Ikaruga

Ikaruga
Developer(s)	Treasure, G.rev
Publisher(s)	Atari
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP January 16, 2003 NA April 15, 2003 EU May 23, 2003
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player, Co-op (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	GIKE70, GIKJ70, GIKP70
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Take control of the ship Ikaruga -- alter your energy field, evade epic maelstroms of fire and terminate enemies with a nearly limitless arsenal -- all to protect an aging, exiled people. Find calm amid the chaos and reap the rewards, in this perfect combination of beautiful, manga-style storytelling and refined, ultra-challenging arcade heroics. As pilot Shinra, players must battle their way through 18 stages, move swiftly and act rationally in a new war, a space crusade of frighteningly intense firepower and hypnotic beauty. Developed by Treasure, Ikaruga is quick-paced shooter with strong strategy elements. Features a slow-mo training mode and co-op play for two.

Problems

Enemy Polarity

If Safe Texture Cache is not used enemy fire may not match their polarity. Fixed sometime before 5.0-3965.

Black enemy fires white

Sound Crash

In the principal story mode sound may drop out. Fixed sometime before 5.0-3965.

Enhancements

16:9 Widescreen Gecko Code

EU

$16:9 Widescreen
0410B2EC 3F19999A
0410B308 3F100000
0410B324 3EF9999A

60Hz PAL

In the PAL-Version the 60Hz mode cannot be activated at startup. Use this Gecko code to force the 60Hz mode.

$60Hz
04093500 38E5CFC0
04093570 1C6301E0
04093774 388001E0
0409FC48 388001E0
040B0DAC 38600000
0416CFC0 00000014

Configuration

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

Version Compatibility

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

r6421

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5.0-20154 (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
r6421	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.8 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5850	Seemingly fully playable @ 60FPS, only played a bit of the first stage, no errors yet
r7584	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.3 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	Playable through first level, slowdown occurring in the second. Major slowdown during big explosions	Sol
3.0	Mac OS X 10.6.8	Intel Core i5 @ 2.53 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	Fully playable. Unexpected slowdown at the beginning of Stage 2. Slowdowns during explosions were as expected—they happen on GCN/Wii too.	dipnlik
5.0-3965	Windows 10	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	Perfect game at 100% speed with default settings. Safe texture cache was not needed for bullet polarities to display properly with either OpenGL or Direct3D, and after many hours I did not experience any sound dropouts. I was able to play to the middle of the last stage with no problems.	Xerxes

Gameplay Videos

Ikaruga 斑鳩 (GCN) with Snowblind's HD Texture Pack v1.3

Ikaruga [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]

Ikaruga - Stage 1 (720p HD)

• Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Ikaruga (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube