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;Jak and Daxter series: Suffers from crazy visual errors like blacked out eyes. Run the game in software mode, or activate the alpha hack to fix the shadows.
:Blacked out eyes can't be fixed without using software mode.
→PS2: Added Siren.
Here's a list of notable games that can be problematic. Solutions are provided to the best of our ability.
==Nintendo==
===Game Boy / Color===
;Pinball Deluxe:This game hangs on every single emulator except for inaccurate ones and for [[SameBoy ]] (Not saying that SameBoy is inaccurate).
===Game Boy Advance===
;Wario Ware Twisted, Yoshi Topsy Turvy, Koro Koro Puzzle:Motion control emulation for these games were not implemented until myBoy and [[mGBA ]] added them. Patched ROMs exist that allowed playing Wario Ware Twisted allow these games to be played with the D-Pad.;Boktai series:Relies on a solar sensor to recharge an in-game gauge that affects gameplay. ROM patches were made to change the solar sensor level with the D-Pad but proper emulation was not implemented until [[No$|NO$GBA ]] and mGBA added it.
;Famicom/Classic NES Series:Throws a Gamepak Error at start-up. It was actually an anti-piracy/emulation tactic. Emulation of the needed behavior was implemented in mGBA.
;Mother 3:Sound battles rely on precise timing. Using a flashcart or a 3DS Virtual Console injection would fix that problem because direct access to the actual hardware fixes those timings.
===Nintendo DS===
;[[Nintendo_DS_emulators#iQue_DS_Region_LockiQue_DS_region_lock|iQue (Chinese DS) games]]:Throws a glowing error at start-up "Only for iQue". It's a rudimentary form of regional lock that can only be circumvented by opening the ROM with a hex editor and changing one byte at a specific address at the moment.;DSi:Some games outright crash, or show the wrong text (like Shantae showing "Localisation not found"). This is can be solved by using a NAND dump. The Camera is still not emulated.
;Mag Slide Kid:Has an add-on that no emulator has implemented. Wait for a fix.
;Slot-2 (GBA bonuses) not working:Some games like Lunar Knight and Mega Man Star Force removed this feature during localization, so play the Japanese versions instead. Solar sensor bonus in Lunar Knight (aka Boktai DS) in particular , however is still not emulatedin [[melonDS]]. Read [http://melonds.kuribo64.net/comments.php?id=110 this post] for more info.
====Pokémon issues====
Specifically Gen 4 (3), Gen 2 remakes (2), and Gen 5 (4).
*These games rely on cartridge reading speeds more than usual for other games. This causes crashes at start-up that can be circumvented with ARDS cheats in [[No$|No$GBA]], or cause frequent freezes every half hour or so on [[DeSmuME]] (meaning the in-game battery save feature is far more preferable to save states). [[melonDS]] recently solved the cartridge reading speed emulation and her(they?) http://melonds.kuribo64.net/ fixes were ported to other emulators.
*There's also anti-piracy for good measure, which can be disabled with Action Replay codes, and graphical glitches.
*Unemulated features like the Pokewalk, the Typing with the Pokemon bluetooth keyboard and Download Play event cards.
;Play!: Any issues you encounter with Play cannot be resolved effectively at this time. Use PCSX2.
;Ace Combat 4/5/Zero: All three are perfectly playable in software mode, but have major graphical issues in hardware mode. Use software mode if your PC is up to the task. This series used to have hit detection issues, but the latest GIT version, with automatic game fixes turned on, will work.
:Jak X can now be booted with a [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Jak-X-Patched-NTSC-and-PAL cheat file patch]
;Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: EE/IOP EE/FPU Clamping Mode needs to be set to Full in PCSX2, otherwise the button prompt in the first level (i.e. the orphans' room in Count Olaf's mansion) will outright refuse to work.
;Ratchet and Clank series: Games have bad visual glitches in hardware mode due to lack of custom mipmap support, and run slowly due to that. Most issues are fixed with software mode.
;Shadow of the Colossus: Needs a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] to run at full speed.
;Siren: Daytime levels have a severe graphical glitch causing half of the screen to be obscured, requiring such segments to be run in software mode.
;Time Crisis 2: The lightgun add-on isn't implemented in any current emulators at the moment.
;Zone of the Enders 1 and 2: Needs a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] to run at full speed.
