BIOS font hacks

These are hacked BIOS with a 8x16 latin font stored inside 16x16 SJIS Kanji tiles.

It allows to store 2x ASCII chars using a valid 16bit Sjis encoding.

It is easier to use than SYSCARD_Translatefont, since you do not need to patch any text rendering routine, you only have to encode the text corectly (table file).

• PCECD syscard 3 BIOS hack
  • 16x16 tile set
    • starts @ 0x1389e (corresponding to 889F=亜)
  • 12x12 tile set
    • starts @ 0x31FDA (corresponding to 889F=亜)
  • compatible emulators: Mesen2 (menu Settings->Emulation->Firmwares), Retroarch Beetle PCE Fast Core (replace system/syscard3.pce)
• PS1 SCPH1001 BIOS hack
  • 16x15 tiles
  • starts @ 0x69D68 (corresponding to 889F=亜)
  • compatible emulators: Duckstation ()

Example in action:

Popful Mail (PCECD)

In Magical Adventure - Fray CD - Xak Gaiden (PCECD)

Namco Anthology 2 - Valkyrie No Bouken 2 (PS1)