Emulator

What version of the NVIDIA drivers are you using? the latest versions have an issue with the option "ignore format changes" being unchecked; could you make sure you're not running into that issue?

Thank you for your report; I hope this helps. If not, hopefully someone with Punchout!!! will show up to help.

I'm using v335.23 of the nVidia drivers.

I can confirm the Euro60 option black screen, but i have no boot issue with my ntsc copy.

Just tried it again with ver. 4.0-1242, and I get the same crashes.

Same thing if you do a crystal clean install/pure defaults? Download, unzip to a folder on your desktop, run dolphin, open game.

Anything in the logger?

Still crashes even with a fresh install. Whenever it crashes, it writes this to "exceptioninfo.txt";

Unhandled Exception
Code: 0xC0000005
Call stack info:
0x697165A4 : ?

Does that help at all?

I'll confirm later with my ntsc version when I get home. Either this has been broken (in which case you'll need to find the build that broke it) or your copy of game is just bad.

All builds here: https://dolphin-emu.org/download/

My copy boots fine on 4.0-1202.

Just tried it with 4.0-1202, and it still crashes. I think my copy might be bad.

I can add a little to this discussion:

Using Dolhpin x64-1123, Punch Out!! (R7PE01) & Doc Louis's Punch Out!! (WPCE01) crash when loading using the OGL graphics plugin. Both work fine using D3D instead. I'm using the same settings for both, so I doubt its a settings problem (though I could play some more if needed)

Config is close to the OP's: i7-2600k, NVIDIA 770 GTX. NVIDIA driver 334.89.

exceptioninfo.txt (R7PE01)
Unhandled Exception
Code: 0xC0000005
Call stack info:
0x6F4AE7E4 : ?

exceptioninfo.txt (WPCE01)
Unhandled Exception
Code: 0xC0000005
Call stack info:
0x6F4AE7E4 : ?

"Use EuRGB60 (PAL60) mode" has no effect (and shouldn't given a NTSC image). Neither does the "ignore format changes" checkbox.

Might be separate issue, might not. Maybe the OP could try the other graphics plugin or the SW renderer and see if the game loads?

Try clearing the contents of the ShaderCache folder under the Documents/Dolphin Emulator folder.

Both Punch Out!! (R7PE01) & Doc Louis's Punch Out!! (WPCE01) work for me using Dolphin 4.0-1192 OGL under Windows x64. I have an AMD R9 290 and i7-4770K.

No difference here after clearing out the ShaderCache folder. The cache file does get created before Dolphin crashs, but deleting it has no effect. NVIDIA specific issue maybe?

Also tried x64-1281; same crash, same exception. DX still works fine, OGL still broken.

please downgrade to the 332 NVIDIA driver release. The 335 ones are I known to cause crashes. I would like to know if Punchout!! is one of the affected games.

you need to disable "Use EuRGB60 Model (PAL60)" in order for the game to boot. This setting is found under Options - Configure - Wii.

yeah, we understand that now; and there is an issue about that.