Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Developer(s)	The Game Designers Studio
Publisher(s)	Square Enix, Nintendo
Series	Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP August 8, 2003 NA February 9, 2004 EU March 12, 2004
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Co-op (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller, Game Boy Advance
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GCCE01, GCCP01, GCCJGC
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Square's first game for a Nintendo console since the days of the SNES, takes the lush fantasy world from the Final Fantasy franchise and adds in hack-and-slash-style four-player action. The game does away with traditional experience points and instead focuses on action-oriented combat with a unique co-op slant. Up to three friends can join in on the quest, by using Game Boy Advance units connected to the GameCube as controllers. While all the main action takes place on the screen, the GBAs enable the players to access menus, organize their spell spheres, and perform upgrades without slowing down the action. The initial release of this game included a GBA Cable to allow players instant access to the game.

Emulation Information

Game Boy Advance ↔ GameCube Connectivity

This title supports GameBoy Advance connection, which can be used via joybus emulation. As of 5.0-14690 Dolphin now has mGBA built in for GBA connectivity features. Simply set a GBA (Integrated) to the controllers you wish to connect and ensure you have a GBA BIOS configured in the Options → Configuration → GameCube and everything else with connecting will be handled automatically.

If you wish to use standalone GBA emulators for connectivity, you still can through the GBA (TCP) setting. mGBA 0.9.0 or newer and the latest VBA-M SVNs should be supported. Please follow each emulator's instructions for Joybus connectivity in order to connect to Dolphin.

Dual Core Netplay/Input Recording Hangs

While most games that do not support Dolphin's "fake-completion" Dual Core simply do not boot, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles boots and appears to work fine. Unfortunately, throughout the game extreme bouts of permanent lag will occur, which will essentially hang the game. To avoid this, Dual Core must be disabled when playing on Netplay or creating Input Recordings.

Dual Core in other situations is fine.

Problems

VBA Support

VBA connectivity may be broken since 5.0-5018. Refer issue 7098.

Enhancements

16:9 Aspect Ratio Fix

The built-in Widescreen Hack causes clipping/culling issues. The following AR codes work as a replacement. To avoid conflicts, make sure that Widescreen Hack is disabled while using these codes

NA

0418542C C3A2C794
04332D74 3FE38E39

EU

04186548 C3A2C7CC
04333DCC 3FE38E39

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r5286

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2409-307 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r7367	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II 720 BE @ 3.2 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4850	Works playable	ultramann
r7367	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II X2 215 @ 3.45 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7025	Game doesn't go after intro cutscene - constantly showing some book. No audio in intro. White squares in menu.	†.fl.l).
r7482	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE @ 3.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Works playable, some slowdowns at the intro	Digital hunter
r7482	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II X2 215 @ 3.45 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7025	only black screen	†.fl.l).
r7505	Windows 7	Intel Pentium T4300 @ 2.1 GHz	ATI Mobility Radeon 3650	Only Black screen still no matter what settings	WordsMyth
r7571	Windows XP	Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260	NTSC version stutters occasionally during cutscenes, otherwise beautiful under DX9. PAL version gives the same black screen issues other testers have.	nykotik
r7617	Windows 7	AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 2.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	Works with the dx9 graphics plugin but not with the dx11	ChaosGiant
r7717	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	Similar to an earlier entry on an NVIDIA card, game freezes on a book in the intro. No audio. White squares replace text. Only PAL version tested.	LtCaptain
3.0-167	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II 965 BE @ 3.7 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 560 Ti	Work great. No issues using DX11 Renderer	Hellbringer616
3.0-226	Windows 7	AMD Tricore	AMD Radeon	NTSC version works playable and fine, PAL version gives the same black screen issues other testers have.	Lob3zNo
3.0-505	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-980 @ 2.8 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5800	PAL: Map Screen Black, No Sound, Dolphin Crashes at Saving-process	Jackall4BDN
3.5-420	Windows 8	Intel Core i5 @ 2.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	Almost no problems, just the connection with VBA is slow. audio distortion only appears after playing a long time and can be resolved by making a savestate and restarting the emulation.	Nar
3.5-1250	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	No audio anymore (unless "DSP on Dedicated Thread" is enabled). Connection with VBA is still slow.	Nar
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 780 Ti	Constant 100% (NTSC Version ONLY), using Dolphin recommended settings, DX11 (OpenGL causes graphical glitches), 4 x Internal and 8 x AA (no quantity levels). Just finished the game without any problems at all. **Point of Interest; Using AR Codes in Towns/Villages may cause Dolphin to crash **	himalayan

Gameplay Videos

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