SPLASHDOWN
OFFICIAL TITLE  Splashdown
COMMON TITLE  Splashdown
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLES-50486
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Racing.

DEVELOPER  Rainbow Studios.
PUBLISHER  Atari.
DATE RELEASED  5 November 2001
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER		 DISC 1

SLES-50486
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLES-50486
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  3546430020685  - 
     

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English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish).

This release from Infogrames offers gamers their own virtual Sea-Doo brand personal watercraft and a choice of over a dozen large, 3D-rendered courses on which to open them up for high-speed racing and outrageous tricks. Game developers at Rainbow Studios worked with Bombadier Recreational Products, the manufacturers of Sea-Doo personal watercraft, to develop custom-tuned vehicle physics. Real-time wave and turbulence effects are designed to give the player an accurate feeling of fast action on the open water. The game features multiple modes of play and three difficulty settings for variety and customization.

Features
Pilot a variety of powerful Sea-Doo watercraft
Choose from nine outrageous characters
Nail outrageous tricks to boost performance meter
Conquer 18 lush courses in locations like Tokyo, Italy, and Bali



  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

During the last twenty years, Personal Watercraft practice has grown into a widely successful sport that is popular around the world. Splashdown is a pure fun racing game, designed to provide fun and entertainment in a very realistic environment. Using the latest state of the art PSX2 technology, Splashdown takes advantage of all the fantastic capabilities of this new generation console for a very high quality visual experience, associated with very realistic background and physics handling. The game features Sea-DooTM models and equipment, bringing realism and the expertise of the world leader in Personal Watercrafts.

A various range of locations all around the world (California, Hawaii, Venice, Bali...)
Supports 1 – 2 players
4 different game modes (Championship, Arcade, Vs., Training...)
Dynamic Water Engine
Photo-realistic environments
Fully animated Personal Watercrafts and riders models
User controlled camera angles and view points



  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Sea-Doo Watercraft racing theme.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 or 2 Players
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  92 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )		  Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )		  None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )		  None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )		  None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = No / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  Yes
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0 (Software)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = No
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.1.1 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

RACING
Left Analog Stick steer; lean
X Button throttle
L2 Button stunt 1
R1 Button stunt 2
R2 Button stunt 3
Select Button reset to track
Start Button pause game; options
Triangle Button preset camera views
Right Analog Stick adjust camera
L1 Button look back
Square Button thrill cam
L3 Button (hold) zoom in and out
STUNTS
L2 + Up cordova
L2 + Down lazy boy
L2 + Left heart attack
L2 + Right double can can
R1 + Up spade
R1 + Down rollover
R1 + Left saran wrap
R1 + Right seat surf
R2 + Up handlebar handstand
R2 + Down superman
R2 + Left nac nac
R2 + Right shin grab
L2 + Up + Down + Up air walk
R2 + Down + Up + Down cliffhanger
R2 + Up + Up + Down rack
R1 + R2 + Up + Down + Up kiss of death
L2 + Down + Right + Left + Right (Rafael Special) flailing gibbon
L2 + Up + Up + Down (Kyoko Special) hanging orchid
R2 + Up + Down + Down + Up (Steve Special) crawling terror



 

MISC CODES:

Unlocking Cheat Mode and Codes
From the options screen, press and hold R2. While holding R2, press, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, SQUARE, CIRCLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE.
This brings up the ''Cheat Name'' screen. Now you can enter one of the cheat codes:
Effect Code
All tracks Passport
All wetsuits LaPinata
Max Performance Meter PMeterGo
Race against ghost SEADOO
This will give you invulnerability. TopBird
Time Trials Against a UFO IBelieve
Time Trials Against an F18 F18
Tough Competition AllOutAI
Tough Courses Made Easy Hobble
Unlocking All Characters AllChar
Unlocking All FMVs Festival




RAW CODES:

Pass Through Ramps - Arcade
20221220 03E00008
20221224 00000000

Seoul Open - Arcade
10621EA8 00000001

Lake Quilotoa Open - Arcade
10621EAC 00000001

Nice Open - Arcade
10621EB0 00000001

Lock Ness - Arcade
10621EB4 00000001

Madrid 2 Open - Arcade
10621EB8 00000001

Kuta Beach Open - Arcade
10621EBC 00000001

Tokyo Open - Arcade
10621EC0 00000001

Nile River Open - Arcade
10621EC4 00000001

Seoul 2 Open - Arcade
10621EC8 00000001

Venice Open - Arcade
10621ECC 00000001

Bearing Straight Open - Arcade
10621ED0 00000001

Amazon River Open - Arcade
10621ED4 00000001

Lake Havasu Open - Arcade
10621ED8 00000001

Andy's Movie
10621F58 00000001

Haily's Movie
10621F5C 00000001

Juana's Movie
10621F60 00000001

Sebastian's Movie
10621F64 00000001

Rafael's Movie
10621F68 00000001

Amman Ra's Movie
10621F6C 00000001

Kyoko's Movie
10621F70 00000001

Jeremy's Movie
10621F74 00000001
 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
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 - DISC COVER
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 NTSC-J:
  • Splashdown [SLPM-65113]   
     
 NTSC-U:
  • Splashdown [SLUS-20223]   
     

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Thanks to KAISER77 for providing the game Spanish advert hires cover.
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