![]() |
Progress Continues
We've already had 21610 updates since Dolphin 5.0. Keep up with Dolphin's continuing progress through the Dolphin Blog: February, March, and April 2024 Dolphin Progress Report. |
![]() |
The Dolphin Emulator Wiki needs your help! Dolphin can play thousands of games, and changes are happening all the time. Help us keep up! Join in and help us make this the best resource for Dolphin. |
Sonic Colors
Sonic Colors | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release date(s) | AUS November 11, 2010 EU November 12, 2010 NA November 16, 2010 JP November 18, 2010 |
Genre(s) | Platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer (2) |
Input methods | Wii Remote, Wii Remote + Nunchuk, Classic Controller, GameCube Controller |
Compatibility | 4![]() ![]() Playable |
GameIDs | |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Sonic Colors (ソニック カラーズ Sonikku Karāzu in Japan, Sonic Colours in European and Australian markets) is a 2010 platforming game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game has similar gameplay to the 2008 game Sonic Unleashed, using both side-scrolling and third-person perspectives.
Emulation Information
Shut Down
This game's online functionality has been shut down as of May 20, 2014 and works in neither Dolphin or on Wii hardware.
Controller Map Overlap
Sonic Colors is capable of using both GameCube controllers and Wii Remotes. If a physical controller is set to emulate both a GameCube Controller and a Wii Remote concurrently, it will operate both devices at the same time. To fix, migrate controls to use separate physical controllers.
Excessively Dark Rendering
When playing the PAL version in 50Hz mode, the game is significantly darker than in 60Hz modes. This occurs on console and is not an issue with Dolphin. To avoid this, use PAL60 mode when playing the PAL version of the game.
Problems
Missing Audio
Certain music effects, such as muffled and quieter music in underwater sections and muted music while going though pipes with the Drill wisp, are missing under DSP-HLE. The effects don't play in HLE. Boosting music plays properly though. All music effects work properly under DSP-LLE. Refer issue 10069.
Enhancements
Linear 16:9 support
This code straightens the 16:9 view to be expanded for monitor display, although widescreen is natively supported.
F6000001 80008180 3FAAAAAB 3FDB5A0F 14000004 3FE38E39 E0000000 80008000
Open Matte mode
Only when 4:3 is set in the Wii Options, this code makes the view appear open matte.
C205DF38 0000001E 3C008005 6000DF3C 4800000C 3C00803C 600016CC 9421FF00 90010048 7C0802A6 90010040 90610000 9081004C 90A10004 90C10008 90E1000C 91010010 91210014 91410018 9161001C D0410020 D8610028 D8810030 DBA10038 C3A2FA58 EC3D0072 3C008038 60007410 7C0803A6 4E800021 C0410020 C002802C FC020040 41800008 FC400090 EC420024 EC211024 3C008038 60006A94 7C0803A6 4E800021 EC21E824 80610000 8081004C 80A10004 80C10008 80E1000C 81010010 81210014 81410018 8161001C C0410020 C8610028 C8810030 CBA10038 80010040 7C0803A6 80010048 7C0903A6 38210100 4E800420 00000000 C205E030 00000004 3C60807B C003B924 C0E28A2C EC070024 EC210024 EF8107F2 60000000 00000000 C205E168 00000004 3C60807B C003B924 C0E28A2C EC070024 EC210024 EFE107F2 60000000 00000000 C20A4BC4 00000008 3C008002 60007510 7C0803A6 C002802C FC4000AE EC420024 EFDE1024 EFFF1024 ED7F00B2 ED7F5828 C042FA58 ED6B00B2 EFFF582A 4E800021 60000000 00000000 C20B3658 00000005 80C10010 D03C0030 C0060008 C022802C FC01082E EC000824 C03C0030 EC210024 D03C0030 00000000 C20B49A0 00000007 C1628A2C ED6B0824 ED6B0072 ED615828 C0E2FA58 ED6B01F2 EC42582A EC21582A 3C008034 60008A90 7C0803A6 4E800021 60000000 00000000 C210AE9C 00000006 3C00805E 60003B5C 7C0803A6 C002802C FC030040 41800008 FC600090 EC630024 EC421824 EC211824 4E800021 00000000 C212D6AC 00000006 3C80807B C084B924 C0C28A2C EC862024 EC212024 EC010032 EC862024 ECC43028 C082FA58 ECC60132 EC003028 00000000 C2133D78 00000004 3C60807B C003B924 C0E28A2C EC070024 EC210024 D02100FC 60000000 00000000 C219D948 00000004 7C85046E 7CA02850 FC002000 41820010 ECA52028 EC42202A EC842028 00000000 C22DEED4 00000004 7C85046E 7CA02850 FC002000 41820010 ECA52028 EC42202A EC842028 00000000 C232F724 00000006 3D80807B C00CB924 C0228A2C EC010024 C0410030 EC420032 D0410030 3C008034 60008840 7C0803A6 4E800021 00000000 C23C16F4 00000009 3D008005 6108DF38 81880000 3C0003FF 6000FFFF 7D8C0039 41820010 658CFF00 7D8C4214 48000014 3C0048FF 6000FFFF 7D8C0038 7D8C4214 398C000C 7D8903A6 4E800420 00000000 C25DFA74 00000009 D0180004 3C60807B C0028A2C C023B924 EC200824 C0180004 EC000072 D0180004 C0028A2C EC210032 EC200828 C002FA58 EC210032 C0180004 EC00082A D0180004 60000000 00000000 C25DFB60 00000009 D0180004 3C60807B C0028A2C C023B924 EC200824 C0180004 EC000072 D0180004 C0028A2C EC210032 EC200828 C002FA58 EC210032 C0180004 EC00082A D0180004 60000000 00000000 0405DF34 4800005C 0405DF3C 4BFFFFA0 040A4BC8 FC205890 040A4BD8 C0628D70 04243598 C3E2802C 043C16F0 48000030 043C16F8 4BFFFFD4 045E3B80 C0228A2C C602A649 8005DF38 C602B82D 8005DF38 C602A649 8005DF38 C603FD71 803C16F4 C603FD9D 803C16F4 C605DEB9 8005DF38 C619D7C1 8005DF38 C62664ED 8005DF38 C6268909 8005DF38 C6320375 8005DF38 C63278F9 8005DF38 C632DC09 8005DF38
60FPS
Enter this as an AR code in the game's configuration settings. This patch will unlock the game's frame rate from 30FPS on actual hardware to 60FPS. It can cause some minor physics issues (nevertheless, the game can still easily be completed). Reaching frame rates >30 FPS may require checking Store EFB Copies To Texture Only and/or increase the Emulated CPU Clock.
008F2D97 00000001 0090DB0B 00000001
This code will make completing Asteroid Coaster Act 2 difficult at the point shown below. Using Boost should allow getting past.
Known problems
- Aquarium Park, Act 1: The scripted loop at the beginning of the level bugs out, sometimes sending Sonic out of the stage to his death. To fix this, simply don't touch the controls at the start of the level. Sonic will get stuck in the loop, but then he'll get unstuck and continue through the loop. You can also disable the 60FPS patch for that particular section. Save states can be used even when the patch is enabled/disabled.
- Every level: Noticeable lines appear under Sonic and stay for the whole game. Disabling anti-aliasing fixes this.
- Tropical Resort, Act 1: If you jump at the right spot, the game will freeze.
- Terminal Velocity, Boss: After executing a chain of attacks on boss, Sonic will not always be able to boost into it for extra damage. Sonic will seldom be able to boost into it and is very inconsistent when it will work. You may disable the 60FPS patch for this particular stage. Boosting for extra damage is not required to beat that boss, but is needed if the player wishes to obtain an S rank.
HD Texture Pack
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
Audio
Config | Setting | Notes |
---|---|---|
DSP Emulator Engine | LLE | Play underwater and other sound effects appropriately. |
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Sonic Colors since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r3661 | Windows XP | Intel | NVIDIA GeForce 7100 | Around 15FPS. | |
r3661 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom X4 @ 3GHz | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT | Around 30FPS, lags in some places. | |
r6423 | Windows 7 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | ATI Radeon HD 4650 | Around 20FPS | |
r6423 | Windows 7 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | Around 20FPS, some minor glitches, black screen on Act II | |
r6473 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom X4 | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | Around 20FPS, black screen when using pink wisp | |
r6603 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-750 @ 4GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5870 | Around 43+ FPS (unlimited, normal is 30). Only Some graphic problems, but barely noticeable. | |
r6790 | Windows 7 | AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.81GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 | OpenGL: 15-20FPS, no graphic or sound problems at all. | |
r7027 | Windows 7 | Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.93GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4550 | 20-28FPS (75%-98%), Perfect game play. With No Problem | |
r7045 | Windows 7 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT | DirectX11: 15-20FPS | |
r7128 | Windows XP | AMD Phenom II X2 @ 3.50GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4650 | 25-30FPS (80%-100%), Perfect game play. | |
r7259 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.8GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 | DirectX9: Locked at 30FPS, perfect game play & sound. (1920x1080) | Louie82Y |
r7259 | Windows 7 | AMD FX @ 4.5GHz | AMD Radeon R9 295X2 | DirectX11: Super Perfect Gameplay, use this emulator for sonic colors(1920x1080) | Angel X |
r7332 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | DirectX9: Locked at 30FPS, sometimes drops to 26-28FPS during small scale explosions, perfect game play & sound. (1920x1080) | Grounder |
r7436 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.5GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 | Perfect: 60FPS Menu etc 30FPS in game With DX9 Plugin, Dual Core Enabled, 16x Anisotropic Filtering enabled, Scale 3x, 1920x1080, | RDilus |
r7473 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5750 | Perfect: Menu: 60FPS, Game: 30FPS (sometimes drops 25~28), with DX11 Plugin, Dual Core Enabled, 16x Anisotropic Filtering enabled, Scale 3x, 1680x1050, EFB Copy: Texture, OpenCL enabled, 64 bits mode. | Juliannb |
r7564 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom X4 9350e @ 2.01GHz | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | Black screen after SEGA logo with Direct3D9; crashes at start up with OpenGL. UPDATE: Perfect with Direct3D9. I've disabled Progressive Scan, so black screen... never again! | |
r7612 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core @ 3.33GHz | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | Around 25-30FPS (75-100%), no graphic & sound problem | Sonic1993 |
r7670 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | Works totally fine. Slight random slowdowns during intense action. | MegaJump |
r7671 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.8GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | 60FPS in menus and 30FPS in levels with DirectX11 16x Anisotropic Filtering, Scale 4x and Resolution 2560x1440. Deactivate V-Sync, Audio Throttle and uncheck RAM in EFB Copies | TimeWalker |
r7719 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | Perfect. 30FPS in DX11 with AA Samples 4 (quality 16), AF x16, and Internal Resolution x4 (2560x2112), at 1920x1080. | |
3.0-363 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-750 | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 30FPS in DX9 (AF16x, AA 9XSSAA) , random slowdowns but average is 30FPS,Lock threads to core and OpenMP. | MinorOS |
3.0-421 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.825GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti | FPS varies between 20-30FPS, no matter what settings or plugin I use. "Skip EFB Access from CPU" seems to help. Guess I need a better processor. The game plays perfectly however. | AgainstYourThought |
3.0-458 | Mac OS X 10.7.4 | Intel Core i7 @ 2.6GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M | Almost rock solid 30FPS, perfect on almost all menus, so much better than I could have dreamed for. For some reason, the only place that lags in the game is... map screen for Tropical Resort. For some reason there the emulator thinks it's running at full speed. Also for some reason loading times are drastically improved compared to the actual console experience. The boost effect glitch occurs if I use fullscreen. UPDATE: I replaced my computer with an identical model (older model developed issues)... and it does NOT work nearly as well as above. Very choppy and at times laggy. Odd and worrying to say the least. | Ac |
3.0-715 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-950 @ 4GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 | Rock solid 30FPS. It never drops at all and no glitches or anything. DX9, 4x Native, 16x AF, 0x AA, Skip EFB from CPU, Texture EFB Copy, Fast Texture Cache, OpenCL, OpenMP. Turning on AA destroys the performance. | Zharay |
3.0-776 | Windows 7 | AMD Athlon II X4 645 @ 3.1GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti | DirectX9: Works bad and slow. (15FPS) DirectX11: Some graphical glitches, often lags. (20-30FPS), OpenGL: Works great and mostly fast, sometimes little lags (25-30FPS)(1920x1080) | SlaSh (L.V.) |
3.0-787 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-2430m @ 2.4GHz | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | Playable at 19-25FPS, no HUD, and slow gameplay. | Ace12182 |
3.5 | Windows 7 | AMD FX-6350 @ 3.9GHz | AMD Radeon HD 7770 | Completely playable. Slight to moderate slowdown in some areas. 25-30FPS. OpenGL, 2x Native, HLE Audio. | Randompc1 |
3.5-367 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II x6 1090T @ 4.5GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5850 | Perfect, 60/29-30FPS, DX11, 1920x1080, Scaled EFB copy, pixel lighting, 16x AF, OpenMP texture decoder. Only one of the cutscenes had minor sound issues. | ekp |
3.5-607 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.9GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560m | Seems to lag with all graphics cores and settings. I can only get around 60-70% speed (and 21-25FPS). performance is even worse with LLE. Very odd indeed, seeing as other people have it working near perfect, at least on older dolphin releases. | Vgf89 |
4.0 | Windows 8.1 | Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.4GHz | Intel HD Graphics 4400 | Playable, 30FPS in-game and stage select, 60FPS in others menu. The game HUD does not appear without Custom projection hack marked zNear (Nothing typed in the box) MMU unmarked. 1x native resolution. Texture EFB copy. DirectX 9. | Narvy |
4.0-135 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7 @ 2.6GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M | Runs well at solid 30FPS at 1440x900 with no glitches. For the most part, it can handle the 60FPS patch, but certain sections lag badly and Asteroid Coaster suffers from the FIFO overflow bug described above. | Ac |
4.0-1546 | Windows 7 | AMD FX-4130 @ 3.8GHz | AMD Radeon HD 7850 | Near perfect. 30FPS (no EFB, 30FPS framelimit) with occasional slowdown. Running at 1080p with 4x aa, 16x af and FXAA filter. Everything is emulated perfectly except for two minor graphical bugs: some glow effect are less subtle than on the Wii, letters on the credits are invisible (but still intractable). | RedstoneForge |
4.0-4760 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | NVIDIA NVS 5100M | Playable, 30-60FPS during stages. Menus at 60FPS. HUD visible. Running at 1x IR, no AF or AA. | |
4.0-5899 | Windows 7 | Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.8GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 | 30/60FPS All the time with these settings: DirectX 11, 4x Anti-alising, 16x AF, 1366x768 Internal Resolution | Quote |
5.0-rc-5 | Windows 10 | Intel Core i5-2500k @ 3.3GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Emulação Perfeita 30FPS Full Speed com OpenGL, 1080p e 3X Resolução Interna e 4x AA, 16x AF | Willjay_01 |
4.0-7005 | Windows 8.1 | Intel Core i5-4590 | AMD R9 280 | 30FPS with OpenGL and 3X internal resolution | Mors |
5.0 | Windows 10 | Intel Xeon X5450 @ 3GHz | NVIDIA GeForce 730 | While DirectX12 turned on with 3x native resolution at a window resolution of 1280x720 around 25-30FPS, but when it locks to 30FPS it feels way more than what it shows. | ĐeäTh |
5.0 | Windows 10 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 | Playable 30FPS most of the time, with some stuttering on first minutes of gameplay. FPS dropped to 22 on certain parts of Sweet Mountain. Using DirectX 11, 3x native resolution. | jonasbantunes |
5.0-200 | Windows 10 | Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.3GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | Runs at 4k 30FPS no problems runs at 2k 60FPS(With code) but needs to turn the CPU clock speed up a lot. | Brimaster2000 |
5.0-13424 | Windows 10 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 | The game runs at 4k30fps fine, and at 1080p60fps fine at 165% clock speed fine. The game is fully beatable with no discernible issues, though I'd actually recommend playing in native resolution. The bloom is broken above internal resolution with scaled EFB copy on, as is the depth of field, and turning off scaled EFB copy makes the game present at 480p frame anyways. | Luig |
5.0-14519 | macOS 11.4 | Apple M1 @ 3.2GHz | Apple M1 7-Core | Near-perfect 30FPS (or 60FPS with patch) at 3x native resolution. Some stuttering seemingly at random, but otherwise no issues. Far better than my last attempt nearly a decade ago. | Ac |
Gameplay Videos
- Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp Act 5 (1080p)
- Sonic colors WII Dolphin r7259 (Aquarium Park) (480p)
- Sonic colors WII Dolphin r7259 (Sweet Mountain) (480p)
- Sonic colors WII Dolphin r7259 (Terminal Velocity) (480p)
- Dolphin Emulator 4.0.1 - Sonic Colors (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii
- Sonic colors WII Dolphin r6217-x64 (Starlight Carnival Act 1) (1080p60)
- Sonic colors WII Dolphin r6217-x64 (Planet Wisp Act 1) (1080p60)
|
- Sonic Team (Developer)
- Sega (Publisher)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Series)
- Australia (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Japan (Release region)
- 2010 (Initial release year)
- Platform (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Multiplayer (Game mode)
- 2 (Players supported)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- Nunchuk (Input supported)
- Classic Controller (Input supported)
- GameCube Controller (Input supported)
- 4 stars (Rating)
- DSP Emulator Engine (Config Required)
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Tested
- Tested On (CPU): AMD
- Tested On (GPU): ATI
- Tested On (GPU): AMD
- Tested On (Release): 3.0
- Tested On (OS): macOS
- Tested On (GPU): Intel
- Tested On (Release): 4.0
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (CPU): Apple
- Tested On (GPU): Apple
- Untested for 2500+ revisions
- Wii games