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|gameinfo          = The game is a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing and follows the story of Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team. Also known as "Yuusei Kara no Buutai X: Episode II" in Japan.
|gameinfo          = The game is a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing and follows the story of Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team. Also known as "Yuusei Kara no Buutai X: Episode II" in Japan.


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Revision as of 17:09, 12 August 2015


The Thing

Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-20371
Release date: August 20, 2002
2003 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs: 1B9D49F3
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SLES-50975
Release date: September 20, 2002
CRCs: F6F9A91D, 789D6B71
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers: SLPM-62245
Release date: February 27, 2003
November 27, 2003 (Konami the Best)
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Computer Art Works
Publisher(s): Black Label Games, Konami (JP)
Genre: TPS Survival Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 78/100
Game description: The game is a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing and follows the story of Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team. Also known as "Yuusei Kara no Buutai X: Episode II" in Japan.


Test configurations on Windows:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
NTSC-U/PAL ?
  • Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 (3.6GHz)
  • Geforce 9600GT
0.9.9 r4878 GSDX r4873
  • SPU2-X r4872
  • Lilypad r4797
BIOS: USA v02.00, 60/60FPS Machina
NTSC-U Windows
  • Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz
  • Nvidia GTX 285 768MB
1.1.0 r5452 GSdx 5442 SSE41
  • SPU2-X 2.0.0
  • LilyPad 0.11.0
Runs above full speed.
PAL Windows
  • I5 3330
  • HD radeon 6850
1.3 Git 28 of May GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Minor grafichs issues in Hardware mode,software mode fine.
PAL Windows
  • I5 3330
  • HD radeon 6850
1.3.svn5932 GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Little



Known Issues

Broken 3D

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Serious
  • Description: SPS and broken graphics ingame, superVU and interpreter VU hang the game.
  • Workaround: Fixed in r4660, must use microVU

The gallery

Public compatibility forum links