This was likely the first time I was made aware of Near. I was not privy to the drama behind these hacks (wherein Near discovered a method that made hacking the game possible), but there is no mention of this in the readme files. Of course at that time, I was moderator of the zsnes forums (which also hosted the Dejap forums), so when asking about which to use, there was a certain bias against Near's version, and I very much remember it being derided as being "too literal". There were two translation hacks, one made by Near, and the other made by Dejap. Being a fan of Dragon Quest IV and curious about the unlocalized SNES sequel, I decided to give it a go sometime in late 2002 or early 2003. Their first hack was a big one - Dragon Quest V. Specifically, they focused on making translation hacks. Near's start in this community began before I had regular access to the Internet. After a return home after my first year of university in the summer of 2001, I decided to spend my spare time working on a website documenting SNES games, and became involved in the emulator community, which at that time was the main place to go for hardcore enthusiasts of the SNES. At that point, it was good enough to run most games I could throw at it with reasonable playability. The first emulator I tried out was zsnes back in 2000. Here, I write some thoughts and memories to remember them. Near's contributions to Super NES (and video game) emulation and preservation is without equal.
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