Pac-Man Fever

Pac-Man Fever
Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20197 Release date: September 2, 2002 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Mass Media
Publisher(s): Namco (US), SCEE (EU)
Genre: Action
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 47/100
Game description: Pac-Man takes break from eating dots and ghosts in the fun new party game Pac-Man Fever. In addition to our yellow hero, the game also features Ms. Pac-Man and many other Namco favorites from franchises such as Tekken, Ridge Racer, and Soul Calibur. Up to four players partake in more than 30 minigames and three differently themed game boards. Try to recover all of the minigames stolen by those pesky, party-crashing Ghosts and determine who the real party animal is.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows 10	AMD Ryzen 1700 @3.4 GHz GTX 1070	dev-1592	D3D11, default	Default	Game runs essentially flawlessly with maybe a small stutter once in a blue moon. Gauntlet Golf does not work by default, and player model stuttering occurs while walking across certain tiles on the Tropical board (see this issue), and thus EE rounding and VU rounding need to both be set to 'positive' to fully correct these. While this does cause some slight, occasional jittering on the starting and staging squares, it does not affect gameplay and is very minor.	TheTechnician27

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Manjaro	Ryzen 7 5800X GTX 1070	v1.7.5656	Default	Default	Game runs very well with no issues except for the small stuttering one mentioned below.	TheTechnician27

Known Issues

Large squares jitter sometimes

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: The start square and the staging squares jitter characters back and forth sometimes.
• Workaround: In per-game emulation settings, uncheck 'Enable Instant VU1'.
• First tested on: v1.7.1592
• Last tested on: v1.7.5661

Fixed Issues

Gauntlet Golf bug

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Serious
• Description: Gauntlet Golf's drawbridges fail to open after they first close, rendering the mini-game unplayable.
• Workaround: Fixed via the GameDB. For older versions of PCSX2, go to Config -> General Settings -> VUs. Set Rounding Mode to Positive.
• First tested on: v1.7.1592
• Last tested on: v1.7.1592

Tropical board jittering

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Characters jitter wildly when walking along certain spaces on the Tropical board.
• Workaround: Fixed via the GameDB. For older versions of PCSX2, go to Config -> General Settings -> EE/IOP. Set Rounding Mode to Positive.
• First tested on: v1.7.1592
• Last tested on: v1.7.1592

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