Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest

Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest
Developer(s)	Saru Brunei, Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	JP Nintendo NA Atlus
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP February 21, 2002 NA November 5, 2002
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	GCVEEB, GDBJ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Will you have what it takes to become the new king of the beasts? In Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest explore a number of different environments while consuming other animals to evolve into one of 100 possible creature combinations. Also, by collecting different items you can have access to stronger body parts such as horns and fangs, which can give you the edge in this dog-eat-dog world. However, no creature lives forever, so you’ll need to pass on your strongest traits to your offspring and the circle of life will begin again. Ultimately, the goal is to become powerful enough to topple the alpha creature and earn your rightful place at the top of the food chain.

Problems

Screen Shifted Left

When using 16:9 mode the display is shifted to the left showing a black bar on the right hand side. This can be corrected by setting External Frame Buffer to Virtual. Fixed with Hybrid XFB in 5.0-5874.

Screen shifted left

Enhancements

16:9 Aspect Ratio Fix

The built-in Widescreen Hack causes the background to appear pillar-boxed, and menu text to be misaligned. The following AR code works as a replacement, causing fewer issues. To avoid conflicts, make sure that Widescreen Hack is disabled while using this code.

NTSC-U

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Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r7420

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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
r7420	Mac OS X 10.6.7	Intel Core i3 @3.2 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5670	Works perfectly, never saw it dip below 100% speed.
4.0-2014	Windows 7	Intel Core i7 @ 4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti	Again, runs perfectly, but does not center properly in windowed mode, nor fullscreen mode with the aspect ratio set to Force 16:9 and Stretch to Window.
4.0-4667	Ubuntu 14.10	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	Perfect with default settings. Displays off-center in aspect ratio Force 16:9 without XFB: Virtual. Nothing appears to display incorrectly with Texture Cache Accuracy: Fast. I didn't notice a single issue with gameplay, HLE works great and the game runs at constant 100% speed. Played through five or six zones without any problems.	Xerxes
5.0-1127	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	Game runs perfectly with no issues, though in addition to setting XFB to Virtual I needed to set ForceProgressive to True in the Video_Hacks section of the game config. Additionally, I found a widescreen AR code that works perfectly.	Techjar

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin - Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest Gameplay

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]