Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam Seed

Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam Seed
Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20929 Release date: December 7, 2004 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Natsume Co., Ltd.
Publisher(s): Bandai
Genre: Action, Fighting
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 48/100
Game description: Based on the animated series, Gundam Battle Assault 3 marks the debut of the Battle Assault series on the PlayStation 2. Now you can take control of one of 25 different mobile suits, including unlockable suits from Gundam Wing and G Gundam, and master special abilities, weapons, and moves taken straight from the TV series. You can also use surrounding buildings and objects in your environment to destroy opponents in various modes, including Versus mode, two-versus-two Tag mode, and a cooperative combat.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	Core2Duo E8400 ATI HD5670	rev 4208	GSdX 0.1.16	SPU2-X 1.4.0 Lilypad 0.10	BIOS: japan ver.2.20, The game runs with 30 to 35 fps with the default settings. The only problem so far, a graphic one, is it gets some kind of darker/shadow on the right side of the screen.	186.6.158.131
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5452	GSdx 5442 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs considerably slow and nothing seems to help speed it up.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.20 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	v1.5.0 (dev-2382 gc4068e518)	GSdx SSE4/AVX	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	Constant 60 FPS with Direct3D 11 @ 4x Native Res, if selecting "Allow 8-Bit Textures", disable "Large Frambuffer" & active HW Hack "Fast Texture Invalidation". US-Version + US Bios v2.3 (Pcsx2 Default-Preset #2)	Nebujin
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Pro Version 2004, Build 19041.508	Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60 GHz Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Mobile)	v1.7.0-dev-343 (g5858f7274)	GSdx 1.2.0 AVX2	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	BIOS Version: US 1.60 In battle, hovers around 30-35FPS on both D3D and OGL, but gets 60FPS on Software with a few drops.	Formedras

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Linux Mint 20.2 "Uma"	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.5GHz GeForce RTX 2060	1.7.0	Default	Default	This game works fine when you turn on most of the hardware hacks and use NTSC 2.00 BIOS.	Neigdoig

	Battle Assault 3 Featuring Gundam Seed (SLUS 20929) (U)