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Real hardware issues #206

Open Max833 opened 3 years ago

Max833 commented 3 years ago

Every single game ever officially sold has been tested with bsnes (with firmware roms), and zero bugs are currently known. But there were some "hardware issues". These looked like bugs but were confirmed to occur on a real SNES.

We should keep track with real hardware issues.

Entries: 97 Last update: 24.01.2022

Game Description Source
7th Saga Bad graphic tiles at the bottom (right corner) when walking south ZSNES forum
Aqutallion (J) No visable battle damage, same on hardware. ZSNES forum
Ace o Nerae! Buggy game track: "Change Court", Bass guitar pops excessively Blargg
Actraiser Buggy game track: "North Wall", Click in echo at beginning Blargg
Aero the Acro-Bat 2 Buggy game track: "Fort Redstar: Act 2, Title", Main instrument is slightly scratchy Blargg
A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version Buggy game track: "Bankrupcy", Glitch sound at beginning Blargg
Albert Odyssey 2 Buggy game track: "Sorceress of Glacier", Bass sample has slight click (especially on left channel) Blargg
Arcana (Cardmaster) Buggy game track: "Journey, others", Clicks at beginning Blargg
Barbarossa Buggy game track: "Ending", Click at beginning Blargg
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Level 4, part 2: The snake doesn't go through the hole. Screenshot: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/53529402/131921348-d5abda88-5cda-4532-98c9-0f54be4119cd.png ZSNES forum
Battle Blaze (beta only) Black line flickering on "The Battle" after "Battle Start" just before beginning the fight Github: http://archive.is/H41kY
Beavis and Butthead Graphics are partially visible for one frame Github: http://archive.is/xdcl3
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Japan) Intro: They were trying to recreate an effect seen in the anime, but did a very bad job of it. They are on a platform. The spotlight is being broken up by it that's because it is not round. The France release of Sailormoon is a port of this. Screenshot: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/53529402/131502899-06f855e3-a3c1-4ad2-95da-57e6390f8a6a.jpg ZSNES forum
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S - Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo! (Japan) A single tile of garbage one 8x8 tile right from lower left corner Github: http://archive.is/SOmwg
Bugs Bunny - Rabbit Rampage / Hachamecha Daibouken Last line sometimes flickers when you jump Github: http://archive.is/NEVWQ
Captain Novolin (USA) Single white line while transitioning between doctor's advise and blood glucose screen Github: http://archive.is/fjHTx
Captain Tsubasa J (J) Parts of goal disappear when stuff comes in front ZSNES forum
Captain Tsubasa IV (J) "leftmost vertical line appears black/transparent" issue: ingame when bottom map shows up ZSNES forum
Caravan Shooting Collection Bad row of tiles on top of screen (probably emulating a NES-era limitation) Github: http://archive.is/Ndnw0
Contra III: The Alien Wars Blue line on left hand side of screen Github: http://archive.is/owllF
Dirt Racer (Europe) Sometimes crashes on startup due to a bad read from uninitialized WRAM Github: https://archive.is/SFSID
Donkey Kong Country Buggy game track: "Fear Factory", Click at 0:41 on right side and same place when song repeats Blargg
Donkey Kong Country Buggy game track: "Cave Dweller Concert", Click at 1:11 on right side Blargg
Donkey Kong Country - Diddy Kong's Quest Faces missing/loading late on barrels in Klobber Karnage Github: http://archive.is/QoxXq
Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble At the very beginning when kiddie and dixie are spinning the xylophone. Look at Kiddie's eye on the left, every few frames, part of it flashes an aqua color. ZSNES forum
Doraemon 3 - Nobita to Toki no Hougyoku (J) "leftmost vertical line appears black/transparent" issue: Intro ZSNES forum
Earthworm Jim Buggy game track: "What the Heck?", After a minute or so some bass notes seem to cut off early Blargg
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally Blue dots on left hand side when selecting a track Github: http://archive.is/f4kVA
Equinox/Solstice II (4th dungeon) Character sprite is clipping into some layers. Github: #11
F-Zero Buggy game track: "Mute City", Chorus comes into song about 2 seconds after beginning Blargg
Gambling Hourouki (J) Character portraits blink black during effect ZSNES forum
Ganbare Goemon 2 Buggy game track: "Stage Clear", Weird sound at beginning, like bad sample data Blargg
Gegege no Kitarou (J) Possible mosaic issue on left side of the screen ZSNES forum
Great Battle IV, The (J) In gameplay, flickering garbage for a split second at top of screen ZSNES forum
Heisei Inu Monogatari: Bow Pop'n Smash!! Scanline flicker on top of screen when choosing Taisen mode Github: https://archive.is/0rt8z
Heracles no Eikou III - Kamigami no Chinmoku Black line on left hand side of title screen Github: http://archive.is/gFM4i
Holy Umbrella - Dondera no Mubou!! (Holy Umbrella: Dondera´s Wild!!) In short time, the village's people are all petrified by a villain. When you try talking to them, it tells you they're petrified. But then the bug occurs. The petrified npcs will start walking in place while still petrified. Their sprites will also often change to a random different npc sprite. Github: https://github.com/devinacker/bsnes-plus/issues/316
Hurricanes Attract sequence during level 12 renders an incorrect line of tiles due to uninitialized WRAM Github: https://archive.is/85vit
Jissen Bass Fishing Hisshouhou in USA (J) Line of water shows through boat ZSNES forum
Kaizou Tyoujin Shubibinman Zero Buggy game track: "Aquarium", Samples have slight clicks Blargg
Kamen Rider SD (J) Bikes flicker heavily when ontop of eachother ZSNES forum
King of Rally (Japan) Flickering in-game due to sending a table in WRAM to OAM in the middle of updating Github: http://archive.is/GkbQ2
Las Vegas Dream in Golden Paradise (Japan) Garbage line on top during Title Screen sequence Github: http://archive.is/uSGcv
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (USA) Blue dots around text during the opening Github: http://archive.is/keYYm
Magical Drop (Japan) Soft-lock due to the SPC700 not initializing the DSP registers on startup (specifically, PITCH and ENVX) byuu.net
Mega Man X3 Every time the enemy shoots the second spike thing, a black horizontal line appers which covers Mega Man partially. This glitch is always reproduciable. I also tested this with another enemy of the same type, and it worked too. It's easiest to see in Crush Crawfish's stage (the picture). I confirmed yesterday that this bug occurs on hardware. I used the European cart, but that doesn't probably matter. Screenshot: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/53529402/131505438-4e806090-6ef9-42bf-8f2d-f2d8e809c524.jpg ZSNES forum
Metal Marines Buggy game track: "Engine Sound", Engine sound that changes pitch then ends Blargg
Mickey Mania (Europe) In the loading screen (Mickey keeps looking at the watch) there is a graphical bug in the left corner of the screen (it looks like a duplicate of his ear ZSNES forum
Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu - Super F-1 Hero (Japan) Has a flickering line during gameplay (pixel-based renderer) which actually happens on the real system. ZSNES forum
Nichibutsu Arcade Classics (Japan) Attract mode in Frisky Tom causes a hang due to reading uninitialized memory. Github: http://archive.is/ji2ic
Pop'n Twinbee (Sample) (J) Fails to load ZSNES forum
Popeye - Ijiwaru Majo Seahug no Maki (J) "leftmost vertical line appears black/transparent" issue: title screen ZSNES forum
Pro Yakyuu Star (Japan) Glitched tiles in center during attract mode. Github: http://archive.is/x2qHG
Rendering Ranger R2 Sometimes crashes due to a deadlock between SNES and SPC700 + there is possiblity that when you enter the first level you have no sound Github: http://archive.is/z7KI4
Romancing SaGa 3 Buggy game track: "Trade For Defeat", Echoing sound at beginning Blargg
Sakurai Shouichi no Jankiryuu Mahjong Hisshouhou Black lines for one frame before text box appears in "Point Nitsuite" Github: http://archive.is/v4ayG
SD Gundam Gaiden - Knight Gundam Monogatari - Ooinaru Isan Bad graphic tiles when walking left or right Github: http://archive.is/GNvJY
Secret of Evermore Broken dialog Github: https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/issues/206#issuecomment-1020465371
Secret of Evermore Unable to finish the game Github: https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/issues/206#issuecomment-1020473068
Shin Ikkakusenkin Sine wave playing during horse race Github: http://archive.is/3iQ7f
Shin Megami Tensei Audio popping Github: https://archive.is/bPOoL
Shin Megami Tensei Buggy game track: "Demo", Cuts off abruptly at 0:15 Blargg
Shin Megami Tensei Buggy game track: "Dream, Ending, others", Lots of clicks when notes start Blargg
Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling - Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Fantastic Story Slight rendering glitch of a few pixels in upper right corner during attract mode. Github: http://archive.is/CVALy
Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Buggy game track: "most tracks", Echoing click one second in Blargg
Shounen Ninja Sasuke Flickering line on left side of the screen when you press start Github: http://archive.is/DYfMf
Super Bomberman 5 - Gold Cartridge Screen glitch when you rename a custom bomber. Screenshot: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/53529402/131500270-b4b2ec1a-074e-4382-866c-7bf3dc0a89f1.jpg ZSNES forum
Super Bonk Demo sometimes desyncs in front of the Jet-Roller Pipeline. Cause is CPU/APU-oscillator-specific. byuu.net
SimCity Bad tiles while scrolling Github: http://archive.is/9U5bX
SimCity Buggy game track: "Menu", First bass note sounds interrupted Blargg
Super Chinese World 2 & 3 Black line on right when speaking to someone Github: http://archive.is/R8i3Y
Super Double Dragon / Return of Double Dragon Line of garbage at the beginning of the game in the elevator (or a few out-of-place blue pixels) Github: http://archive.is/h9EWY
Super Famista Flickering in upper left corner when pausing game while playing baseball Github: http://archive.is/me0As
Super Famista 5 Flickering at top of screen during a baseball game Github: http://archive.is/jBLmy
Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Some parts of the body of your character can become invisible during Hyper Battle Royal mode. Github: http://archive.is/Rom7D
Super Hockey '94 (Japan) Black scanline at top of screen. Github: http://archive.is/EsZAq
Super Inindou - Datou Nobunaga (Japan) Black line on top of screen for about a second when you speak to someone Github: http://archive.is/CnFy2
Super Mario World (Europe) (Rev 1) Yoshi's House: Fire animation doesn't work https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/issues/206#issuecomment-934627610
Super Professional Baseball Bad tiles on left and right sides of the screen. Github: http://archive.is/9Cl7B
Super Star Wars - Jedi no Fukushuu Character's tiles (a sprite just below the Return of the Jedi logo, which is the only other set of sprites used) get corrupted after seventh attract mode demo Github: http://archive.is/klHiT
Super Turrican Buggy game track: "Level 4-2", Click-like sound on voice 5 mixed with bass line Blargg
Super Turrican Buggy game track: "most tracks", Some samples have slight clicks Blargg
Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer (J) Top horizontal line during gameplay looks odd ZSNES forum
Tengai Makyo Zero Buggy game track: "Let's Play!", Glitch tone at beginning Blargg
The Lost Vikings 2 Crash during level 22 when using Baleog's cheat move with Y+down Github: http://archive.is/TUT00
The King of Rally (J) Missing/flickering textures at race beginning. ZSNES forum
Thunderbirds - Kokusai Kyuujotai Juudou Seyo! (J) Smoke effect as 1 launches looks wrong, looks the same on hardware. ZSNES forum
Tiny Toon Adventures - Wild & Wacky Sports (E) Feet missing 1 pixel line on character select screen, looks the same on hardware. ZSNES forum
Tom and Jerry (J) Far right of first level has messed up vertical line. ZSNES forum
Top Gear There’s a weird tiny line of corrupted pixels near the speedometer for both player 1 and 2 (fast mode disabled) Github: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/SNES_MiSTer/issues/309
Top Gear 2 (Europe) A black line appears in the bridge on level 1, happens on hardware too. ZSNES forum
Top Management II (J) When car comes in, it is under line. ZSNES forum
Ultra Baseball Jitsumei Ban 3 Bottom of the screen sometimes turns blue when you hit the ball. Github: http://archive.is/40vcQ
Ultimate Fighter Flickering scanlines on bottom after pressing start to open the menu Github: http://archive.is/rc7vL
Wild Snake/Super Snakey Junk sprites in upper left corner via zeroing out coordinates. Github: http://archive.is/rxB3d
Yuujin - Janjuu Gakuen 2 (J) Sometimes the Characters will disappear or flash heavily, happens on hardware in the same places. ZSNES forum
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (USA) Line error on titlescreen, when the title is waving, 1 line wraps around to the other side of the screen ZSNES forum

Sources:

Github (old bsnes github site): https://archive.is/jd5qL ZSNES forum (bsnes_thread.zip): https://gitlab.com/higan/bsnes-history-kit/-/tree/master/sources/tukuyomi/misc Blargg's site: https://www.slack.net/~ant/info/buggy-music.html More infos about Blargg's issues:

Listed are music tracks that have been tested on hardware and verified to sound wrong or odd, either due to a bad rip or because they just sound that way. Refer to this if you're developing an emulator and find a music track that sounds wrong, before you look for a problem in your emulator. SPC tracks have been verified by loading them into the SPC-700 unit on a SNES using a custom development cartridge.

Max833 commented 3 years ago

Can we pin this, @Screwtapello, @Kawa-oneechan? I didn't know something like this is possible until I saw it here:

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Max833 commented 3 years ago

Thank you! =) It took a while, but I have now searched the ZSNES forum as well and written everything in this thread.

Max833 commented 3 years ago

Aaand the last update for a while now. Looking good. 92 entries! ^^

Max833 commented 3 years ago

Added: Super Mario World (Europe) (Rev 1) Yoshi's House: Fire animation doesn't work (confirmed on hardware)

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Kawa-oneechan commented 3 years ago

I can see it animating just fine on the 2021-09-06 nightly.

Max833 commented 3 years ago

There are two versions. Just Rev 1 has this problem. image

Max833 commented 2 years ago

Entry # 94 (with fast PPU mode disabled):

Top Gear There’s a weird tiny line of corrupted pixels near the speedometer for both player 1 and 2. Source: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/SNES_MiSTer/issues/309

Max833 commented 2 years ago

Entry # 95:

Holy Umbrella - Dondera no Mubou!! (Holy Umbrella: Dondera´s Wild!!)

In short time, the village's people are all petrified by a villain. When you try talking to them, it tells you they're petrified. But then the bug occurs. The petrified npcs will start walking in place while still petrified. Their sprites will also often change to a random different npc sprite. Saves.zip

Source: https://github.com/devinacker/bsnes-plus/issues/316

Max833 commented 2 years ago

Entry # 96

Secret of Evermore - Broken dialog bug

How to reproduce:

  • Use the sav file contained at (SOE.zip), on the US version of the game, enter slot 3. (with bsnes: convert save file to .srm -> https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/saveconverter/

  • Get into the dry river by going right, go down through it to the next screen.

  • Follow the left path, go through the dry river until you see a cave. Get in

  • Use the teleport

  • This is a puzzle, Use the spell levitate on the big rock to put it in one square, then put your character in the other square, press select to move the dog, put the dog in the third square.

  • Go up through the pass that just opened, use the teleport.

  • After the dialog with Tiny, you need to get into the room in the middle. For that, use the teleport that you just used. And then the same one again and again until you end up there.

It's a bug on real hardware, so accurate emulators should show this.

Source: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/SNES_MiSTer/issues/313

bsnes has the same issue. So... that's good. ^_^

Real hardware:

db3

Max833 commented 2 years ago

Entry # 97

Secret of Evermore - Unable to finish the game forever

Taking advantage of this issue tracking, this is the bug that will prevent you to complete the game forever and that I was able to find out and trigger.

I think this happens when you get the Gauge twice (known bug that makes second gauge work as Diamond Eyes), then the Wheel then finally the Diamond Eyes by defeating Tiny.

Just open third save and check the bag of charms that there are the Gauge, Wheel and Diamond Eyes. After leaving the Inn, go far east and get the flying machine and go see Tinker. Talk to him twice then check the bag of charms. You got only a Gauge and no Wheel nor Diamond Eyes.

Since there's no way to get another Wheel in Bugmuck, you are unable to finish the game forever!

Secret.of.Evermore.USA.sav.zip

Source: MiSTer-devel/SNES_MiSTer#313

ghost commented 2 years ago

I guess add the mario kart desync bug to the list

orbea commented 2 years ago

@Max833 Would you be so kind as to upload the markdown as an attachment so we an have an offline copy of the hardware issues? We could also commit it to our fork to help ensure this list is never lost.