| The Thing
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| Game general and emulation properties:
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| Region NTSC-U: |
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| Serial numbers: |
SLUS-20371 |
| Release date: |
August 20, 2002
2003 (Greatest Hits) |
| CRCs: |
1B9D49F3 |
| Windows Status: |
Playable |
| Linux Status: |
? |
| Mac Status: |
? |
| Region PAL: |
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| Serial numbers: |
SLES-50975
SLES-50976 |
| Release date: |
September 20, 2002 |
| CRCs: |
F6F9A91D, 789D6B71 |
| Windows Status: |
Playable |
| Linux Status: |
? |
| Mac Status: |
? |
| Region NTSC-J/C/K: |
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| Serial numbers: |
SLPM-62245
VW098-J1
SLPM-62419 (Konami the Best)
VW098-J2 (Konami the Best) |
| Release date: |
February 27, 2003
November 27, 2003 (Konami the Best) |
| Windows Status: |
? |
| Linux Status: |
? |
| Mac Status: |
? |
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Developer(s): Computer Artworks
Publisher(s): Black Label Games (US, EU), Konami (JP), Vivendi Universal Games (US)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 78/100
Game description: While investigating the enigmatic deaths of American scientists in the Antarctic, a military rescue team encounters a strange shape-shifting alien life-form that assumes the appearance of the people it kills. As the team leader, you must forget everything you ever learned about obliterating aliens simply with a barrage of violent ammunition--this monster is difficult to see, hard to kill, and seemingly impossible to evade. In the midst of this lurking terror, you must convince your squad to cooperate and complete tasks essential to both the success of the mission and your own survival.
The game is a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing and follows the story of Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team.
Test configurations on Windows:
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?
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- Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 (3.6GHz)
- Geforce 9600GT
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0.9.9 r4878
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GSDX r4873
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- SPU2-X r4872
- Lilypad r4797
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BIOS: USA v02.00, 60/60FPS
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Machina
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| NTSC-U
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Windows
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- Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz
- Nvidia GTX 285 768MB
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1.1.0 r5452
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GSdx 5442 SSE41
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- SPU2-X 2.0.0
- LilyPad 0.11.0
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Runs above full speed.
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| PAL
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Windows
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1.3 Git 28 of May
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GSDX
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Minor grafichs issues in Hardware mode,software mode fine.
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Windows
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1.3.svn5932
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GSDX
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Little
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There are no test results for this game on Linux.
You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.
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?
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macOS Sonoma 14.6.3
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- 2.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
- Radeon Pro 555x
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2.1.83
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Vulkan
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audiouunit
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USA 1.70(3/25/2003)
Runs perfect with occasional stutter due to loading. No obvious emulation errors
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Angier
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Trivia
- Original names: 遊星からの物体XエピソードⅡ (SLPM-62245) & (SLPM-62419), Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (SLES-50976)
- Also known as Yuusei Kara no Buttai X: Episode II (JP)
Known Issues
There are currently no known, active issues for this title. If you find one, please add it here.
Fixed Issues
Broken 3D
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Major
- Description: SPS and broken graphics ingame, superVU and interpreter VU hang the game.
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
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