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Jak II
Game general and emulation properties:
Languages supported:
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers:	SCUS-97265; SCUS-97265GH (Greatest Hits); SCUS-97273 (Demo); SCUS-97509 (Greatest Hits); SCUS-97274 (Video Demo)
Release date:	October 14, 2003; 2004 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs:	9184AAF1
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers:	SCES-51608; SCES-51608/P (Platinum); SCED-51700 (Demo)
Release date:	October 15, 2003 (Australia); October 17, 2003; August 13, 2004 (Platinum); 2004 (Platinum, Australia)
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers:	SCPS-15057; SCAJ-20073; SCKA-20010; PAPX-90516 (Trial)
Release date:	January 8, 2004 (Korea); March 11, 2004
Windows Status:	?
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?

Revision as of 18:08, 23 December 2016

Developer(s): Naughty Dog
Publisher(s): SCEA (US), SCE Australia (AU), SCEE (EU), SCEI (KO, JP)
Genre: Action, Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: GameRankings: 88/100, Metacritic: 87/100
Game description: Jak is back in another action-packed adventure, but he's not the same. In Jak II, experiments with Dark Eco gone wrong leave Jak with an uncontrollable dark side, and after two years in prison, Jak seeks vengeance. Accompanied by your trusty friend Daxter, unleash the dark powers on multiple enemies and witness amazing transformations. Armed with powerful weapons, a high-tech jetboard, an impenetrable mech suit, and a number of vehicles at your disposal, you have no excuse for failure.
The game features new weapons and devices, new playable areas, and a storyline that picks up after the events of The Precursor Legacy. The game's plot was noted for being much darker than its predecessor's. As in the previous game, the player takes on the dual role of recurring protagonists Jak and Daxter. There is also a new array of characters such as Torn, Erol, Krew, Kor, Ashelin, and Sig, as well as some returning ones, such as Samos and Keira.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
NTSC-U	Windows 7 64-bit, 3 GB of RAM	AMD Phenom II X3 700e @ 2.40 GHz AMD Radeon HD 7700 series	1.0.0	GSdx 5334 (MSVC 16.00, SSE2) 0.1.16	SPU2-X 2.0.0 (latest) LilyPad svn (r5282) 0.11.0	BIOS: USA v01.60(07/02/2002), HACKS: Set VU0 to Super VU recompiler, VU1 to microVU, EE Cyclerate: 3, VU Cycle Stealing 3, turn on ALL speed hacks. I got the framerate up using the hardware DX9/DX11. I cannot get SSE3 or SSE4 to work under AMD. In Software mode you get a normal color palette and almost no FPS, but under Hardware mode, you get all kinds of glitches and full speed on the video.	Wolverine79936
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.40 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5480	GSdx 5442 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed. For some odd reason, the language and text are Japanese, even though this is a US copy of the game. Various graphic glitches, but still playable.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows 7 64-Bit	Intel i7 @ 3.40 GHz Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB	1.2.1 r5875	GSdx 10 (Software) 0.1.16 r5875	SPU2-X r5875 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5875	Game is playable in Hardware rendering mode, however their are a lot of graphical glitches. The ones previously mentioned by Wolverine are still present. When switching to Software mode, the graphical glitches go away but the game runs extremely slow, making it barley playable in either mode. Bios v 2.0 was used.	Zrooney
NTSC-U	Windows 8.1 64-Bit	Intel Core i7 @ 4.60 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB	1.3.0 r5889	GSdx 5894 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 r5893 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5822	Runs above full speed but can be limited to native. Rendering on my machine can max out all settings at 1080p @ 70 FPS, however MSAA at any level halves framerate. Using fast boot will always send the game into a Japanese preset, booting fully stops this. This is likely becuase the game defaults Japanese unless told otherwise by the BIOS. Still have eye and other various texture issues in hardware mode, software rendering removes this problem but must drop to native resolution to have a playable 60 FPS.	Bushrat011899
NTSC-U	Windows 10 64-Bit	Intel Core i5 @ 3.50 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB	1.4.0	GSdx32-avx2 1.0.1.9	SPU2-X 2.0.GIT LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed, but have some uncontrollable speedups above 60 FPS with enabled frame limiter (at Software and Hardware mode, same problem). At Software mode rendering threads must be 3 (it will give you at least plus 6-7 FPS on 4+ cores PC if speed drops at Software mode). Using fast boot will always send the game into a Japanese preset, booting fully stops this. This is likely becuase the game defaults Japanese unless told otherwise by the BIOS. Still have eye and other various texture issues in hardware mode (all eyes in game looks like imbeciles eyes, thats looks funny but first 5 minutes...). Software rendering removes this problem, but problems with shadows will be added.	AlexFlame
PAL	Windows 7 64-Bit	Intel Core i5 @ 3.30 GHz AMD Radeon HD 6000	1.5.0-dev-1287	Default	Default	Very demanding in both software and HW modes, often below 100% speed. Setting speedhacks EE Cyclerate to 3 and VU Cycle Stealing to 1 gives reasonable performance at and near 100%, with less dramatic and less frequent speed drops. Setting VU Cycle Stealing to 3 shows false FPS and causes choppy gameplay.	FlatOut

Trivia

Original names: ジャック×ダクスター2 (SCPS-15057), 잭 2 (SCKA-20010)
Also known as Jak II: Renegade (EU, AU), Jak and Daxter II (JP), Jak II: El Renegado (EU)
The game sets to widescreen when it is prompted by the 16:9 ratio setting in the PS2 internal menu.
Widescreen crops the top and bottom of the 4:3 image, meaning less visible viewing area than when played in 4:3.

Known Issues

Game is in Japanese

Status: Active
Type: Minor
Description: The game always starts in Japanese even after the language has already been set.
Workaround: Full boot the game(System -> Boot CDVD (full)), or choose the bottom(third) option in the main menu, then the top option and change the options with the Japanese flag picture to your preferred language.

Glitchy eyes and messed up colors

Status: Active
Type: Serious
Description: All characters have a glitchy eye(s).
Workaround: Switch to Software mode by going to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings and setting Renderer to any of the "(Software)" options.

Stretched shadows

Status: Fixed
Type: Minor
Description: Objects have stretched shadows.
Workaround: A CRC Hack has been added to recent 1.5.0-dev builds to resolve the issue. To enable it go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, set the Renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)", make sure Blending Unit Accuracy is set to "Basic" or higher, and that CRC Hack Level is set to "Minimum" or higher. For older versions click "Enable HW Hacks", go to Configure Hacks and set skipdraw to '5' in order to remove the shadows.

	Jak II (SCUS 97265) (U) Jak II - Renegade (SCES 51608) (E)

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 The game features new weapons and devices, new playable areas, and a storyline that picks up after the events of The Precursor Legacy. The game's plot was noted for being much darker than its predecessor's. As in the previous game, the player takes on the dual role of recurring protagonists Jak and Daxter. There is also a new array of characters such as Torn, Erol, Krew, Kor, Ashelin, and Sig, as well as some returning ones, such as Samos and Keira.
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+|Comments=BIOS: USA v01.60(07/02/2002), HACKS: Set VU0 to Super VU recompiler, VU1 to microVU, EE Cyclerate: 3, VU Cycle Stealing 3, turn on ALL speed hacks. I got the framerate up using the hardware DX9/DX11. I cannot get SSE3 or SSE4 to work under AMD. In Software mode you get a normal color palette and almost no FPS, but under Hardware mode, you get all kinds of glitches and full speed on the video.
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+|Comments=Game is playable in Hardware rendering mode, however their are a lot of graphical glitches. The ones previously mentioned by Wolverine are still present. When switching to Software mode, the graphical glitches go away but the game runs extremely slow, making it barley playable in either mode. Bios v 2.0 was used.
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-|Comments=Runs above full speed but can be limited to native. Rendering on my machine can max out all settings at 1080p@70fps, however MSAA at any level halves framerate. Using fast boot will always send the game into a Japanese preset, booting fully stops this. This is likely becuase the game defaults Japanese unless told otherwise by the BIOS. Still have eye and other various texture issues in hardware mode, software rendering removes this problem but must drop to native resolution to have a playable 60fps.
+|Comments=Runs above full speed but can be limited to native. Rendering on my machine can max out all settings at 1080p @ 70 FPS, however MSAA at any level halves framerate. Using fast boot will always send the game into a Japanese preset, booting fully stops this. This is likely becuase the game defaults Japanese unless told otherwise by the BIOS. Still have eye and other various texture issues in hardware mode, software rendering removes this problem but must drop to native resolution to have a playable 60 FPS.
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+|Comments=Runs above full speed, but have some uncontrollable speedups above 60 FPS with enabled frame limiter (at Software and Hardware mode, same problem). At Software mode rendering threads must be 3 (it will give you at least plus 6-7 FPS on 4+ cores PC if speed drops at Software mode). Using fast boot will always send the game into a Japanese preset, booting fully stops this. This is likely becuase the game defaults Japanese unless told otherwise by the BIOS. Still have eye and other various texture issues in hardware mode (all eyes in game looks like imbeciles eyes, thats looks funny but first 5 minutes...). Software rendering removes this problem, but problems with shadows will be added.
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-|Description=All characters have a glitchy eye(s). The colors are messed up.
+|Description=All characters have a glitchy eye(s).
-|Workaround=Go to Config - Video (GS) - Plugin Settings and select one of the software modes as Renderer.
+|Workaround=Switch to Software mode by going to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings and setting Renderer to any of the "(Software)" options.
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 |Description=Objects have stretched shadows.
-|Workaround=A CRC Hack has been added to recent 1.5.0-dev builds to resolve the issue. To enable it go to Config -> Video (GS) -> Plugin Settings, set the Renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)" and set the Blending Unit Accuracy to "Basic" or higher. And make sure the CRC Hack Level is set to "Minimum" or higher. For older versions set skipdraw to '5' (In plugin settings) in order to remove these shadows altogether.
+|Workaround=A CRC Hack has been added to recent 1.5.0-dev builds to resolve the issue. To enable it go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, set the Renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)", make sure Blending Unit Accuracy is set to "Basic" or higher, and that CRC Hack Level is set to "Minimum" or higher. For older versions click "Enable HW Hacks", go to Configure Hacks and set skipdraw to '5' in order to remove the shadows.
 }}
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