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
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 Search Wikipedia

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 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

Shaking Screen

This is one of the few games that do not work with Dolphin's "Force Progressive" Hack. Dolphin does not actually support interlaced output, which is all this game supports. This means that the screen is constantly shaking up and down as each field is pushed to the screen. The DirectX backend on older releases, such as 4.0.2, are not effected by this, but have other issues.

Configuration

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

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.

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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 @ 3.53GHz	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 @ 3.5GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	Perfect, 60FPS all the time	EliasYFGM
3.0-733	Ubuntu 12.04	AMD FX 6100 @ 3.3GHz	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 @ 3.4GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6950	Dragonball Z Budokai HD Widescreen Hack	Spartacus
4.0.2	Windows 7	AMD E-350 @ 1.84GHz	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

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai on NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV - Dolphin Emulator (Nintendo GameCube)

Dragonball Z Budokai 1 on GC Emulator

• Dragonball Z Budokai HD Widescreen Hack