SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
Developer(s)	Heavy Iron Studios
Publisher(s)	THQ
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA November 10, 2003 AUS October 31, 2003
Genre(s)	Action, Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	GQPP78, GQPE78
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a 3D platform video game made by Nickelodeon, developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ. It was released for the Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and PlayStation 2. The game sold millions of copies, earning the GameCube version the Player's Choice title and the PlayStation 2 version the Greatest Hits title.

Problems

Frozen Cutscenes

Sometimes, when cutscenes are playing, the video will freeze and the audio will become stuck. On Dolphin r7323, the opening cutscene freezes and the narrator is stuck repeating "to Bikini...to Bikini...". In r7719, the opening cutscene freezes as Plankton is preparing to pull the Duplicatotron 3000 switch and he repeats "command...command...". You can still press A to skip the cutscene and continue game play.

Ground textures

Translucent red flat planes appear on the ground in many areas. This minor graphical glitch doesn't affect game play.

File:SB-BfBB-redplanes.png

Translucent red triangles on the ground

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r3949

r4598

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5.0-21395 (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
r4492	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3 @ 2.53GHz	Intel GMA X4500HD	Freezes at "Loading..." screen	CoolKirby
r7719	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3 @ 2.53GHz	Intel GMA X4500HD	Playable, minor graphical and sound issues	CoolKirby
3.0-235	Mac OS X 10.7.3	Intel Core i5 @ 2.7GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6770M	Graphical errors render the game virtually unplayable. That is, if you're lucky enough to even get the game past the main menu.	Swiftwinter
3.0-651	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5 @ 2.9GHz	Intel HD Graphics 3000	Cutscene audio cuts out. Otherwise runs playably at 18-30 FPS. (14-30FPS During Boss Fights)	ACE013
3.0-692	Windows 7 x86	AMD Phenom II X4 810 Processor	ATI Radeon HD 4600	Works fine, but a lot of lag spikes. Cutscene audio is out of sync, maybe because of the FPS issues that I'm getting.	Goldtex
3.5-1344	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phemon II X4 955 Black Edition @ 3.2GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Menus run normally and at full speed. Upon entering gam, constant rhythmic lag spikes. Otherwise running fine.	WinCamXP