Echo Night: Beyond

Echo Night: Beyond
Game general and emulation properties:
Languages supported:
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers:	SLUS-20928
Release date:	July 27, 2004
CRCs:	2DE16D21
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers:	SLES-53414
Release date:	August 26, 2005
CRCs:	BBF8C3D6
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers:	SLPS-25314; SCAJ-20064
Release date:	January 22, 2004
CRCs:	B6AA81EE
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?

Developer(s): From Software
Publisher(s): From Software (JP), Agetec (US), Indie Games (EU)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 60/100
Game description: A horrific crash on the Moon Colony has left you separated from your fiancée. To reunite with her, you must journey into the paranormal world of Echo Night: Beyond. As you explore the different environments in the lunar colony, you'll find a desolate base haunted by the spectral remains of those who called it "home." Through the fog and shadows, you must overcome your fears and solve a variety of challenging puzzles.
The game tells a science fiction ghost story, set in the not-too-distant future. Players take the role of a Richard Osmond, off for a honeymoon on the moon. The vessel crashes before reaching its lunar resort destination, however, separating the just-married couple and leaving the hero alone at an abandoned research base. Players explore the station from a first-person perspective, inside a spacesuit. In addition to the many spiritual anomalies that haunt the forgotten station, strange lunar lighting and relative weightlessness add to the atmosphere of the game's environments.
The game is played from a first-person perspective, but unlike most other first-person games there is no use of firearms in the game.

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 r5754	GSdx 5752 SSE41	SPU2-X 5733 2.0.0 LilyPad 5403 0.11.0	Has missing walls, etc.. in hardware mode. Looks fine in software mode. Runs at full speed.	General-Plot
PAL	Windows	Intel i5 2500K @3400MHz GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB	v1.1.0 r5782	GSDX AVX r5818	SPU2-X r5776 XPad v0.2.0	HACKS: Default ones and MTVU. The game has an unknown status in the game DB., Has some serious issues in hardware mode. Walls are transparent. Doors are black or transparent. Some models have shadow issues or are fully black. Plays fine in software mode, so it is emulated correctly. Runs fine in hardware (3x upscale) and software modes. Sadly the hardware mode is broken. Needs around 60% CPU with the mentioned config in software mode.	Yuri
NTSC-J	Windows	I5 3330 HD radeon 6850	1.1.svn5840	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Much	DESTRUIDOR
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67Ghz (3.0GHz OC) AMD Radeon HD 5850 1024MB	1.3.0 Git 2014/06/07	GSdx 0.1.16 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	EUROPE v02.00(14/06/2004), Defaults + MTVU (Multi-Threaded microVU1), Game works fine at 50fps in Gsdx software mode with a few slowdowns whenever you free a ghost.	Altomar

Test configurations on Linux:

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

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: ネビュラエコーナイト (SLPS-25314)
Also known as Nebula: Echo Night (JP)
The game has widescreen support built-in but it vertically stretches the screen. Because of that, parts of the HUD and the rims of the helmet are out of screen.

Known Issues

Transparent walls, black doors and models

Status: Fixed
Type: Major
Description: The walls, floors and ceilings are transparent (I think only the ones with reflection effect on it). Doors on the other hand are opaque black. Some models are black too with transparency. Other models disappear, but can be used.
Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Flashlight charge HUD display in HW mode

Status: Active
Type: Minor
Description: If you charge your flashlight with a portable battery or the flashlight is depleted, the HUD acknowledgement is not shown in hardware mode.
Workaround: Use software mode.

Flashlight usage slows down the game in HW mode and creates Broken Shadows

Status: Active
Type: Severe
Description: In certain areas using the flashlight drastically decreases the framerate and so slows down the whole game in hardware mode, and
Workaround: Software mode will fix the Slowdowns, But the Broken Shadows will Still remain

Workaround patches

For NTSC (CRC - 2DE16D21) version use this code:

//Performance Fix + Remove Flashlight Shadows
patch=1,EE,00144034,word,3c020000 //3c023f80

For PAL (CRC - BBF8C3D6) version use this code:

//Performance Fix + Remove Flashlight Shadows
patch=1,EE,001471C4,word,3c020000 //3c023f80

Interlacing signals are visable

Type: Not an issue
Description: When the camera is being moved, interlacing is clearly noticeable regardless of what Interlacing setting is being used in GSdx options.
Workaround: 1. For NTSC (CRC - 2DE16D21) version use this code:

//No Interlacing + 60FPS
patch=1,EE,0013FFDC,word,10000014 //10200014

2. Also you can enable Rendering Hack - Skipdraw Range = 1/1. It will remove blur effect which cause the issue

Gallery

Echo Night: Beyond (SLES 53414)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLES 53414)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLES 53414)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLES 53414)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLUS 20928)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLUS 20928)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLPS 25314)
Echo Night: Beyond (SLES 53414)

	Echo Night Beyond (SLUS 20928) (U) Echo Night - Beyond (SLES 53414) (E) Nebula Echo Night (SLPS 25314) (J)