There is a program I read about here on the Animesuki forums that translates *some* Japanese games into english. It only works if the letters/words are formed using the OS, instead of being images projected to the game screen, and it requires the game in question to be run in windowed mode.
Unfortunately, I've lost the link, and cannot find the thread I read about it in.
Does anybody have a link to this, and has anybody tried to use it with Higurashi? I'd love to give the game a shot, but don't know the first thing about reading Japanese.
Edit: I found what I was talking about (I should have checked my bookmarks first, instead of the game threads)
The programs in question are:
AGTH (Anime Game Text Hooker) and
Oh!. The two seem to work similarly, but the maker of Oh! seems to think that AGTH might be better...
Eric the Grey