007: Nightfire

007: Nightfire
Game general and emulation properties:
Languages supported:
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers:	SLUS-20579
Release date:	November 18, 2002; April 27, 2006 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs:	5B86BB62
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers:	SLES-51258; SLES-51258/P (Platinum); SLES-51260; SLES-51260-P
Release date:	November 29, 2002; August 1, 2003 (Platinum)
CRCs:	5B86BB62
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	Playable
Mac Status:	?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers:	SLPS-25203; SLPM-65538 (EA Best Hits); SLKA-25004
Release date:	January 9, 2003 (Korea); January 30, 2003; February 11, 2004 (EA Best Hits)
Windows Status:	?
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?

Developer(s): Eurocom Entertainment Software
Publisher(s): Electronic Arts
Genre: Action, Shooter, Arcade
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 77/100
Game description: The ultimate secret agent is back in his most dangerous adventure yet in James Bond 007: Nightfire. Explore new heights and depths like never before--infiltrate towering skyscrapers, take on treacherous underwater missions, and maneuver your sleek Aston Martin V12 Vanquish through the streets of Tokyo. New state-of-the-art upgradeable gadgets and weapons and original missions--including zero-gravity assignments--will leave you shaken and stirred.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5546	GSdx 5542 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed., Considerable texture flickering and corruption in gsdx hardware mode.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.8Ghz Nvidia GTX 570 1368MB	1.1.0 r5852	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	Europe v01.70(27/02/2003), INTC Spin Detection, Enable Wait Loop Detection, mVU Flag Hack. A considerable amount of texture flicker ingame. Snow looks better in ZeroGS with the "No Vertical Stripes" hack, but the rest looks more messy. MTVU not compatible with this game.	refraction
PAL	Windows	I5 3330 HD radeon 6850	1.3 Git 28 of May	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Fine on hardware and software.	DESTRUIDOR
NTSC-U	Windows 8.1, x64	Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz PALIT GeForce GT 1030 @ 2 GB	Nightly - v1.7.2095 Automatic fixes	GSdx	build-in	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), Playable, The game runs at 1080p and 1440p (2K) 50-60 FPS, without freezes and bugs. For many years, this game had big texture problems, and now this game has been fixed in Automatic fixes.	Chern40_7

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
PAL	Linux	AMD FX-8300 @ 4.7GHz GTX 1060 6GB AMD R9 380 2GB	v1.5.0-20190706154726	GSdx	SPU2-X LilyPad	Works pretty well! Did notice a hard lock once when loading Prologue mission, fixed by restarting emulator.	FaithLV

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

Original names: 007 ナイトファイアー (SLPS-25203) & (SLPM-65538), 007 나이트 파이어 (SLKA-25004)
Also known as James Bond 007: Nightfire

Known Issues

pscx2 microVU1: Program cache limit reached (in FMV)

Status: Active
Type: Major
Description: Depending on the player's emulation settings, players may experience slight split second pauses within gameplay. This may occur multiple times throughout the playthrough. An error code within the pcsx2 console is usually presented: pscx2 microVU1: Program cache limit reached. Crashes may be accompanied with these errors/freezes. The same problem in Killzone.
Workaround: None.

Fixed Issues

Shimmering textures in the sky and crosshair

Status: Fixed
Type: Major
Description: In Hardware mode and in Software (most likely), flickering textures appear in the sky and the sight also flickers
Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.