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{{disambig||the remake of the console game|[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated]]}}
 
 
{{series|SpongeBob SquarePants}}
 
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'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
{{ii}} Despite being called "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom", this game is not a port nor has anything to do with the PlayStation 2/Xbox/GameCube game of the same name.
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{{ii}} Despite being called "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom", '''this game is not a port nor has anything to do with the PlayStation 2/Xbox/GameCube game of the same name'''.
 
 
'''General information'''
 
{{mm}} [http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom MobyGames entry]
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
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'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
{{ii}} This removes the frame rate cap and allows the game to be played at modern resolutions. The only downside is that the game is stretched and there's currently no way to fix this.
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{{ii}} This removes the frame rate cap and allows the game to be played at modern resolutions. The only downside is that the game is stretched at non-4:3 resolutions and there's currently no way to fix this.
 
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==Improvements and Fixes==
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===No-CD Fix===
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{{ii}} To launch the game, the CD must be inserted. This causes problems on modern devices that do not have a CD drive. {{cn|date=June 2021}}
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{{Fixbox|description=Remove CD-Check|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Hhtv|date=2016-05-16}}</ref>|fix=
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# Open <code>sb3.exe</code> in [https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ HxD].
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# Press ''CTRL+R'' and go to the ''Hex-Value'' tab
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# Search for <code>84 C0 75 07 6A 04 E9 55 01 00 00</code> and replace it with <code>90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90</code>
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# Set ''Search Direction'' to ''All'' and press ''Replace All''
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# Save the result as a new file called <code>sb3p.exe</code> (or anything other than sb3.exe)
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'''Notes'''
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{{ii}} While this does remove the CD-Check it's still unstable on modern systems. You might need to open the patched file multiple times until the game launches.
 
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Revision as of 11:51, 25 April 2021

This page is for the minigame collection. For the remaster of the console game, see SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom cover
Developers
AWE Games
Publishers
THQ
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom guide on StrategyWiki
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on MobyGames
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Wikipedia
Subseries of Nickelodeon
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty 2001
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month 2002
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom 2003
SpongeBob SquarePants Collapse 2003
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing 2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! 2005
SpongeBob SquarePants: Diner Dash 2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nighty Nightmare 2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Clash of Triton 2011
SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated 2020
SpongeBob SolitairePants 2022
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake 2023

Key points

Despite being called "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom", this game is not a port nor has anything to do with the PlayStation 2/Xbox/GameCube game of the same name.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Game only runs at 15 FPS by default and is locked to 800x600 fullscreen.[citation needed]
Use dgVoodoo2[1]
  1. Download dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Extract D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll to the installation folder, where sb3.exe is located.
  3. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe and go to DirectX and configure your settings.

Notes

This removes the frame rate cap and allows the game to be played at modern resolutions. The only downside is that the game is stretched at non-4:3 resolutions and there's currently no way to fix this.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Only available in the german release

Improvements and Fixes

No-CD Fix

To launch the game, the CD must be inserted. This causes problems on modern devices that do not have a CD drive. [citation needed]
Remove CD-Check[2]
  1. Open sb3.exe in HxD.
  2. Press CTRL+R and go to the Hex-Value tab
  3. Search for 84 C0 75 07 6A 04 E9 55 01 00 00 and replace it with 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
  4. Set Search Direction to All and press Replace All
  5. Save the result as a new file called sb3p.exe (or anything other than sb3.exe)

Notes

While this does remove the CD-Check it's still unstable on modern systems. You might need to open the patched file multiple times until the game launches.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) 333 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Verified by User:Hhtv on 2016-05-16
  2. Verified by User:Hhtv on 2016-05-16