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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 video game based on the live-action/animated film of the same name and published by THQ and Nick Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance platforms. This page will talk about the PS3 versions launch

Launch
On February 7, 2012, the PS2 version came out on the PlayStation Store as a PS2 Classic, meaning it was the code PlayStation 2 version emulated. The emulation quality was poor, and the port was plagues with several technical issues:

Issues

 * 1) All still images (such as in cutscenes and the pause menu) are noticeably blurry because they are upscaled in-engine rather than having their assets replaced.
 * 2) The aspect ratio at which the game is rendered is the same as the PS2 version, and then is stretched to widescreen, giving a noticeably "squashed" look. Some HDTVs are capable of horizontally compressing the image to the proper aspect ratio, but this is not guaranteed, and needs to be done every time the TV is turned on.
 * 3) All cutscenes using in-game graphics have severe audio synchronization issues, where they will start perfectly synced, but then a section of an audio clip will somehow play twice, causing all subsequent clips to play around a full second late.
 * 4) There is a noticeable input lag. This is because the game is recognizing the controller (a DualShock 3 or a Sixaxis) as a DualShock 2 and must convert the input.

Removal
The game was removed from the PlayStation Store shortly after release for undisclosed reasons, but likely due to complaints about the flaws and technical issues listed above.