| Steambot Chronicles
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Steambot Chronicles
| Game general and emulation properties:
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| Region NTSC-U: |
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| Serial numbers: |
SLUS-21344
SLUS-29188 (Regular Demo)
SLUS-28061 (Trade Demo) |
| Release date: |
May 23, 2006 |
| CRCs: |
9F391882 |
| Windows Status: |
Playable |
| Linux Status: |
? |
| Mac Status: |
? |
| Region PAL: |
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| Serial numbers: |
SLES-54138
SLES-54335 (French) |
| Release date: |
October 13, 2006
October 19, 2006 (Australia)
April 5, 2007 (French) |
| Windows Status: |
? |
| Linux Status: |
? |
| Mac Status: |
? |
| Region NTSC-J/C/K: |
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| Serial numbers: |
SLPS-25457
SCAJ-20129
SCKA-20058
SLPS-25683 (Irem Collection)
SLPM-60255 (Trial) |
| Release date: |
June 30, 2005
December 8, 2005 (Korea)
September 14, 2006 (Irem Collection) |
| Windows Status: |
? |
| Linux Status: |
? |
| Mac Status: |
? |
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Developer(s): Irem
Publisher(s): Irem (JP, AS, KO), Atlus (US), 505 Game Street (EU, AU)
Genre: RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: IGN: 7.3/10, Metacritic: 74/100
Game description: As cars became more and more common on city streets, the Trotmobile came into being. This two-legged, walking metal vehicle could be adapted to a variety of road conditions and purposes: agriculture, civil engineering, and transportation. The industrial revolution continued, increasing the Trotmobile's popularity. People placed their hopes and dreams on the backs of these wonderful machines, marching toward a better life just beyond their reach. Vanilla Beans wakes up to find himself lying on a sun-drenched beach. How did he get there? And, who in the world is the girl standing above him? The girl soon introduces herself as Connie, and Vanilla begins the first busy day of a grand adventure. He'll take Connie home, meet the other members of her band (the Garland Globetrotters), and explore the town of Nefroburg. At the end of this busy day, Vanilla relaxes in the town square where the Globetrotters are performing only to witness a gang of bandits overrunning the town! How things go from here is up to the player. Will Vanilla join the Garland Globetrotters? Or, will he join the Killer Elephant gang? The choices Vanilla makes, the Trotmobiles he builds, and the friends hekeeps are all up to gamers who take part in Steambot Chronicles.
Test configurations on Windows:
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Configurations
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Comments
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Tester
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OS
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CPU/GPU
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Revision
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Graphics
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Sound/Pad
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| NTSC-U
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?
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0.9.6
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?
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BIOS: US 01.70(25/03/2003), HACKS: INTC Spin Detection, Wait Loop Detection, Fast CDVD, mVU Flag Hack, MTVU, Suffers from some bad graphical glitches and huge VRAM usage on a HW renderer. The game turns into monochrome on a software renderer. For more detail, please see Raw Danger!, which uses a slightly-tweaked version of the same graphics engine.
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MyDreamName
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| NTSC-U
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Windows 7 Ultimate
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- AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.80 GHz
- Geforce 9800GT 1GB
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1.0.0 r5371
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GSdx r5365
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- SPU2-X r5317
- LilyPad r5258
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• HACKS: INTC Spin Detection, Wait Loop Detection, Fast CDVD, mVU Flag Hack, MTVU
• Unplayable
Using any hacks or tweaks is ultimately futile. The game is largely unplayable and requires software mode to fix some of the major glitches.
However you'll need a really powerful computer to get this game to run smoothly. Waiting for actualization...soon.
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CrazySteve88
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| NTSC-U
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Windows
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- Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.67 GHz
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 1792 MB
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1.1.0.r5576
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GSdx
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), EE/VU Rounding: Chop/Zero, Enabled these, Playable, sit about 30 or higher (on GTX 260) fps if on native or 2x. Also for me you can use Hardware and it wont have graphic issue like the line over the screen it will be normal. Sometime when in where you are changing frames or buying a piece of frame on "Hardware" it will black screen until u switch it to "software". there also a little graphic bug with the top left corner of the screen as well map icon but it not game breaking. Lastly little graphic bug when trying to save.
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| NTSC-U
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Windows
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- Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20 GHz
- AMD Radeon HD 6850
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1.3 5893 .svn
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GSdx
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Normal game, standard speedhacks, standard settings used, no problems and no bugs found in the first 30 min. of game, perfectly fine.
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| NTSC-U
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Windows 10
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- Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30 GHz
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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PCSX2 1.5.0-20170122154214
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GSdx OpenGL
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CPU-intensive game. GSdx CRC Hack Level needs to be set to Aggressive to be playable at full speed (HW mode). Other settings, speedhacks (MTVU on) are on default. Heavy use on post-processing effects, currently missing in HW mode. You can also use SW mode in smaller areas without slowdowns.
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Yuri
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Trivia
- Original names: ポンコツ浪漫大活劇バンピートロット (SLPS-25457) & (SLPS-25683), 액션 로망 범피트롯 (SCKA-20058)
- Also known as Poncotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot (JP, KO, AS)
Known Issues
Meeting Dandelion for the first time scene stuck forever
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: During Vanilla's first meeting with Dandelion Basil asks Dandelion to fix his bass and the scene goes nowhere. The emulation continues, there is standing idle animation from characters, but they just continue to stare at each other.
- Workaround: Set the Round Mode to Negative or Nearest during this scene.
Weather effects and HUD display
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: During weather effects (rain) the HUD simply disappears. It will only reappear when you enter a new area. The effect itself is not showing either, because of the CRC Hack Level in the GSdx plug-in is set to Aggressive.
- Workaround: Play in SW mode during this scene. Another solution is to set the CRC Hack Level to None or Minimum, but the game will slow down to 70-80%.
Screenshots
Test configurations on Windows:
