Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Super Smash Bros.
Release date(s)	JP November 21, 2001 NA December 3, 2001 EU May 24, 2002 AUS May 31, 2002
Genre(s)	Fighting, Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5
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Super Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as Great Melee Smash Brothers Deluxe (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX, Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Derakkusu), often abbreviated as SSBM or simply as Melee, is a crossover fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube shortly after its launch in 2001.

Like its predecessor, Super Smash Bros. Melee differs from traditional fighting games in that inflicting the most damage does not guarantee victory. Instead, opposing players must inflict damage to add to the opponents percentage, to make them lighter, then force their opponents beyond the boundaries of the stage. Unlike other games of the same genre, in which moves are entered by button-input combinations, most moves in Super Smash Bros. Melee can be accessed via one-button presses and a joystick direction.

In addition to highly refining the gameplay of Super Smash Bros., Melee also sports additional stages and characters, and an expanded single player mode, called "Adventure Mode". The game also introduced many of the staples of its sequel, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Melee received universal acclaim from critics, and went on to become the best selling GameCube game of all time.

Problems

AR Codes

The current AR codes may crash the US version of the game, but appear to work with the PAL revision.

VS. Team Battle

Incorrect overlay effect for VS Team ... (Stage 8) in Classic Mode. In Melee's classic mode, the versus team battles are against a large group of clones. To show this, melee rapidly add each version of the character to the right hand pane of the screen, building up till all the versions are shown. Dolphin shows this incorrectly, only showing one at a time, with the newest addition covering the previous. Furthermore, Dolphin has a black background in the right hand pane, instead of the proper bluish background in the left pane. Fixed by an unknown revision between 3.5 and 3.5-381.

Stage 8 Classic Mode Glitch

Stage 8 Classic Mode Working

Minor sound glitches

Random sound glitches may occur when using the DSP HLE audio engine. Glitches include the right or left channels cutting out, music stopping, or various crackling noises. The error is random, and its severity depends on the specific revision. Use the DSP LLE audio engine to avoid this. HLE audio is fixed as of the new-ax-hle merger in 3.5-78.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility are listed. Please see the performance guide for an overview of performance related settings. A full list of options is available at Template:Config/doc

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Disable Fog	Off	Fog is needed for various effects (i.e. "Bonus Trophy Stage")

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Super Smash Bros. Melee since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred. Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

3.5-1348 (current)

2.0 (r5350)

r3329

3.5-78

Testing

This game has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS Version	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r4771	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-870 @ 2.9Ghz	ATI Radeon HD 5450	Perfect speed, music becomes buggy on some occasions making it repeat itself. Shader bug which makes the floor become completely black in 85% of all stages.	Dawngaward0110
r6857	Windows Vista x64	AMD Phenom 9550 X4 @ 2.2GHz	nVidia GeForce 9100	Perfect
r6857	Windows XP x86	AMD Athlon II X4 @ 3GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5450	Perfect
r7408	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 275	Exceptional. Some very minor slowdown at the very start of a stage, but it comes and goes in under a second. Some sound problems.	MaJoR
r7411	Windows XP SP3 x86	Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6GHz	Intel GMA 945	Playable. 16-17 FPS approximately. Sound Off for better performance.	LORPAL
r7419	Mac OS X 10.6.7	Intel Core i7 @ 2.66GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 330M	Perfect. Occasional slowdowns but this is the smoothest game I've run on this emulator	FeelGoodChicken
r7422	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 275	Exceptional. Sound problems are GONE. (Edit: still there, but less often)	MaJoR
r7435	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 275	Very good. Sound problems back with a vengeance.	MaJoR
r7564	Windows 7 x64	Intel Xeon Quad-Core @ 2.8GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Audio bugs still exist. Graphical bugs: "Video/Audio Timing" and "VS Team ...".	SephirothFanatic
r7646	Windows 7 x86	Intel Duel Core @ 3.06GHz	nVidia GeForce G210	Perfect, The only bug is the stage 8 classic mode glitch
r7719	Windows 7 x64	Intel Pentium @ 2.1GHz	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	Slow when running other windows, but otherwise very smooth. Only bug is the Team Battle bug.	Mamid
r7283	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3-2310 @ 2.1GHz	Intel HD Graphics	almost fully playable, slow down to 4 different characters, with the same characters in every player works fast as long as not a very large area (ex. in fountain of dreams is very slow) the FPS go from 30 to 50 (In the PAL version).	Honguito98
3.0-201	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2410 @ 2.3GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 525M	I haven't seen the stage 8 classic mode glitch. I will check that out. The game runs smoothly, with occasional audio bugs and glitches as seen in the Problems headline.	Doubled-revolutions
3.0-371	Linux Slackware 13.37 x86_64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti	Perfect. Solid 60 FPS. No noticeable errors.	Shonumi
3.0-415	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Solid. Odd sound glitch and slowdown at beginning of the match.
3.0-419	Windows 7 x64	AMD Athlon II X4 640 @ 3GHz	AMD Radeon HD 5670	Runs fine at fullspeed with a little slowdown at beginning of the match.	bruckxd
3.0-636	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2430M	nVidia GeForce GT 540M	Plays perfect at 60 FPS. Minor slowdown at Fountain of Dreams. Stage 8 glitch also. Besides that, perfect
3.0-636	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-920	nVidia GeForce GTX 580	Plays perfect at 60 FPS. Minor slowdowns occur at the beginning of most stages, but continues fine afterward. The music sometimes has looping issues.	RayFan9876
3.0-715	Windows 7 x86	Intel Core 2 DUO E7400 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce 8500 GT	Plays perfect at 65 FPS without Autoframe limit. Minor slowdowns occur at Winner Screen, also with 4 players on large stages, everything else is perfect. The music still has looping issues.	Dmax
3.0-766	Windows 8 x64	Intel Core i7-2600k @ 3.4GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 570	So darn close. Sound glitches are non-existent so long as LLE audio is being used. Half-second pre-rendered cutscene audio lag. Stage 8 classic mode intro sprite alpha problem. Ever-so-slight stutters during certain cases. Examples include loading levels into memory, which doesn't break gameplay, and stuttering during 4-player on certain levels, which can. Fountain of Dreams is the prime case, likely due to the dynamic reflection map (quite a feat for its time on such hardware).	Miranda
3.0-776	Mac OS X 10.7.4	Intel Core i7 @ 2.2GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6750M	Plays almost perfectly, pretty stable 60 FPS.	Nolendil
3.0-776	Linux elementary OS x86_64	Intel Core i3-330m	nVidia GeForce GT 330m	Runs perfectly.	Krummer
3.5-336	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-3770k	nVidia GeForce GTX 680	Full 60 FPS everywhere with no audio bugs using LLE. Using "speed up disc transfer rate" makes all music play for 2-3 seconds and stop, but the game continues to run fine. Using any AR codes causes the game to crash after the beginning cutscene and before the "press start" screen.
3.5-367	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5 2450	Intel HD Graphics 3000	60 FPS almost all the time. Choppy audio during GPU intensive gameplay. AR Codes only work for certain versions of SSBM. (US Versions (GALE01) crash after the main screen, while European Versions(GALP01) work just fine.	SpectreOne
3.5-600	Windows 8 x86	AMD FX-8120	AMD Radeon HD 6670	Perfect FPS slow game bit down like 30-55 and video:Data,Archives,How to Play is slow.	DavidBascus

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