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The "Trouble Shooter Vintage" version was intended to look and feel like an
official English translation. It follows the naming conventions of "Trouble
Shooter" (which was the official translation of the first game in the series)
and defaults to using an all-capital font, just like in the original. Some
of the language was also toned down a bit, which was typical for games in
that time period. A little bit of stuff (not in the script) got thrown out
as would have undoubtedly happened in an official localization at that time.
The credits sequence should have been axed as well, as it would not have made
it overseas, but I wanted to have two different versions of the credits too.
The translation is also quite a bit looser, although it is still much more
accurate than Trouble Shooter was; although some English idioms were used,
no Western cultural references were permitted in this script.

The "Battle Mania Daiginjou" edition was intended to be much more accurate,
even to the point that you might not understand parts of it if you don't
know anything about Japanese culture. To be honest, you might not fully
understand it even if you are a Japanese native, as a few of the allusions
are somewhat obscure. Many of the graphics were subtitled in this version,
and the original names were used.

The differences are significant enough that you will probably enjoy playing
both versions at least once.