Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Developer(s): Level-5
Genre: Role Playing Game (RPG)
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Link
Game review score: 9/10
Game description: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as Dragon Quest VIII Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (ドラゴンクエストVIII 空と海と大地と呪われし姫君, lit. "Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Ocean, the Earth, and the Cursed Princess") and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2.
Test configurations on Windows:
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NTSC-U | ? |
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r1884 | GSdx 1846 | SPU2-X 1.2.0 | Enabling x2 cycle rate and IOP x2 cycle rate may give a slight fps increase. Be sure to enable 8-bit textures in GSdx to get a performance boost.
• Its a very GPU intensive game, nVidia cards will preform better then ATI cards. Be sure to enable 8-bit textures in GSdx. • With a ATI Radeon HD on 1024•768 resolution you will mostly get 60fps but at sometimes it drops down to 55 (mostly in overworld). |
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PAL | Windows 7 Home Premium |
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Rev 2523 | GSdx | SPU2-X | PAL version tested (Australian, non-platinum version) working great! Full FPS nearly everywhere in 1280x1280 in Rev 2523. Oddly enough, 8-bit textures slow down the PAL version a little bit, so make sure to turn them off! All other hacks were turned on full blast (except VU skipping was only 2x) | 124.180.6.80 |
NTSC-J | ? |
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0.9.8 | GSdx r4459 |
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Enabling EE cycle rate (3) may give a slight fps increase. | Machina |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.0.0 | GSdx |
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SCPH-70012.bin/v02.00/USA/2004, Not in front of my home PC so I am unable to upload a screen shot. This can be a demanding game. My graphics card barely held up full speed at 3x., Software mode is required to see Empyria's shadow when going into the Dark Realm. | |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5480 | GSdx 5442 SSE41 |
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Runs above full speed. | |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.2.1 [2-02-14] | GSdx 5875 |
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EE/VU Rounding: Chop/Zero, Game runs smoothly with no issues. | |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 Ultimate |
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1.3.0 | GSdx | SPU2-X 2.0.0 | Game runs fine at 60FPS with 2x Scaling, FXAA and Shader FX, 16x Anisotropic Filtering. I activated the WildArmsOffset in HWHacks to fix some glitches texture. | Wwsnkneo |
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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NTSC | Ubuntu 12.04+, Archlinux |
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1.2.2 | GSdx | SPU2X SDL | Catalyst runs faster than Radeon open source but has freezes in Farebury in the church; open source Radeon r600 driver more compatible than radeonsi, but both are very slow; Nvidia closed source is much better; game able to be completed with occasional slowdowns; software mode required in flashback scenes and it will be very slow regardless of gpu driver; you may need to adjust clamps in Farebury to enter Kalderasha's house | DaTankAC |
Known Issues
Black Boxes
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Affected Game Versions: All
- Description: In DX9 HW mode black box will appear around character when psyched up to maximum Up
- Workaround: Use DX 11 HW
The gallery
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (SLPM 65888)
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