Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild

Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
Cover art Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20686 SLUS-29054 (Demo) Release date: August 5, 2003 CRCs: 0xF7CE4DB8 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51680 SLES-51681 SLES-51925 Release date: October 17, 2003 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Rainbow Studios
Publisher(s): THQ
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 80/100
Game description: Get ready for the big waves, swift currents, and treacherous downhill rivers of watercraft racing. Inspired by theme parks and thrill rides, Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild offers an even wilder experience than the original with imaginative locales, surprising events, and a stylized look. The Splashdown series evolves with indoor stadium courses, a freestyle stunt mode, and a new technical time-trials mode. The game combines realistic physics and controls with arcade fun, creating a watercraft experience for all types of racers.
Inspired by theme parks and thrill rides, Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild offers an even wilder experience than the original with imaginative locales, surprising events, and a stylized look.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows 7 64bit, 4GB ram	Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz NVIDIA Geforce GTX280	0.9.8	GSdx 4600 (MSVC 15.00, SSE2) 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4600m 1.4.0 LilyPad svn (r4510) 0.10.0	BIOS: USA v2.20 (10/02/2006), HACKS: "Aggressive" preset	Extradessert
NTSC-U	Windows	I5 3330 HD radeon 6850	1.3 Git 5 of June	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), EE/VU Clamp: Standard, EE/VU Rounding: Standard, Hardware mode have a lot of lines(blacks),software mode its fine.	DESTRUIDOR

Trivia

• Also known as Splashdown 2: Rides Gone Wild (EU)

Known Issues

Polygons glitch

• Status: Active
• Type: Serious
• Description: Gets into menus, but any races will display black screen, crap FPS speed (5 or less) and fail to run.
• Workaround: Use software mode.

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