Ratchet & Clank

Ratchet & Clank

Picture of NTSC-U Box Art Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SCUS-97199 SCUS-97209 (E3 Demo) SCUS-97240 (EB Games Demo) SCUS-97199GH (Greatest Hits) Release date: November 4, 2002 November 4, 2003 (Greatest Hits) CRCs: CE4933D0 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SCES-50916 SCES-50916/P (Platinum) SCED-51075 (Demo) Release date: November 8, 2002 August 22, 2003 (Platinum) CRCs: 76F724A3, 6A8F18B9 (PAL-M5) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SCPS-15037 SCPS-19211 (PlayStation 2 the Best) SCPS-19316 (PlayStation 2 the Best Reprint) SCPS-19310 (PlayStation 2 The Best) SCAJ-20001 PBPX-95516 SCKA-20120 Release date: December 2, 2002 (Asia) December 3, 2002 July 3, 2003 (PlayStation 2 the Best) November 2, 2005 (PlayStation 2 the Best Reprint) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Insomniac Games
Publisher(s): SCEA (US), SCEE (EU), SCEI (AS, JP)
Genre: Action, Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 88/100
Game description: Ratchet and Clank team up to save the world from the evil Drek, the leader of a dead planet who drains resources all over the universe. As you progress from one alien planet to the next, you'll find or purchase over 36 weapons and gadgets, including a wrench, bomb glove, grappling hook, cannon, machine gun, and rocket launcher. Think about it--you can choose from burning, bombing, exploding or obliterating your enemies. So go ahead, blow it all up.
Ratchet and Clank set out on a quest to gain the help of the famous superhero Captain Qwark to save the galaxy from the Blarg.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL	?	Intel Core i5-2500K @ stock settings MSI GTX 470 Hawk @ 758 core	r4600	GSdx r4643 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4600m 1.4.0 LilyPad r4510 0.10.0	BIOS: scph70004, • Fully playable aside from garbage textures and models at a small distance. • The weird colored models can be fixed by setting GSdx to software mode, the FPS will suffer a huge hit. • Can be slightly GPU heavy at parts where a lot is on-screen.	Lagahan
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 (2GB)	1.0.0	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	USA v01.60(07/02/2002), Besides the graphical bugs mentioned below, everything appears to be working fine. FPS hovered around 60fps,	oxguy3
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.8GHz Nvidia GTX 570 1368MB	1.1.0 r5829	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	Europe v01.70(27/02/2003), MTVU, INTC Spin Detection, Enable Wait Loop Detection, mVU Flag Hack, Still Playable. Game works fine at a good speed. Requires software mode to fix the graphics (MipMaps), the game can be quite slow. I achieved pretty much constant full speed by putting VU Cycle Stealing to 1 and 4 extra rendering threads for software mode (this game seems to like them a bit more than normal)	refraction
?	?	Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.5GHz AMD Radeon R9 290X	1.2.1	GSdx 1.2.1	SPU2-X 1.2.1	If using Hardware Mode: Will caused garbled textures. Use Software Mode. Some textures will appear fuzzy at distance but is fully playable. Using version 1.2.1	OmegaNull
NTSC-U	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	1.3.0-20140805121745	GSdx	SPU2-X	Used all recommended speedhacks, EE cyclerate 2, and VU stealing 1. Ran at playable speeds with lag when there are a lot of on screen elements.	Clank
NTSC USA V2.2	Windows 8.1	AMD A8 6600K @ 4.4GHz AMD Sapphire R9 270X	1.3.0	GSdx	SPU2-X	Used almost all recommended speedhacks, EE cyclerate 1, and VU stealing 1. Ran great, I found it better with EE cyclerate set to 1. (Notice done in Software mode)	Apihl1000
NTSC-U	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90 GHz AMD Radeon HD 7570M	1.4.0	GSdx		BIOS: EUROPE v1.6 , Sometimes the distant textures bugs or the game is slowed (10-15 fps). I recommended hardware mode and speedhack, is more playable.	Aiglerac
NTSC-U	Windows 10 x64 (Build 14393)	Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.2 GHz AMD Radeon R9 270X	1.5.0 (rev d36002a)	GSdx 1.1.0 2016-08-16	SPU2-X 2.0.0 2015-08-16 Lilypad 0.11.0 2016-08-16	BIOS: USA v2.20 (10/02/2006) Garbage textures still persist. Cutscenes stutter a bit, and game feels slow even at full speed (though it could be my memory of how the game was when I used to play it.) Overall playable, though not the best experience. Settings: D3D11, allow 8-bit textures, 5x native, bilinear (PS2), CRC full (safest), EEC 1, VUCS 1	Jonbuddy1
PAL	Windows 10 Pro x64	Intel Xeon X5460 4.Ghz EVGA GTX480 SSC @830 Core	1.5.0	GSdx32-SSE4	SPU2-X	Game runs smooth with no problems. Used all recommended speed hacks, and basic minimaping.	GouStoulos

Trivia

• Original names: ラチェット&クランク (SCPS-15037) & (SCPS-19211) & (SCPS-19316), 라쳇&클랭크: 공구전사 리로디드 (SCKA-20120)

Known Issues

Broken textures

• Status: Active
• Type: Serious
• Description: Garbage textures until you stand close to objects due to GSdx not supporting mip-mapping in hardware mode.
• Workaround: This can be resolved with the latest v1.5.0 git builds. Go to Config > Video(GS) > Plugin Settings, and set Mipmapping to "Basic". Or run the game in Software mode (F9), this however will cause a considerable speed hit. To minimize the speed hit, set "Extra rendering threads" to one less than the number of CPU cores that you have.

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