Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
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
GameIDs	GD7JB2, GD7E70, GD7PB2
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia page

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.

r3089

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5.0-20142 (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
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

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai [PAL] [Gamecube] [Español] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p60 HD]

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.)
• Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV (2015) - Dolphin Emulator (1080p60) - GameCube (4.0-5672. Glitches.)