Solvalou

Solvalou
Developer(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s)	Namco
Series	Xevious
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, Arcade
Release date(s)	Arcade JP December 1991 Wii Virtual Console JP March 26, 2009
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	Wii Remote
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	E78JAF
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Solvalou (ソルバルウ) is a first-person shooter arcade game; it runs on Namco System 21 hardware, which displayed the game very smoothly with flat shaded polygons. The game is controlled with an analog (vertically-reversed) joystick with two buttons - one for firing and the other for bombing. It is also the third title in the Xevious series with gameplay much like that of Xevious and Super Xevious, except this time the game is in three dimensions (and has a first-person viewpoint).

Problems

Graphical Issues

Graphics do not appear correctly with Store EFB Copies to Texture Only. Unchecking that seems to alleviate the issue.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Store EFB Copies to Texture Only	off	Fixes rendering

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Solvalou 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
5.0	Windows 7	Intel Core i5	NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M	Menu boots fine, but the game itself has messed up colors and will not start. You also can't can't insert a coin.	Zeether