SkyGunner

SkyGunner

NTSC-U box art. Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20384 SLUS-29020 (Regular Demo) SLUS-28008 (Trade Demo) Release date: June 24, 2002 CRCs: A9461CB2 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SCPS-11006 PAPX-90218 (Trial) PCPX-96321 (Trial) Release date: September 27, 2001 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Pixel Arts
Publisher(s): SCEI (JP), Atlus (US)
Genre: Action, Shooter, Arcade
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 75/100
Game description: Sky Gunner follows the story of three ace pilots--Ciel, Copain, and Femme--who are hired to protect the Eternal Engine, which is capable of perpetual motion. Little do they know that the criminal genius Ventre plans to use the town's celebration aboard the luxury airship Merveilleux as an opportunity to steal the Eternal Engine for his own evil ends. Now, as one of the three Sky Gunners, you must use specialized flying machines, advanced maneuvers, and special weapons to defeat the evil forces of Ventre.
An arcade flying game with 3 selectable pilots and planes. Game is devided into levels. Inside a level you can free roam and complete the given objectives. Some missions can have multiple outcomes, which not necessary result in a failure. The game's setting and art style has elements of steampunk.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-J	Windows	Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz Nvidia GTS 250 512MB	17 01 2013 1.1.0 r5517-	GSdx 5464 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 5478 LilyPad 0.11.0 5403	Runs above full speed.	Parotaku
NTSC-U	?	Intel i5 2500K @3300Mhz GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB	1.1.0. r5628	GSdx r5631	SPU2-X r5559 Pokopom 2.0.0	Be aware that MTVU hack causes the game to freeze at loading the next mission and when saving the game to the memory card!, The game runs mostly smooth 50-60 FPS. In larger open world areas and during heavy fighting it can slow to 40 or so. Surprisingly heavy on system resources.	Yuri
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Pro	Intel i5-10600K @ 4.8GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	1.5.0-dev-3291 <spoiler show="Settings" hide="Hide"> Speedhacks Preset: 2 </spoiler>	GSdx 1.1.0 gsdx32-avx2 <spoiler show="Settings" hide="Hide"> DirectX 11 (Hardware) Resolution: 3x Native (~1080p) Enable FXAA: ON </spoiler>	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	BIOS: USA 2.0 - Game runs at a steady 60fps with no graphical issues noticed so far.	NullNOVA
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit	Intel i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB	1.7.2184 <spoiler show="Settings" hide="Hide"> Enable Widescreen Patches: ✓ Preset: 3 (Balanced) </spoiler>	OpenGL <spoiler show="Settings" hide="Hide"> Interlacing: Bob tff Internal Resolution: 5x Native Anisotropic Filtering: 16x Dithering: Scaled Blending Accuracy: High </spoiler>	built-in	BIOS: USA v02.30. Goes ingame and runs stable at full speed with 5x res + my settings. I recommend running 5x res for 1080p displays as it eliminates almost all aliasing/jaggies. I also strongly recommend setting Interlacing to "Bob tff", leaving it at "Automatic" seems to set it to "Blend bff" which makes everything more blurry. The widescreen patch works but still stretches your HUD. I played through the first couple of missions and didn't run into any issues.	TomBoss

Trivia

• Original names: スカイガンナー (SCPS-11006)
• Widescreen support with widescreen patch: System --> Game Settings --> Enable Widescreen Patches
• NTSC-U version features Japanese and English audio with English text/subtitles

	Skygunner (SCPS 11006) (J) Skygunner (SLUS 20384) (U)