Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
Developer(s)	Sonic Team
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	Phantasy Star
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP September 12, 2002 NA October 29, 2002 EU March 7, 2003
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4), Online (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller, Game Boy Advance
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GPOP8P , GPOE8P, GPOJ8P
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II features two games in one. Episode I gives you all the hit content and gameplay from the original PSO and PSO ver.2. Episode II brings an all-new full-length adventure in which you'll face real-time combat with enemies that are more powerful than ever before. New levels, like the breath-taking mountain and beach stages, give you expanded areas of gameplay and deep, lush worlds to explore. You'll also be given all-new quests to complete, additional weapons to master, and lots more rare items to find. Choose your character from the original three classes, each with a fourth new being. For intense offline gameplay, team up or compete with up to three of your fellow Hunters on the same console for a split-screen battle.

Problems

Calender

Syncing the calender causes the game to crash. Despite what the game indicates when first run, one can play the game normally without the calender; so when prompted to sync it at the beginning of the game, simply select "no" to proceed.

Black Video

Scenes that play video appear black unless the External Frame Buffer is enabled and set to Real and Scaled EFB Copy is disabled. Setting the Internal Resolution to 1x reduces image shaking.

DSP HLE Sound Crackling

Audio begins to stutter and crackle in the main menu and continues throughout gameplay. Use DSP LLE to fix. See issue 5978. Fixed by the merger of New-AX-HLE 2.0 in 3.5-1154.

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 I & II 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
r7367	Windows 7 x64	AMD Athlon x3 @ 3GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	steady 30 FPS
r7623	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.6GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	30 FPS No Issues
r7623	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom X4 @ 4.5GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 590	60 FPS No Issues
3.0-417	Linux x86	AMD Athlon II 255 X2 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 430	30 FPS I have some issues with missing letters in text. I have only tested EP1 from normal to ultimate mode which ran well.
3.0-432	Windows Server 2008 R2 x64	AMD Athlon II x2 @ 3.4GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6570	Steady 30 FPS, no problems with x2 native resolution
3.0-632	Linux x86_64	AMD Athlon II 255 X2 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 430	30 FPS I have some issues with missing letters in text. I tested all EP1 and EP2 up to Seabed level. The game slows down a lot at Gol Dragon when it splits in the 3 dragons and it slows down a little bit in the jungle level and there is random crashes in ultimate ruins and in Soul of Steel quest crashes at the second room in ruins in Ultimate Difficulty.
3.0-651	Linux x86_64	AMD Athlon II 255 X2 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 430	30 FPS I have some issues with missing letters in text and also the map at the right hand corner is not working in this version of dolphin use v.3.0-632 it still works in that version. I tested all EP1 and EP2 up to Seabed level. The game slows down a lot at Gol Dragon when it splits in the 3 dragons and it slows down a little bit in the jungle level and there is random crashes in ultimate ruins and in Soul of Steel quest crashes at the second room in ruins in Ultimate Difficulty.
3.0-753	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.3GHz	Intel 3000 HD	29-30 FPS, demo videos do not display unless DX9 or DX11 selected and EFB set to Real. Some slowdown in OpenGL when in mines. DX9 does not render start button menus correctly. Intel 3000 HD & DX11 only bottom edge of copyright information to bottom of screen is visible, rest is a white screen.
3.0-776	Windows 7 x64	AMD FX-4100 X4 @ 4.1GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5700	30+ FPS; Videos aren't displayed; Locking frame rate to Audio solves black frames issue.
3.0-2443	Linux x86_64	AMD Athlon II 255 X2 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 430	30 FPS I have some issues with missing letters in text. The game slows down a lot at Gol Dragon when it splits in the 3 dragons and it slows down a little bit in the jungle level and there is random crashes in ultimate ruins and in Soul of Steel quest crashes at the second room in ruins in Ultimate Difficulty.

Gameplay Videos

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Phantasy Star Online EP1&2 - MINES 1 - Dolphin r7612 x64