Black & Bruised

Black & Bruised
Developer(s)	Digital Fiction
Publisher(s)	NA Majesco Entertainment EU Sierra Entertainment
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA January 26, 2003 EU June 27, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports, Boxing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	G2BE5G, G2BP7D
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

To the fighters in Black & Bruised, boxing is no game; it's a matter of survival. Nineteen outrageous characters fight their way through grueling slugfests to win the pot or settle a score. You'll play through their intertwining stories as they battle each other in 21 different arenas. During each match, you can earn power-ups such as Armor, AutoSlip, Vamp, or Fire Damage to give your fighter a competitive advantage over your opponent.

Problems

Interlaced Output

Black & Bruised forces interlaced rendering causing its output to jitter vertically. Dolphin doesn't currently support interlaced output and attempts to convert all output to be rendered progressively. When progressive rendering can't be forced, delinterlacing doesn't occur appropriately, causing output to shift up a row for one frame and back down on the next. Refer to issue 10473.

As of 5.0-20499 a patch is available to work around this issue, but must be manually enabled.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Game Properties

Config	Setting	Notes
Patches	Disable interlaced rendering	Avoids up-and-down jittering

Version Compatibility

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

4.0-4474

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5.0-20580 (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
4.0-4474	Ubuntu 14.04	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	Fully playable at all default settings. Some very minor flickering/shaking during pre-rendered cutscenes and in the menus. In-game everything works fine, able to finish both training missions and a character's story mode without major issues. Audio sounds the same with either LLE or HLE.	Xerxes

Gameplay Videos

Black & Bruised - Gameplay Gamecube HD 720P60 (Dolphin GC/Wii Emulator. v4.)

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Black & Bruised (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Black and Bruised [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p60 HD]