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Finding a CD/DVD copy that works.
kashell:
It happened to me with Dirge of Cerberus, also on PS2. Took me like three or four copies to finish the game.
bizzgeburt:
I knew of PS1 discs getting bad with time, had to exchange three beloveth Final Fantasy titles, including a few expensive ones.
Never heard of certain PS2-discs making problems, and never had such.
What I can say is, that I cleaned and internally dedusted the fatty I bought in 2003 exactly two times since then, and it runs for thousands of hours now, showing no signs of ever stopping :o
Wish U best luck, maybe cleaning the lense of the laser does the trick.
Me, trying to finish all my PS1-RPGs before rotting away, terrified AF now ... !
marvelvscapcom2:
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--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on December 30, 2024, 06:49:23 am ---Not sure if you tried yet, but try hitting triangle at PS2 menu and adjusting texture mapping and disc speed. If the game discs look perfect. Then take a Q Tip gently with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol and dont soak it. But damp it. Let it air dry slightly than gently clean the eye of the ps2 optical drive. (If you have a slim. If you have a phat you may need to get one of those disc eye cleaners)
If a console fails to load 3 different discs. Its almost always the console sadly. But a good eye clean, disassembly and dusting can do wonders.
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You think it's the console? Like I said, my other games work fine.
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I cant know for sure, but i'd assume 3 different discs wouldnt be faulty. PS2 games are usually fairly hardy Must be the PS2 not handling that game. Like Sworddude said FFX uses double layer dvd, a few others do. When my original PS2 was letting go as a kid. It would not load any copy of Tekken Tag Tournament. So I guess sometimes the eye refuses to read certain games.
PS2s are unique and even when they were new would sometimes load certain disc types more favorably. Be seemingly allergic to some games for no reason. Its bizzare.
If theirs no disc rot, major scratches or a lot of top layer peeling on the disc. Its probably a finicky PS2 thing. Hopefully you get it workimg. Good luck with it all!
castletonsnob:
My copy of Beyond Good and Evil had moments where sounds would repeat, and 1 or 2 moments where a level wouldn't load, but I was still able to beat it.
bikingjahuty:
It may not be the disc. PS2s have some of the most notoriously crap disc lasers of any console every created. I'm not exaggerating when I say I've been through about a dozen PS2 consoles since it came out, all of them stopped reading games gradually. I have a silver slim I've been using for about 4-years now that is starting to stop reading discs consistently. Even the same game, which worked fine the night before, suddenly can't read the game. It's beyond frustrating since the PS2 is otherwise an amazing console.
I know there are ODE substitutes out there, but I pray for the day that someone releasing a well working ODE like the Xstation or MODE for the PS2. It desperately needs one for people who don't want to go down the emulation rabbit hole, and also to give all those non-working PS2s unable to read discs a new lease on life.
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