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SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman | |
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Developer(s) | Vicarious Visions, BigSky Interactive |
Publisher(s) | THQ |
Platform(s) | GameCube |
Release date(s) | NA December 18, 2002 EU March 28, 2003 |
Genre(s) | Action, Platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Input methods | GameCube Controller |
Compatibility | 5 Perfect |
GameIDs | |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
A treasure turns into a terror in SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. While playing fetch one day with his pet snail Gary, SpongeBob stumbles upon a suspicious-looking treasure chest. Ignoring the warning signs covering its surface, SpongeBob opens the chest, only to discover he has released the imprisoned Flying Dutchman! The Dutchman is furious that he was disturbed, and now wants to make SpongeBob and his friends part of his ghostly crew. As you help SpongeBob stop the Dutchman from wreaking havoc in Bikini Bottom, you change costumes, collect gold coins, and interact with all your favorite characters from the TV show in an underwater adventure full of nautical nonsense that has Spongebob searching for lost treasure.
Problems
Hang on Licensed by Nintendo
The game goes through massive slowdown on its initial "Licensed by Nintendo" screen unless the "Skip EFB Access from CPU" hack is enabled. Without it, loading times upwards of 10 minutes can be experienced before getting in-game, however once in-game without the hack a savestate can be created to bypass the long loading times. See issue 8110.
Black Menu
When using Skip EFB Access, a black screen is shown after the Big Sky logo rather than the menu. Pressing the A button on the controller will start the game.
Cutscenes
Cutscenes require Real XFB to display properly; however, Real XFB is set by default for this game. This can be changed in the game's properties.
Subtitles
Subtitles, as well as the text for many sub-menus e.g. the Costume changing tents require Fast Depth Calculation to be enabled in order for them to appear on-screen
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
Graphics
Config | Setting | Notes |
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Skip EFB Access from CPU | On | Avoids extreme loading times on Licensed by Nintendo screen |
Fast Depth Calculation | On | Allows subtitles and all menu text to be displayed properly |
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
4.0.2 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4GHz | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | Game crashes sporadically, usually when entering/exiting areas. High-resolution play barely works. Requires OpenGL. | S8 |
4.0-4368 | Linux Ubuntu 14.04 | Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 | Only starts with Skip EFB Access from CPU, otherwise crashes on a 7x10 box of pixels before intro cutscene. Needs Real XFB to display cutscenes. Playable, but can slow down to 80% in outdoor areas. Able to beat the first few zones without issue. No noticeable graphical errors. | Xerxes |
4.0-5110 | Windows 8 x64 | Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | The game hangs at a black screen after the Big Sky logo. All workarounds have been applied but still no dice. | Nehalem |
4.0-5110 | Linux Ubuntu 14.10 | Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 | Licensed by Nintendo screen now displays instead of being a bunch of giant pixels thanks to 4.0-4603, but in order to even see it you have to turn off Skip EFB Access from CPU which causes extreme load times, upwards of 10 minutes. With the hack enabled this loading screen is somehow bypassed and the game boots quickly as normally expected. Using Skip EFB Access, after the Big Sky logo the screen goes black apparently infinitely, but mashing start lets the game continue. Plays the same as 4.0-4368 except maybe a bit faster. | Xerxes |
Gameplay Videos
- Vicarious Visions (Developer)
- BigSky Interactive (Developer)
- THQ (Publisher)
- North America (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- 2002 (Initial release year)
- Action (Genre)
- Platform (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Single-player only (Game mode)
- 1 (Players supported)
- GameCube Controller (Input supported)
- 5 stars (Rating)
- Skip EFB Access from CPU (Config Required)
- Fast Depth Calculation (Config Required)
- Tested On (Release): 4.0.2
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): AMD
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 4.0
- Tested On (OS): Linux
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Untested for 10000+ revisions
- GameCube games