A Forgotten PlayStation Horror RPG Is Finally Getting an English Translation for Halloween

One of the best things about the retro gaming community is how games that have spent decades largely forgotten can suddenly find themselves back in the spotlight. Sometimes it's because somebody has discovered an unreleased prototype, or managed to get an obscure title running on completely unexpected hardware. Other times, it's simply because a handful of enthusiasts have decided that a game deserves to be experienced by people who couldn't previously understand it. That's exactly what's happening with Ningyo no Rakuin, a pretty unusual PlayStation horror RPG that is finally receiving an English translation, more than a quarter of a century after its original release.Originally developed by Highwaystar and published by NEC Interchannel in Japan on 3 August 2000, Ningyo no Rakuin never received an official Western release. It's a tactical role-playing game heavily influenced by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, combining the sort of turn-based combat you might associate with Final…