Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution

Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution
Developer(s)	Sonic Team
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	Phantasy Star
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP November 27, 2003 NA March 2, 2004 EU June 11, 2004
Genre(s)	Strategy, Card
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4), Online (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GPSE8P, GPSJ8P, GPSP8P
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

In Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution a strangely powerful Photon-like substance found on Planet Ragol has spurred a raging battle between the Hunters and a rebel team called the Arkz. The prized matter known as "The Germ" has unique replicating powers and can be sealed in small playing-card-sized packets. Warriors carrying a deck of the sought-after cards can then bring unprecedented amounts of destructive weapons and creatures into battle. Fight with the Hero Hunters or on the rebels' Dark Side and stack your decks accordingly. You'll compose several powerful decks from nearly 500 cards featuring fighting moves, weapons, and PSO creatures.

Problems

Calendar

At the beginning of the game, when the game asks if you want to go to the Calendar Screen, choosing Yes makes the game freeze. You can avoid this by simply selecting No instead. If you need to adjust the date and time, you can do so in your computer's settings, or if that is not possible, the Advanced tab of Dolphin's configuration.

Black Video

FMV cutscenes such as the intro on creating a new commander appear black unless the External Frame Buffer is enabled and set to Real. Fixed by 5.0-5874.

Enhancements

16:9 Aspect Ratio (Widescreen) AR Codes

PAL[1]

16:9 Aspect Ratio (Widescreen) [Ralf]
YWD8-WN4G-QFFPV
VF7G-GWAW-BR7Q8
0F9Q-86E3-8FTB1
C7Z3-P39N-VBGKN
4GRX-P04R-F7P17
4N7T-U33E-CKQ6B
E87H-CHQV-446JG

Configuration

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

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r7458

3.0-732

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5.0-21383 (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
r7458	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-870 @ 2.93GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6870	[PAL] Perfect, I've beat the entire game at 100% speed. No text/texture/music bug or desync.	Sojiro seta
3.0-189	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X4 B60 @ 3.3GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6770	[PAL] Game is completely playable at full speed, however certain letters of a conversation will occasionally not appear. For example, "Ou" instead of "You". No texture or desync bugs though. Only works on Direct X 9, Direct X 11 displays a white screen past the license agreement. I fixed the text problem by enabling accurate text cache.	Krigo
3.0-432	Windows Server 2008 R2	AMD Athlon II x2 @ 3.4GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6570	Steady 30FPS, no problems with x2 native resolution.
3.0-692	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2680QM @ 2GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M	[Broken] [Laptop+hybrid graphics] Interrupt <20>: SRR0 = 0x8001ccb8 TB = 0x00389caf630017fb.	dreadslicer
3.5	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-870 @ 2.93GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 TI	[NTSC] Flawless from what I've tested after copying my old save file from my memory card; I haven't tried playing through the whole game, but it should work fine.	Star-X
3.5-1480	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 650	Nothing loads at all. I've tried default settings as well as a few known extras.	.ducky
4.0-5995	Windows 8.1	Intel Core i7-4790 @ 4GHz	AMD R9 270x	Nothing loads at all. I've tried default settings as well as a few known extras.	.ducky
5.0-rc-23	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5GHz	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Works fine on default settings. A little lag on deck edit and when moving camera in game. Laptop	Aguywithaname

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0-3950 - Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube