Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Developer(s): Raven Software
Publisher(s): Activision
Genre: Action, RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic81/100
Game description: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an action/RPG that features the largest roster of comic book characters ever seen in a video game. Players assume the roles of more than 20 Marvel Super Heroes including Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade and Captain America, and through their actions determine the fate of both planet Earth and the Marvel universe - revealed in one of multiple epilogues. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance offers total team customization, where players create their own team name, icon and vehicle, as well as establish their team reputation as they play throughout the story.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance NTSC Cover Art
Game general and emulation properties:
ESRB rating: T (Mild Language, Violence)
PEGI rating: 12+
OFLC rating: M
Game supports multi-tap
Widescreen patch available
Supports up to four local players
Supported up to four LAN/online players
Languages supported:
English: SLES-54123 & SLUS-21374 & SLUS-21374GH
Italian: SLES-54123
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-21374
SLUS-21374GH (Greatest Hits)
Release date: October 24, 2006
August 17, 2007 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs: 960C7892
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SLES-54123
Release date: November 1, 2006 (Australia)
November 3, 2006
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?


Test configurations on Windows:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
NTSC-U Windows 8.1
  • Intel i5 4690k @ 4.5 gHz
  • Geforce GTX 970
1.2.1 GSdx 0.1.16 (DX11 Hardware)
  • SPU2-x 2.0.0
  • LilyPad 0.11.0
Do not use MTVU for this game. It will cause the game to hang/crash after the PS2 logo flashes in. Otherwise, the game has run at a constant 60 FPS without any other issues. Zanzkebar
NTSC-U Windows 10 x64
  • Intel Core i5-6200U @ 2.30GHz 8gb RAM
  • Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
  • v1.5.0 (dev-2174-g9c8a48f38)
  • v1.7.0 - dev-138-gd1af8cd80
GSDX32-SSE2
  • v1.5 2174

GSDX32-SSE4

  • v1.7. 138
  • SPU2-X
  • LilyPad
Playing on a Low end notebook. Menus, Cut-Scenes and Gameplay in gerenal are capped at 60 FPs. NO glitches found.

•NOTE• Playing with 2 + players don't impact in the performance at all. •V.1.5. 2174• You might suffer from sightly frame rate drops when too many enemies/npcs/ are gathered in the screen. Most of time Unnoticeable. •V.1.7. 138• Better build version, no frame rate drops detected.

Catlovus20


Trivia

  • Also known as Marvel: Ultimate Alliance: Special Edition (US), MUA


Known Issues

Game freezes on boot

  • Type: Note (not an issue)
  • Description: The game will get stuck on a black screen while booting.
  • Workaround: Go to Config > Emulation Settings > Speedhacks tab, and disable the "MTVU (Multi-Threaded microVU1)" option. This speedhack is not compatible with this game.


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