Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

North American box art for Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS 21207 Release date: November 11th, 2005 CRCs: F4715852 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-53974 Release date: April 13, 2006 CRCs: 945FBF31 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65888 Release date: November 27, 2004 CRCs: 1F3D5031 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Level-5
Genre: Role Playing Game (RPG)
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Link
Game review score: 9/10
Game description: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as Dragon Quest VIII Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (ドラゴンクエストVIII 空と海と大地と呪われし姫君, lit. "Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Ocean, the Earth, and the Cursed Princess") and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	3.0GHz+ CPU Radeon HD4870	r1884	GSDX 1846	SPU2-X 1.2.0	Enabling x2 cycle rate and IOP x2 cycle rate may give a slight fps increase. Be sure to enable 8-bit textures in GDSX to get a performance boost. • Its a very GPU intensive game, nVidia cards will preform better then ATI cards. Be sure to enable 8-bit textures in GDSX. • With a ATI Radeon HD on 1024•768 resolution you will mostly get 60fps but at sometimes it drops down to 55 (mostly in overworld).	24.59.33.132
PAL	Windows 7 Home Premium	E4400 Core2 Duo @ 2.4ghz 9600GT	Rev 2523	GSDX	SPU2-X	PAL version tested (Australian, non-platinum version) working great! Full FPS nearly everywhere in 1280x1280 in Rev 2523. Oddly enough, 8-bit textures slow down the PAL version a little bit, so make sure to turn them off! All other hacks were turned on full blast (except VU skipping was only 2x)	124.180.6.80
NTSC-J	?	AMD Phenom II x3 720 @ 3.6GHz ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB version	0.9.8	GSDX r4459	SPU2-X 1.4.0 LilyPad 0.10.0	Enabling EE cycle rate (3) may give a slight fps increase.	Machina
NTSC-U	Windows 7 Ultimate	Intel Core i5-2310 2.90Ghz Nvidia GTX650 2GB	1.3.0	GSDX	SPU2-X 2.0.0	Game runs fine at 60FPS with 2x Scaling, FXAA and Shader FX, 16x Anisotropic Filtering. I activated the WildArmsOffset in HWHacks to fix some glitches texture.	Wwsnkneo

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC	Ubuntu 12.04+, Archlinux	AMD FX4300 Nvidia GTX 650 Ti, AMD Radeon 6850 and 7850	1.2.2	GSdx	SPU2X SDL	Catalyst runs faster than Radeon open source but has freezes in Farebury in the church; open source Radeon r600 driver more compatible than radeonsi, but both are very slow; Nvidia closed source is much better; game able to be completed with occasional slowdowns; software mode required in flashback scenes and it will be very slow regardless of gpu driver; you may need to adjust clamps in Farebury to enter Kalderasha's house	DaTankAC