Beach Spikers

Beach Spikers
Developer(s)	Sega-AM2
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP July 19, 2002 NA August 12, 2002 EU September 27, 2002 AUS October 4, 2002
Genre(s)	Sports, Volleyball
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GBSJ8P, GBSE8P, GBSP8P
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Beach Spikers, also known as Beach Spikers Virtua Beach Volleyball, is an arcade-style beach volleyball video game for Nintendo GameCube and for arcade machines. The game was published by Sega and developed in-house by Sega-AM2.

Problems

Blinking (DirectX)

Odd blinking of some visual elements may occur. Disable "Fast Depth Calculation" to resolve. Refer issue 10007.

Seams

Small seams may be visible along the edges of some screen elements. Refer issue 6833. This seems to be fixed since at least 5.0-10516.

Enhancements

16:9 Widescreen

NA

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Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Beach Spikers since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

3.0

3.0-845

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5.0-20623 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

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.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.0	Windows XP	AMD Phenom II X4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	The game runs but during the match the camera is fixed on lateral field, the players can move but the match doesn't start	DARIOKING
3.0-776	Mac OS X 10.7.4	Intel Core i7 @ 2.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6750M	The game seems to work and be playable. However, frame rate drops down from 60FPS in menus to 20-35FPS during matches and 3D models have rendering issues (especially characters). Using default settings and DSP HLE.	Nolendil
5.0-11701	Windows 10	Intel Xeon E3-1245 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	Settings: OpenGL, Asynchronous (Ubershaders), Per-Pixel Lightning, 2x native resolution. Other settings left to their default value. I only played 2 matches to give an update since my last test entry. The game works great. Frame rate is good all the time, no noticeable rendering issue. I also did a quick test using DirectX 11 & 12 with the same settings (i.e. without disabling "Fast Depth Calculation"): there were a few blinking surfaces but I only noticed it during the intro animation, probably due to the camera angles. Otherwise, it worked fine.	Nolendil

Gameplay Videos

Beach Spikers HD Dolphin Emulator

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Beach Spikers (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Beach Spikers [PAL] [Gamecube] [Español] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]