What is Emulation?
As far as we're concerned, emulation is a way for you to play video games from systems like Nintendo on your computer. In order to play the video games, you must have two things: a ROM for the game you want to play; and an emulator to make the ROM run.

Unfortunately, sharing ROMs on the internet is technically illegal. To get around this problem, video game translators who want to distribute their translations often use IPS patches (which are legal) instead of ROMs. An IPS patch is a small file that contains all the data that is needed to convert a ROM's original text into translated text. Using an IPS patch to change a ROM's text only takes a few seconds.

NES Video Games

Step 1: Get an emulator
My favorite NES emulator for Windows is Nestron. To download it, scroll to the heading that says Files/Downloads. There are also other NES emulators for Windows. If you don't use Windows, check out some NES emulators for Unix/Linux or some NES emulators for Mac.

Step 2: Get an IPS patch
So far, IPS patches to translate a video game's text from English to Toki Pona are available for the following games: Batman, Jaws, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers 2, Super Mario Brothers 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Toki, Zelda 2, and Duck Hunt.

Game	Screenshot	IPS patch	Other information
Batman		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes
Jaws		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes
The Legend of Zelda		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes
Super Mario Brothers		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes
Super Mario Brothers 2		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes Translation problems: On the Bonus Chance screen, if you get a match, it reads SINA PO1A rather than SINA PONA. Also, at the end of the game, I couldn't find the hex code for the word C A S T.
Super Mario Brothers 3		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes Weird Game Genie Codes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes Translation problems: I couldn't figure out how to change the big G A M E O V E R text.
Toki		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes
Duck Hunt		IPS patch	Wikipedia article On the original NES, you use a gun controller to shoot the ducks. On the PC, you must use your mouse to click on them. Not all emulators support this feature, so you will have to get an emulator with zapper support, such as FCE Ultra. Translation problems: I didn't translate the game's title on the title screen.

 
Step 3: Get the original ROM
Whatever IPS patch you downloaded above, you now need that IPS patch's corresponding ROM. The ROMs can be found at many different sites online. For example, this site has lots of NES ROMs.

Step 4: Apply the IPS patch to the patch's corresponding ROM
You will need an IPS patcher to do this. If you use Windows, I recommend Lunar IPS. In Lunar IPS, just click "Apply IPS patch" and then locate the IPS patch and its corresponding ROM when the program asks you to. Once you've done this, the program will create the Toki Pona ROM for you. If you use Mac, you can find several IPS patchers for the Mac here.

Step 5: Play the video game in Toki Pona
Use the emulator you downloaded earlier (in step 1) to load the Toki Pona version of the ROM.

SNES Video Games
Step 1: Get an emulator
All the games listed above are games for the original Nintendo, which was eventually replaced by the Super Nintendo. Because Super Nintendo games are different, you need a different type of emulator to play them.
      SNES emulators for Windows. I recommend SNES9X.
      SNES emulators for Unix/Linux
      SNES emulators for Mac

Step 2: Get an IPS patch
Right now, the only SNES game translated to Toki Pona is Super Mario World.

Game	Screenshot	IPS patch	Other information
Super Mario World		IPS patch	Wikipedia article Game Genie codes Translation problems: I couldn't translate the MARIO START!, TIME UP!, and GAME OVER messages. Download this savefile, rename it to have the same file name as your video game ROM, and put it in the same folder as the ROM. If you do this, the game will be completely beaten so that you can play any level you want.

A word of caution: Translating video games is a very difficult and very tedious process. At times, it's basically impossible to change something the way you want it because of problems with space or simply how the game is programmed. Therefore, while I have tried my best, at times there are phrases and other such things in the game which aren't ideal usage of Toki Pona. Just know that, in every situation, I have poured my time and deliberation to make each translation be as accurate as I could manage with what is given to me and with what I know.