| Dragon Ball Z: Budokai | |
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| Developer(s) | Dimps |
| Publisher(s) | NA Atari JP/EU Bandai Games |
| Series | Dragon Ball Z, Budokai Tenkaichi |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
| Release date(s) | JP November 28, 2003 NA October 28, 2003 EU November 14, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting, Anime |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer (2) |
| Input methods | GameCube Controller |
| Compatibility | 4  Playable |
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| See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (aka Dragon Ball Z in Japan) is the first game of the Budokai series of fighting games based on the Dragon Ball media franchise. Released on the GameCube with additional cel-shaded graphics.
Problems
Interlaced Output
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 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 a workaround for this game, there's a deinterlacing Gecko Code available at the Enhancements section further below.
Configuration
No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.
Enhancements
Deinterlacing Fix Gecko Code
NA
$Deinterlacing Fix 003CB228 00000000
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 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:
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| Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
| r5960 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.53 GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Nearly Perfect | |
| r6452 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-430M | ATI Radeon HD 5730 | Very good (50/50 frames in HDD) | |
| r7257 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-860 | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Perfect 60FPS, no graphical problems, only some occasional crackling in the sound. | ThatLuciano |
| 3.0 | Windows 7 | Intel Celeron E3300 @ 3.5 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 | Perfect, 60FPS all the time | EliasYFGM |
| 3.0-733 | Ubuntu 12.04 | AMD FX 6100 @ 3.3 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Almost Perfect, 50FPS all the time but sounds kinda crappy. Have to choose pulse or OpenAL | Shini |
| 4.0 | Windows | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.4 GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | Dragonball Z Budokai HD Widescreen Hack | Spartacus |
| 4.0.2 | Windows 7 | AMD E-350 @ 1.84 GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6310 | Half Playable:60FPS in menus, 25~50FPS in Gameplay, 1.5X native, No sound | Dark.H |
| 4.0-4693 | Xubuntu 14.04 | AMD A10-5800K | AMD Radeon 7660D | 60FPS, Vanilla Settings( exception of fast depth calculation ) Screen shakes, and no sound. Only music plays (exception of intro music) | iBloodLust |
| 5.0-3185 | Windows 10 | Intel Celeron Processor N3050 | Intel HD Graphics (Unnespecific version) | Nearly Perfect, around 45/50 FPS, no graphical problems, just some sound errors, sounds unsync sometimes. In saiyan saga, in Vegeta's fight, my computer lags and then freezes!. Native x2 | Cesar24 |
Gameplay Videos
- Dragonball Z Budokai 1 on GC Emulator (r3089. 480p.)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - Gameplay Gamecube HD 720P60 (Dolphin GC/Wii Emulator. v4.)
- Dragonball Z Budokai HD Widescreen Hack (v4. 720p.)
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