Ultra-rare Sega Saturn game based on Japanese game show gets an English translation patch

One of the rarest and most obscure games to hit the Sega Saturn in Japan, which never made it to store shelves, Delisoba Deluxe recently went up for sale on eBay for a staggering $8,300 for a physical copy. For those who managed to score a copy or have a ROM of the title, the game has received an English translation patch courtesy of fan translator ExxistanceDC, allowing players to try out the strange and quirky Japanese TV show game without needing to scavenge for an ultra-rare copy.

Delisoba Deluxe was developed by Cave in 1996 and was based on a challenge from the TBS game show Tokyo Friend Park 2, in which contestants were tasked with delivering soba noodles on mopeds through a course riddled with obstacles.

Delisoba Deluxe took this minigame and upped the ante, as gamers would race through Japanese streets on a bike, weave through traffic, construction sites, and fend off a giant gorilla hurling bananas at them. And all of this was done as a challenge for participants to deliver soba noodles to TBS headquarters as fast as possible.

Delisoba Deluxe also added extra content, including a time-attack mode for high-score chasing and a custom track editing tool for player-curated routes.

The question that one must have, however, is obvious: Why is Delisoba Deluxe so rare to begin with? The game was given out only to a select few contestants or audience members at the show. Reports and estimates suggest that fewer than a hundred copies exist today.

Given the ultra-rarity of a physical copy of Delisoba Deluxe, complete copies are fetching upward of $8,000 in recent eBay auctions. The game never saw a Western release, with the in-game dialogue, game menus, and text screens all in Japanese kanji.

That’s where ExxistanceDC steps in. This fan translator released an English Patch for Delisoba Deluxe on December 25, 2025, which is currently available on GitHub. This fan patch redoes the title screen with English text, adds new fonts, and translates core sections of the options, pause menu, and track editor.

Fans can apply the English translation patch using the Sega Saturn Patcher or XDelta to play the game on emulators or on hardware such as MiSTer FPGA consoles.

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