Geometry Wars: Galaxies appears to be working almost perfectly in Dolphin Emu now. In previous builds, the game would only go to the menus and then crash when you attempt to start up a game. But now you can access all menus and even start up a game. However, I wouldn't call this game perfect just yet.
About The Game:
Geometry Wars: Galaxies is a multidirectional shooter video game created by Bizarre Creations and Kuju Entertainment, which was released on Nintendo's Wii and DS consoles in November 2007. Galaxies is a sequel to Geometry Wars, which was originally included as a bonus game within Project Gotham Racing 2 on Microsoft's Xbox console. This updated version includes a single-player campaign mode, several multiplayer modes, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (previously released on the Xbox Live Arcade online service), and support for online leaderboards. The Wii version supports widescreen and 480p progressive scan display. To date, this is the only Geometry Wars game to appear on a non-Xbox 360 platform. (source: Wikipedia)
Note:
Thanks to Dolphin Emu, this game's native 480p rendering can be brought up to 720p which makes this game's graphics close to the Xbox 360 version. However, there are still some graphical differences between this version and the Xbox 360 version.
Game:
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (NTSC)
What Works:
Problems:
Settings:
All Default Settings + Progressive Scan
WiiMote Nunchuck Enabled
Hacks:
Copy EFB to GL Texture (if not used, game will run extremely slow)
Note:
The Nunchuck IS required to play this game.
PC Specs:
Dell XPS M1530
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit
Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50 GHz
4.0 GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
1650 MB Video RAM
DirectX 11
Screenshots:
More Screenshots Here.
Hopefully, by the next revision, this game will have some more improvements and the Galaxies Mode will be playable. I will try making a video of this game later. If anybody knows how to make the Galaxies Mode work, let us know!
About The Game:
Geometry Wars: Galaxies is a multidirectional shooter video game created by Bizarre Creations and Kuju Entertainment, which was released on Nintendo's Wii and DS consoles in November 2007. Galaxies is a sequel to Geometry Wars, which was originally included as a bonus game within Project Gotham Racing 2 on Microsoft's Xbox console. This updated version includes a single-player campaign mode, several multiplayer modes, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (previously released on the Xbox Live Arcade online service), and support for online leaderboards. The Wii version supports widescreen and 480p progressive scan display. To date, this is the only Geometry Wars game to appear on a non-Xbox 360 platform. (source: Wikipedia)
Note:
Thanks to Dolphin Emu, this game's native 480p rendering can be brought up to 720p which makes this game's graphics close to the Xbox 360 version. However, there are still some graphical differences between this version and the Xbox 360 version.
Game:
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (NTSC)
What Works:
- All Menus can be accessed
- Most graphics including the planets in the Galaxies Menu are rendered correctly
- Retro Evolved Mode is perfectly playable
- Music, and sound effects work correctly
- Games can be exited out and returned to the main menu without crashing
- Game does not crash at all while starting up, runs perfectly smooth with no glitches.
- Local multiplayer works for certain game modes
Problems:
- Galaxies Mode will not work. Game crashes when you attempt to start up a game in Galaxies Mode
- Depending on the resolution you have your game set to, the glow of the objects will be out of place. The object will still appear normally, but the glow that usually appears around the objects will be a little off as you can see in the screenshots below.
- Multiplayer can be laggy sometimes
Settings:
All Default Settings + Progressive Scan
WiiMote Nunchuck Enabled
Hacks:
Copy EFB to GL Texture (if not used, game will run extremely slow)
Note:
The Nunchuck IS required to play this game.
PC Specs:
Dell XPS M1530
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit
Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50 GHz
4.0 GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
1650 MB Video RAM
DirectX 11
Screenshots:
More Screenshots Here.
Hopefully, by the next revision, this game will have some more improvements and the Galaxies Mode will be playable. I will try making a video of this game later. If anybody knows how to make the Galaxies Mode work, let us know!