<span class="bold">In Cold Blood</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">Indiana Jones&reg; and the Emperor's Tomb</span>: Italian
Thanks evrit
<span class="bold">Lands of Lore 3</span>: German
Thanks Pixelion
<span class="bold">Lure of the Temptress</span>: Italian, German, Spanish
Thanks Toelupe for the Italian version, ScummVM.org for German & Spanish
<span class="bold">Master of Orion 2</span>: Italian, Spanish
From our archives
<span class="bold">Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi</span>: French
Thanks MaxFulvus
<span class="bold">Realms of the Haunting</span>: Italian, Spanish
From our archives
<span class="bold">SHOGO: Mobile Armor Division</span>: French
Thanks Lukin86
<span class="bold">Silver</span>: French, German
Thanks Pixelion for the German version
<span class="bold">Simon the Sorcerer 3D</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">Star Wars&trade;: Rogue Squadron 3D</span>: French
Thanks Lukin86
<span class="bold">Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">The Feeble Files</span>: Italian, Spanish
From our archives
<span class="bold">Wing Commander 3&trade; Heart of the Tiger&trade;</span>: German
Thanks alexander090165
<span class="bold">World in Conflict: Complete Edition</span>: French, Italian, German, Spanish
Thanks Lukin86
<span class="bold">Wing Commander&trade; 5 Prophecy Gold Edition</span>: German
Thanks alexander090165
<span class="bold">Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition</span>: German
Thanks alexander090165

Correction: The French version of Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi was submitted by MaxFulvus. Telika supplied the French manual. We apologize for this error.

A huge thanks to all these people and the team at ScummVM.org for their numerous donations — both physical and digital. Good job, you guys. We may speak different languages, live in different parts of the world, or even enjoy different genres. But we are all gamers, and that's a word that sounds awesome in every language, n'est-ce pas?


Note: These language versions will be getting gradually rolled out today, so don't fret if you don't see your language version right away.
Posted March 25, 2016
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Nergal01: That's a nice Easter present. :) The Wing Commander games in particular received really good German dubs which hold a lot of nostalgia for me. :D

Thx, GOG and everyone who contributed.

Here's hoping for German WC IV to arrive as well, at some point. :)
I have offered it to GOG but they declined because afair they awaited new official WC versions as well. I still have it so in case GOG is interested they know how to contact me ;)
Posted March 25, 2016
nice
Posted March 25, 2016
Hm when i click on ,,Silver" or ,,Simon3D" i cant see german as an option in the infos. only english.
https://www.gog.com/game/silver
https://www.gog.com/game/simon_the_sorcerer_3d

What i also miss heavily:

The Longest Journey (german)

and

Kings Quest VII (german)
Post edited March 25, 2016 by Tamasuke
Posted March 25, 2016
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sixsixfive: So you can use user contributed languages but you can not provide/enable already included translations? like: https://www.gog.com/forum/nexus_the_jupiter_incident/multilanguage

weird...
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JudasIscariot: Nexus is being worked on, just trust me on that one :)
It's maybe a good time for me to gather some feedback regarding the SimCity 4 French manual ;)
Posted March 25, 2016
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Tamasuke: Hm when i click on ,,Silver" or ,,Simon3D" i cant see german as an option in the infos. only english.
https://www.gog.com/game/silver
https://www.gog.com/game/simon_the_sorcerer_3d

What i also miss heavily:

The Longest Journey (german)

and

Kings Quest VII (german)
We're rolling out the updates so please hold tight :)
Posted March 25, 2016
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JMich: Nice one. There's still a severe lack of Greek language option, but after hearing the Greek spoken in QfG5, that may not be such a bad thing
Honest question: Was a Greek version ever released for most videogames in the 1st place? I recall Deponia from the top of my head as having Greek subtitles, but not many more games have such an option. And this might also have to do with us Greeks practically having to learn a lot of languages (because tourism and stuff) and because of this happening the distributors in Greece probably thought that making a Greek localized version wasn't worth the trouble or something... I also wonder what other causes caused not only the lack of localizations, but also a great dearth of games written in Greek/made by Greeks that weren't made for edutainment purposes...

P.S And yes thanks to everyone who provided more languages even if we Greeks don't have much use for those...
Post edited March 25, 2016 by Treasure
Posted March 25, 2016
Thanks. I add several of them to my wishlist.

Where can I report translations to be added?
Posted March 25, 2016
Very cool! Thanks everyone!
Posted March 25, 2016
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JMich: Nice one. There's still a severe lack of Greek language option, but after hearing the Greek spoken in QfG5, that may not be such a bad thing
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Treasure: Honest question: Was a Greek version ever released for most videogames in the 1st place? I recall Deponia from the top of my head as having Greek subtitles, but not many more games have such an option. And this might also have to do with us Greeks practically having to learn a lot of languages (because tourism and stuff) and because of this happening the distributors in Greece probably thought that making a Greek localized version wasn't worth the trouble or something... I also wonder what other causes caused not only the lack of localizations, but also a great dearth of games written in Greek/made by Greeks that weren't made for edutainment purposes...

P.S And yes thanks to everyone who provided more languages even if we Greeks don't have much use for those...
Ethan: Meteor Hunter also has Greek text, according to GOG.
Posted March 25, 2016
Thanks!

Now I really want to play Gothic again, if only I hadn´t lost my CD...would you kindly do a Gothic sale? :P
Posted March 25, 2016
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Tamasuke: What i also miss heavily:

Kings Quest VII (german)
Trust me, you don't miss that. The German dub of KQ7 was hilariously bad.
Posted March 25, 2016
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Treasure: Was a Greek version ever released for most videogames in the 1st place?
It's rare, and mostly not done. I was interested in translating Worlds of Magic in Greek, though I seemed to be the only one interested in that, and interest just fell of, but they did say that support for Greek letters required modifying the engine, so that is another thing to consider.
I do think there are a few games that provide Greek language support, but not many of those, much to the dismay of a few friends of mine :/
Posted March 25, 2016
First Gothic in CZ?
Well done, GoG. Thanks. :)
And what about sequel?
Post edited March 25, 2016 by truhlik
Posted March 25, 2016
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mrkgnao: Ethan: Meteor Hunter also has Greek text, according to GOG.
Yes, that too. Thanks for reminding me of the title this game - I did recall there was an Evan something game that also might have Greek text but didn't recall the exact title so I thought I wouldn't mention it. I own the version Humble Bundle provides though, and I haven't played it yet, so I don't know if that version includes the Greek text as well.
Mini Metro also relied on volunteer translations for languages and had a partial Greek translation in Transifex - I tried to add some stuff there, but there was also the consideration that the text shouldn't be longer than the button and overflow or something, so that was tough, but that doesn't explain the lack of Greek translations since I'd bet this happen with every localization...

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JMich: It's rare, and mostly not done. I was interested in translating Worlds of Magic in Greek, though I seemed to be the only one interested in that, and interest just fell of, but they did say that support for Greek letters required modifying the engine, so that is another thing to consider.
I do think there are a few games that provide Greek language support, but not many of those, much to the dismay of a few friends of mine :/
Yeah, apparently indie games are more accessible for volunteer translations than AA games - I mentioned Mini Metro in my reply to mrkgnao in this same post, and yes it dosn't always work that well for various reasons. I was more wondering about whether there was even anything official and not-volunteer made, as in, aren't most localizations for other languages kind of official and made by the distributors in each country? (at least that's what I thought happened). Even casual mobile games and web games at least have Greek translations, even if those are made by Google Translate...
Post edited March 25, 2016 by Treasure
Posted March 25, 2016
Very nice!
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Grargar: By worked on, are you also referring to the latest patch released 4 days ago?
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JudasIscariot: Exactly that :)
VERY nice!

BTW: I´ve got a german copy of TempleOfElementalEvil I could gift to you...
...and one of Ultima IX, if this could help you I´d be glad to hand them over!
Post edited March 25, 2016 by RadonGOG
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