Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

NTSC-U Boxart Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20591 SLUS-20591GH (Greatest Hits) Release date: December 3, 2002 2003 (Greatest Hits) CRCs: 2FF8E31F Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51233 SLES-51233-P Release date: November 29, 2002 October 24, 2003 (Platinum) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25174 SLKA-25046 (Korea) SLPS-73207 (PlayStation 2 the Best) Release date: February 13, 2003 April 25, 2003 (Korea) September 16, 2004 (PlayStation 2 the Best) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Dimps Corporation
Publisher(s): Atari (EU, US), Infogrames (US), Bandai (JP)
Genre: Action, Fighting
Wikipedia: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Game review links: Metacritic: 67/100
Game description: The fiercest fighters in the universe have come together in the spectacular 3D world of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai. Test your skills against the most powerful Dragon Ball Z heroes and the most sinister villains in five exciting play modes. You can unlock, customize, and trade devastating skills with friends to create the most powerful fighters ever. Every battle is more intense, more dangerous, and more epic than the one before.

First game in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series, predecessor to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows 10 64-bit	Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.30 GHz AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB	1.5.0 SVN	GSdx 1.1.0 2016-06-30 (SSE4) Mode: HW OpenGL 4x Native 16x Anisotropic Filtering	SPU2-X r5893 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Completed the game without any issues, runs at a smooth 60fps only dipping below when energy attacks are used whilst running at a very high resolution. A̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶3̶0̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶6̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶w̶i̶d̶e̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶p̶a̶t̶c̶h̶ ̶e̶x̶i̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶(̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶N̶T̶S̶C̶-̶U̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶), thanks sergx12!	CorruptEagle

Test configurations on Linux:

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

Trivia

• Original names: ドラゴンボールZ (SLPS-25174) & (SLPS-73207), 드래곤볼 Z (SLKA-25046)
• Also known as Dragon Ball Z

Known Issues

Problems correctly rendering lighting during certain cutscenes

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: During certain cutscenes during the story mode, characters in the foreground will become surrounded by completely dark or semi-dark backgrounds.
• Workaround: Use OpenGL or software render mode.

Upscaling lines from sprites

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: UI and menu elements have empty lines from sprites not scaling correctly.
• Workaround: While the game is running go to View > Game Properties, then head to Graphics > check Manual Hardware Fixes. Head to the Upscaling Fixes tab and set Round Sprite to Full. This will make some text and images a little blurry, but it will fill those empty lines.

Fixed Issues

Black lines on edge of screen

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: When upscaling, black lines will appear along the bottom and right sides of the screen.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Screenshots

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  Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (SLES 51233)

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  Broken lighting in certain cutscenes

	Dragonball Z Budokai (SLES 51233) (E) Dragonball Z Budokai (SLUS 20591) (U)