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Alice: Madness Returns

Developer(s)	Spicy Horse
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release date(s)	^NA June 14, 2011 ^EU June 16, 2011 ^JP July 21, 2011
Release type	Multi-platform
Genre(s)	Action, Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
GameID(s)	BLUS30607 ^(IRD), BLES01265 ^(IRD), NPUB30545, BLJM60359 ^(IRD), NPEB00625
Quick links	Check Compatibility Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia Page

Alice: Madness Returns is a psychological horror hack and slash action-adventure platform video game developed by Independent studio Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to American McGee's Alice (2000). James "American" McGee, a video game designer who is most famous for working on the Doom series, was involved in the development. The game was released worldwide beginning in North America on June 14, 2011, followed by Europe on June 16, 2011, the United Kingdom on June 17, 2011, and Japan on July 21, 2011. The game is also backwards compatible with the Xbox One.

Alice: Madness Returns follows Alice Liddell, a girl suffering from trauma caused by the death of her family in a fire. Alice was discharged from a psychiatric clinic and now lives in an orphanage for mentally traumatized orphans under the care of Dr. Angus Bumby. To get rid of the trauma and learn the truth about her past, she once again falls into Wonderland, where a new evil force has corrupted it.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Resolution scale threshold	592x592	Fixes broken bloom if resolution scaling is used.
Write color buffers	On	Fixes lighting issues, specially in Chapter 4.

Advanced configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Accurate RSX reservation access	On	Needed for stability.
Driver wake-up delay	200	May help prevent the game from freezing.

Debug configuration

This tab is hidden by default. For instructions on how to enable the Debug tab in the settings window, click here.

Setting	Option	Notes
Force CPU blit emulation	On	To be enabled if resolution scaling is used.

Known Issues

Special Notes

Patches

Anchors:
  alicemr_unlockfps_notes: &alicemr_unlockfps_notes
    "Maximum framerate with the patch is half the Vblank frequency. Without the patch, adjusting Vblank frequency increases the maximum framerate up to 58 FPS."

PPU-2ce96496d48434427bd319eb88660bb89b51b9be:
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games:
      "Alice: Madness Returns":
        NPEB00625: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "FlexBy"
    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0034ca98, 0x60000000 ]

PPU-935581b04fc192eac3cd677f51bb3921e22c0e41:
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games:
      "Alice: Madness Returns":
        BLES01265: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "FlexBy"
    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0034cad0, 0x60000000 ]

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 '''''Alice: Madness Returns''''' is a psychological horror hack and slash action-adventure platform video game developed by Independent studio Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to American McGee's Alice (2000). James "American" McGee, a video game designer who is most famous for working on the Doom series, was involved in the development. The game was released worldwide beginning in North America on June 14, 2011, followed by Europe on June 16, 2011, the United Kingdom on June 17, 2011, and Japan on July 21, 2011. The game is also backwards compatible with the Xbox One.
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 ==Special Notes==
 <!-- Mention any additional notes if necessary. If no special notes are required, remove this section -->
+{{patch
+|type    = PPU
+|version = 1.2
+|content =
+Anchors:
+  alicemr_unlockfps_notes: &alicemr_unlockfps_notes
+    "Maximum framerate with the patch is half the Vblank frequency. Without the patch, adjusting Vblank frequency increases the maximum framerate up to 58 FPS."
+PPU-2ce96496d48434427bd319eb88660bb89b51b9be:
+  "Unlock FPS":
+    Games:
+      "Alice: Madness Returns":
+        NPEB00625: [ 01.00 ]
+    Author: "FlexBy"
+    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
+    Patch Version: 1.0
+    Patch:
+      - [ be32, 0x0034ca98, 0x60000000 ]
+PPU-935581b04fc192eac3cd677f51bb3921e22c0e41:
+  "Unlock FPS":
+    Games:
+      "Alice: Madness Returns":
+        BLES01265: [ 01.00 ]
+    Author: "FlexBy"
+    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
+    Patch Version: 1.0
+    Patch:
+      - [ be32, 0x0034cad0, 0x60000000 ]
+}}