A Japan-Only Code Geass PS2 Game Finally Has a Complete English Patch

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Almost 18 years after its Japanese release, the PlayStation 2 version of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Lost Colors can finally be played entirely in English. A fan translator has announced that work on the new patch is complete, shortly after finishing a corresponding translation for the PSP edition.

Released in 2008, Lost Colors is a visual novel and adventure game developed by Crafts & Meister and published by Bandai Namco. Players control Rai, an amnesiac Ashford Academy student whose voice-activated Geass gives him the power to command others. His choices can lead him toward the Black Knights, Britannian military, school life or the wider Geass conflict.

The PS2 and PSP scripts share most of their dialogue, which reportedly made completing the second patch relatively straightforward. The important difference is their platform-exclusive content: PS2 players receive the Blue Moon route, which places greater emphasis on romance, while the PSP version has its own Japan Liberation Front storyline.

The translator recommends using PCSX2 because the finished patch has not yet been tested on an original PlayStation 2. Players who try it on real hardware have been asked to report whether everything works properly.

That qualification matters, but it does not make the achievement any less exciting. Previous English projects only translated portions of Lost Colors or depended on modified emulators, leaving many routes inaccessible to English-speaking fans. This new release potentially turns one of Code Geass’ most interesting pieces of Japan-only history into something far easier to experience.