Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

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Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

NTSC-U Boxart
Game general and emulation properties:
CERO rating: A
ESRB rating: T (Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence)
PEGI rating: 3+
OFLC rating: PG
GRB rating: ALL
Game supports multi-tap
Game supports headset
Game supports USB keyboard
Widescreen supported natively
Widescreen patch available
Progressive scan supported
CPU intensive game
Software rendering only
Supports up to four local players
Supported up to eight LAN/online players
Languages supported:
English: SCES-52456 & SCUS-97353
Japanese: SCPS-15084 & SCPS-19309
German: SCES-52456
French: SCES-52456 & SCUS-97353
Spanish: SCES-52456 & SCUS-97353
Italian: SCES-52456
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SCUS-97353
SCUS-97413 (Public Beta v1.0)
SCUS-97411 (Regular Demo)
SCUS-97518 (Greatest Hits)
Release date: November 3, 2004
August 25, 2005 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs: 45FE0CC4
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SCES-52456
SCES-52456/P (Platinum)
Release date: November 12, 2004
November 18, 2004
June 10, 2005 (Platinum)
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers: SCPS-15084
SCAJ-20109
SCPS-19309 (PlayStation 2 the Best)
Release date: November 25, 2004
January 13, 2005
July 7, 2005 (PlayStation 2 the Best)
April 27, 2006 (BigHit Series)
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Insomniac Games
Publisher(s): SCEA (US), SCEE (EU), SCE Australia (AU), SCEI (JP, AS, KO)
Genre: Action, Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic91/100
Game description: In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet and Clank once again team up for an all-new adventure that combines diverse gameplay with elements of action, exploration, adventure, puzzle-solving, strategy, and role-playing into one experience. Together with the Q-Force, Ratchet and Clank set off to uncover the schemes of the sinister Dr. Nefarious and keep the galaxy safe for organic life. As one of three characters, you can now wield new weapons and gadgets, gain access to an array of vehicles, and master all-new abilities. The game also features both single-player and multiplayer (offline and online) gameplay.



Test configurations on Windows:


Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
NTSC-U ?
  • Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.66 GHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
0.9.7.3113 GSdx 3068 (MSVC 15.00, SSe2) 0.1.16
  • SPU2-X r3117 1.4.0
  • LilyPad (r2930) 0.10.0
BIOS: USA v01.60 (07/02/2002), Graphical corruption, to fix the corruption in the object most of the time Ratchet must walk up to it or get close to it. Able to fix by setting GSdx to software mode, instead of hardware. 174.126.227.45
NTSC-U Windows
  • Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5 GHz
  • Core~Radeon HD mobility 7650M 1GB
1.0.0 GSdx
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
EE chain set to 2, Seems to play fine, FPS sits around 59.94 FPS. Pentium D reQ high performance, Core i5 reQ Balanced, and AMD reQ High performance power for efficient usage. Laptop usage warning! Shadow weird but definitely add creepiness to the game (shadow is not correctly aligned with the protagonist mostly on the character sometimes on floor but not at her feet as if someone else is standing there!)
NTSC-U Windows 7 64-bit
  • Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.5 GHz
  • Nvidia GeForce 980 GTX 4GB
1.0.0 (r5350) GSdx r5350
  • SPU2-X r5350
  • LilyPad r5350
Using hardware mode the game runs fine... as long as you don't mind broken textures. You're going to need to use Software rendering if you want to play the game like it is on a PS2, however to do this you will need a fairly bulky PC as Software mode is a bit annoying. I'd also recommend using D3D9 software render over D3D11 for better framerate. I get 40-60FPS at most times on D3D9 Software Render. Paulie9990
NTSC-U Windows
  • Intel Core i7 @ 3.4 GHz
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 768MB
1.1.0 r5492 GSdx 5464 SSE41
  • SPU2-X 2.0.0
  • LilyPad 0.11.0
Runs near full speed., Textures are corrupt if GSdx is in hardware mode. Looks fine in software mode.
PAL Windows
  • Intel Core i7 @ 3.8 GHz
  • Nvidia GeForce 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 3 extra rendering threads for software mode.
NTSC-U Windows 7
  • Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53 GHz
  • ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
1.3.0-20140805121745 GSdx
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
Used all recommended speedhacks, EE cyclerate 2, and VU stealing 1. Using hardware mode, it ran at playable speeds with lag when there are a lot of on screen elements. Clank
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). Big bug after the mission of the Thugs 4 Less scrambler, the game crash, to solve this problem simply activate EE timing hack in the game fix. I recommended hardware mode, it more playable. Aiglerac


Trivia

  • Original names: ラチェット&クランク3 突撃!ガラクチック★レンジャーズ (SCPS-15084) & (SCPS-19309)
  • Also known as Ratchet & Clank 3, Ratchet & Clank 3: Totsugeki! Galactic Rangers (JP)
  • Widescreen crops the top and bottom of the 4:3 image, meaning less visible viewing area than when played in 4:3.


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: 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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Public compatibility forum links