Monday, December 18, 2006

Bugs, glitches & performance issues: P

This is a list born of my own collection, contributions from the public and my insane genius, we all know emulation in it's infant stages can be riddled with bugs, glitches and Avo knows what- this is a rundown of game issues that I forward to the BackCompat team at regular intervals.

The list is updated within a few days of the most recent patch permitting I can test or get a reliable source on the performance of the game/games in question

Please note the following disclaimer:

Please note all are tested running @ 60HZ in 720p.

Please also note that testing of said games isn't always going to be extensive (5-10 minutes in some cases, total completion in others) so if you have encountered any bugs/glitches/slowdown that were not present when playing on Xbox for titles that are not on there please let me know via the comments section below


THE GAMES

Pac-man World 2
*Game not compatible yet

Pac-man World 3
*No impressions yet

Painkiller: Hell Wars
*Game not compatible yet

Panzer Dragoon Orta
*NTSC/JAP version work with no issues, but PAL version crashes at the end of Episode 3 FMV
*16:9 & 480p

Panzer Elite Action
*Only PAL version boots
*No impressions yet

Pariah
*Works fine
*16:9 & 480p
Multiplayer
*Split Screen - Works fine
*System Link -
*Xbox Live - Works fine

Peter Jacksons King Kong
*Game not compatible yet

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
*Game not compatible yet

Phantom Crash: Blue Sky Brings Tears
*Minor glitching on the character models, otherwise works fine
*4:3 & 480p
Multiplayer
*Split Screen - Works fine

Phantom Dust
*Some slowdown in HUB area and during busy moments
*4:3 & 480p
Multiplayer
*Split Screen - Works fine
*Xbox Live - TBC

Pinball: Hall of Fame
*No impressions yet

Pirates of the Carribean
*Game not compatible yet

Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
*Game not compatible yet

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
*No impressions yet

Playboy: The Mansion
*No impressions yet

Predator: Concrete Jungle
*Works fine
*16:9

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
**PLAYED TO COMPLETION**
*Some slowdown when fighting a lot of enemies otherwise works fine
*Classic games don't work
*4:3 & 480p

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
*Game not compatible yet

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
*Game not compatible yet

Prisoner of War
*Game not compatible yet

Pro Cast Sports Fishing
*No impressions yet

Project Gotham Racing
*Minor slowdown
*No custom soundtracks
*4:3 & 480p
Multiplayer
*Split Screen - Works fine

Project Gotham Racing 2
*Some slowdown
*Radio stations do not play, select 'CD' to enable music
*Screen appears black when selecting a vehicle
*No custom soundtracks
*4:3 & 480p
Multiplayer
*Split Screen - Works fine
*Xbox Live - Works fine

Project: Snowblind
*Game not compatible yet

Prostroke Golf: World Tour 2007
*Game not compatible yet

Psi-ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
*Game not compatible yet

Psychonauts
*Works fine
*4:3 & 480p

Pulse Racer
*Game not compatible yet

Pump it up: Exceed
*No impressions yet

Pure Pinball
*No impressions yet

Puyu Pop Fever
*No impressions yet

All Games 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Psychonauts seems to have an ocassional glitch that sometimes occurs when you pause the game. The textures on Raz's jacket disappear and turn greyish-purple (this is probably the model's original color underneath). The glitch goes back to normal after a while. There's also these short odd vertcal lines that appear on the screen at times while walking around the overworld. Anti-aliasing seems to be disabled.

Anonymous said...

When playing Psychonauts, if you press the start button to open the menu and then close it, sometime Raz's body (except his head) turns blue.

Perhaps the blue menu page is the cause of this. To get rid of it you must reload a game file. It usually turns back to normal if you reload a file twice.

That is the only problem you'll notice. Besides this, there is another glitch.

Sometimes you'll see verticles black lines when playing. Its not very noticable like the blue Raz glitch though. Other than that the game runs pretty smooth so far. If I find more glitches before I beat the game, I'll post again. If I don't find any more glitches, this will be my only post for this game.

Anonymous said...

I encountered another glitch on Psychonauts.

This time its the Figment screen. Sometimes when you enter to see the figments, they disappear even though they should be there. You can still see the background menu, but the figments you've collected and even the ones you haven't collected (shows numbers) seem to have vanish.

You will still have them, but you can't see them. Sometimes it will fix itself.

Also, about my previous post, I should have gone in more detail to how to correct the "Blue Raz Glitch".

When I said to reload it twice, make sure the first time you reload, you get the loading screen where it shows Raz falling down. Once you get that screen, reload it again with that same loading screen and he will now be normal colored.

You will only get that loading screen if you have a save file saved inside one of the "Mind Levels". When your in the camp, you won't get that loading screen.

To get the "Raz Falling Down Loading Screen," in the camp, load a file in a different area of the camp and then reload a different area in the camp to get the "Raz Falling Down Loading Screen" again. That will work.

Thats all for now.