Van Helsing

Van Helsing

Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20738 Release date: May 6, 2004 CRCs: 901ECEFC Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51908 Release date: May 14, 2004 CRCs: 8176235A Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65723 SLPM-65983 (Best Version) Release date: September 9, 2004 April 28, 2005 (Best Version) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Saffire
Publisher(s): Vivendi Universal Games
Genre: Action, Shooter, Arcade
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 64/100
Game description: Deep within the mysterious land of Transylvania, monsters that inhabit man's deepest nightmares take form. One man's destiny--and curse--is to vanquish evil and destroy the lethal and powerful Count Dracula. Descend into the murky depths of the Carpathian Mountains as legendary monster hunter Van Helsing. As Van Helsing, you'll battle Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, and other fiendish creatures with an array of deadly weapons and special abilities.

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	0.9.8	GSDX r4600	SPU2-X r4600 Lilypad r4510	BIOS: USA v2.00, 50-60FPS	Machina
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 Ghz Nvidia GTX 260 896MB	1.1.0 r5754	GSdx r5752 SSSE3	SPU2-X 2.0.0 r5733 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5403	Game works fine although bit slow. VU cycle stealing really helps this game go super fast (almost 200% speed).	prafull

Trivia

• Original names: ヴァン・ヘルシング (SLPM-65723)

Known Issues

High VU % usage

• Type: Note (not an issue)
• Description: High VU % usage in some areas
• Workaround: Untick "Instant VU1" to target a lower internal framerate and reduce load on the VU %.

Garbage in Main Menu

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Serious
• Description: Main menu shows as static noise.
• Workaround: Software Mode (F9) in GSdx.

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