Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter

PAL cover Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20499 Release date: February 16, 2003 CRCs: 5207CCA3 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51496 Release date: November 28, 2003 November 2003 (Australia) CRCs: 867AB5D0 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65196 SLPM-74410 (PlayStation 2 the Best) SLKA-25100 NPJD-00116 (PS2 Classics) Release date: November 14, 2002 July 3, 2003 (PlayStation 2 the Best) March 18, 2004 (Korea) February 17, 2016 (PS2 Classics) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Capcom
Publisher(s): Capcom
Genre: RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: RPG Gamer: 8/10, Metacritic: 78/100
Game description: In a place devoid of all light, you will embark on an epic quest of magical proportions. The underground world of Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is full of menacing enemies, numerous challenges, and intense mysticism. To survive this cel-shaded adventure, you must master a new combined real-time and turn-based battle system and find healing potions scattered throughout the levels. Based on your playing style, these subterranean worlds evolve for a different gameplay experience each time through.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	? 8800GT	Beta SVN r1888	GSDX r2693	SPU2-X r2693 1.4.0 Lilypad r1853	The game requires a video card that is better than NVIDIA 9600GT. It can be run at full speed without speedhacks.	CKL
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz Nvidia Geforce 9800 GTX+	1.0.0	GSdx Wild Arms offset hack state 2	SPU2-X ?	Europe v01.70(27/02/2003), Recommended,MTVU, GSdx Wild Arms offset hack state 2, Working great, a bit CPU hog, Text artifacts from upscaling, use wild arms offset hack state 2	Bositman
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz Nvidia Geforce Gtx 670m 3Gb	1.2.1	GSdx Wild Arms offset hack state 2	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.00(14/06/2004), GSdx Wild Arms offset hack state 2, Works great @ 3x native no slow downs or crashes in x2 Completions working on x3 now., Text blurs on upscale, wild arms state 2 fixes this	Fayt756
NTSC-U	Windows 10	Intel Core i7 920 Nvidia Geforce 660GTX	601d182 (PCSX2 1.3.1-20151205020727 )	TF Nearest or Bilnear (ps2) TC off set 0500 - 0500	SPU2-X ?	MTVU, OpenGL ((CRC hack level= none, Hardware Depth, Blend unit Accuracy = basic or DX11 @3x scale Runs full speed	Tsunami2311

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
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Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
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Trivia

• Original names: ブレス オブ ファイア V ドラゴンクォーター (SLPM-65196) & (SLPM-74410), 브레스 오브 파이어Ⅴ 드래곤 쿼터 (SLKA-25100)
• Also known as Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (JP, KO)

Additional Patches
Deinterlace Patch for 588CC41B: patch=1,EE,2020D9F0,extended,03E00008 patch=1,EE,2020D9F4,extended,00000000 patch=1,EE,20102104,extended,00000000 patch=1,EE,2010236C,extended,00000000

Known Issues

Texture filtering causes some bugs

• Status: Needs Retesting
• Type: Minor
• Description: When upscaling, lines appear around the text. This can be resolved by using Align Sprite=Full/Half (which will cause text to look blurry) or, as a better option, using the TC / Texture offset hack set to 0500-0500. Portrait and a lot of text is unreadable unless you set Texture Filtering to Nearest or Bilinear (ps2). In previous versions it was also apparently possible to set the wild arms offset to half to fix this, but the option seems to have been removed.
• Workaround: TC / Texture offset hack (0500-0500), or use native resolution.

	Breath of Fire - Dragon Quarter (SLUS 20499) (U)