Wave Race: Blue Storm
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Developer(s) | Nintendo Software Technology |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | Wave Race |
Platform(s) | GameCube |
Release date(s) | JP September 14, 2001 NA November 18, 2001 EU May 3, 2002 |
Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer (4) |
Input methods | GameCube Controller |
Compatibility | 4![]() ![]() Playable |
GameIDs | |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Wave Race: Blue Storm is a wave runner racing game released as a launch title for the Nintendo GameCube. A sequel to the 1996 Nintendo 64 game Wave Race 64.
Emulation Information
Vertical Artifacts in FMVs
Videos include a visual anomaly, as seen in the screenshot below. Though it's hard to see, they display on console in the same way.
Problems
Menu Freeze Ups
This title may freeze during menu interactions when running in Dual-core mode.
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
General
Config | Setting | Notes |
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Enable Dual Core | Off | Avoid menu freeze up |
Enhancements
16:9 Widescreen Gecko Code
Outputs 3D graphics to 16:9 aspect ratio (set Dolphin to force 16:9 display). Please enter these under the Gecko code section under the game properties.
NA
$16:9 Widescreen 04005000 FD002090 04005004 C042920C 04005008 48095998 0409A99C 4BF6A664 0469360C 3FE38E39
EU
$16:9 Widescreen 04005000 FD002090 04005004 C0429214 04005008 48095944 0409A948 4BF6A6B8 04696434 3FE38E39
Force 60Hz Action Reply Code
Forces the internal display refresh rate to 60Hz.
PAL
040000CC 00000000 04007074 38600000
Pixel Aspect Gecko code
Stretches the image horizontally by 10% to compensate for the game's incorrect pixel aspect ratio.
NA
$Pixel aspect by pneumatic 28002408 00000000 00002408 00000001 0034142f 000000c0 0034142b 00000008 0034146b 000000c0 00341467 00000008 C0000000 00000003 3D808000 618C3100 7D8803A6 4E800020 60000000 00000000 Notes * Only for NA game version & Dolphin newer than July 2015 supporting viWidth emulation * Appears incompatible with 16:9 widescreen code -- use the following code instead: $16:9 widescreen + pixel aspect by pneumatic 28002408 00000000 00002408 00000001 0034142f 000000c0 0034142b 00000008 0034146b 000000c0 00341467 00000008 C0000000 00000003 3D808000 618C3100 7D8803A6 4E800020 60000000 00000000 E0000000 00000000 0034142f 000000c0 0034142b 00000008 0034146b 000000c0 00341467 00000008 04005000 FD002090 04005004 C042920C 04005008 48095998 0409A99C 4BF6A664 0469360C 3FE38E39 E0000000 80008000
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Wave Race: Blue Storm 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:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r7690 | Windows Vista | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 | Playable, graphical glitch where racer's head is visible through torso. Incompatible with JITIL Experimental Recompiler | Anonymous |
3.0-124 | Mac OS X 10.7.2 | Intel Core i5-2435M @ 2.4 GHz | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | Playable, graphical glitch where racer's head is visible through the torso | jedivulcan |
3.0-373 | Mac OS X 10.7.2 | Intel Core i7-2675QM @ 2.2 GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6750M | Runs at a constant 30FPS. Perfect. No odd jittering, strange textures from the racer (when playing in the free roam mode). | jedivulcan |
3.5 | Windows XP | Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 9600 | Game Runs fine with no known problems. No slowdown and no graphical glitches. | Yugix |
3.5-395 | Windows 8 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.4 GHz | Intel HD 3000 | Crashes after menu /w Direct3D9/11 | jarupxx |
3.5-413 | Windows 8 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.4 GHz | Intel HD 3000 | Playable /w OpenGL | jarupxx |
4.0.2 | Windows 7 | Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz | Intel HD Graphics | Couldn't get past the save menu, no matter the backend | hivaoa |
4.0.2 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 | Game doesn't load, perpetual black screen from the start no matter the configuration. May be an OS problem. | Anonymous |
4.0-828 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.3 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | Perfect, no slowdown whatsoever on both back ends, this should be stared 5 stars now | phil6891 |
4.0-5472 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz | AMD Radeon R9 270 | Perpetual black screen. Runs at 2FPS with no change. Recompiler | Anonymous |
5.0-29 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 | Black screen issue I've been hearing about is gone. Playable with no visible problems. I didn't really test OpenGL, but it does boot and play well. | Yugix |
Gameplay Videos
- Nintendo Software Technology (Developer)
- Nintendo (Publisher)
- Wave Race (Series)
- Japan (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- 2001 (Initial release year)
- Racing (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Multiplayer (Game mode)
- 4 (Players supported)
- GameCube Controller (Input supported)
- 4 stars (Rating)
- Enable Dual Core (Config Required)
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 3.0
- Tested On (OS): macOS
- Tested On (GPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): AMD
- Tested On (Release): 4.0.2
- Tested On (Release): 4.0
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Untested for 10000+ revisions
- GameCube games