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+title: How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux
+date: 2023-11-08 10:00
+tags: games, modding
+summary: How to apply the English patch for Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 on Linux
+---
+
+Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie.  Last week, Hilltop
+[released an English patch for Boku no Natsuyasumi
+2](https://www.patreon.com/posts/boku-no-2-patch-92070798), which
+finally makes the Japan exclusive PS2 game accessible to us English
+speaking folks.  The README explains how to apply the patch on Windows
+or via a web utility.  Having never patched an ISO before, I wondered
+how it could be done using a native Linux utility instead.  Turns out
+it's easy to do via the xdelta tool.
+
+First, get xdelta from your distro’s package repository.  I use Guix
+so I ran `guix shell xdelta` rather than install it because this is a
+one-off task.
+
+Then patch the ISO:
+
+```
+xdelta3 -d -s Boku2.iso Boku2EnglishPatch1.1.xdelta Boku2-patched.iso
+```
+
+Did a quick test in my softmodded PS2 with [GrimDoomer’s modified
+OPL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKoRvWKojz0&t=9s&pp=ygUHb3BsIHBzMg%3D%3D)
+so I could easily load it from an SSD in the expansion bay and it
+works!!
+
+![Boku no Natsuyasumi 2’s title screen showing English text](/images/boku2.jpg)
+
+Of course, I went through all this trouble to play the game because of
+[Tim Roger's 6 hour
+review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779coR-XPTw&pp=ygUNYWN0aW9uIGJ1dHRvbg%3D%3D)
+of the original Boku no Natsuyasumi.  Check it out if you haven’t seen
+it.