Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
Developer(s): Amusement Vision
Genre: Minigames, Sports, Action, Arcade, Party
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: IGN, Gamespot, Metacritic
Game review score: IGN: 7.9 , Gamespot: 7.9, Metascore: 78
Game description: Super Monkey Ball from the GameCube comes to the PS2 and Xbox. All levels from Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2, and 47 unique levels (totaling up to 310 levels) are all in this one game! Bored of story mode? Well there are plenty of customizable mingames to choose from. Play with up to 3 other friends (Depending on minigame). From racing to dogfights, or golf to soccer, the fun never ends!
Test configuration on Windows:
PCSX2 version: | PCSX2 1.2.1 r5875 |
Graphics by GSdx: | r5875 |
Sound by SPU2-X: | r5830 |
Pad plugin is LilyPad: | r5822 |
DVD plugin is Linuz Iso CDVD: | 0.9.0 |
BIOS version: | SCPH39001 |
Comments: This game is not demanding at all and the game runs fine with default settings, if this game runs slow for you keep note:
- Setting EE Cylcerate to more than 1, causes cutscenes to have stuttering audio and video.
- It is recommended to not set VU Cycle Stealing to more than 1, this causes the game to display wrong fps readings and doesn't provide a significant fps boost.
- When increasing the game's resolution, the main menu may have a low fps reading but in-game the fps will be higher. The main menu is more demanding than the game itself!
- Remember that different minigames will perform differently.
PCSX2 version: | untested |
Graphics by ZZogl: | untested |
Sound by SPU2-X: | untested |
PC specs used to test the game:
CPU: | AMD® A8-3800 Overclocked
(2.7 GHz, 100 MHz FSB) |
GPU: | ATI Radeon HD 6550D |
Comments: At 3x Native Resolution and 4x MSAA the game performs surprisingly well:
- At the main menu: ~35-40fps.
- In story mode and most minigames: ~60fps.
Here's a list of the minigames that do not run at ~60fps:
- Monkey Bowling DX: ~30-50fps
- Monkey Soccer DX: ~30-50fps
- Monkey Target DX: -50-60fps (Only when there's clouds)
Known Issues
Broken minigame
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: In the minigame Monkey Billiards DX: When hitting the balls with the cue stick, some balls continuously move until they hit the edge of the pool table or another ball. In the PS2, the balls will slow down overtime and eventually stop.
- Workaround: No known solution