Playstation One problem

[Susan]

It occasionally freezes when I enter the save screen for "Harvest Moon: Back To Nature."

I checked the Gamefaqs thing on this, and it was very unhelpful. I am not using the PAL or pirated editions of the game, I'm using the NTSC/UC version and I bought it at a reputable store. It says that the freezes occur randomly, mine only froze when I entered the save screen, before I could save.

Is this a problem with the game itself? With my Playstation (it has happened sometimes with other games over the last year or so)? With my memory card?

Thanks for your help. -^.^-

 

 

[juiblex]

if it only happens in the one game in the one place then its probably not a hardware problem. nor is it likely to be a user error, so that leaves software. check your CD for any scratches that look worrying, it sounds like this is a possiblity. that would explain why it ony happens in the one place.

 

[kern]

Every time I have had a CD game freezing at a particular point, wiping the CD with a tissue (from inside towards the outside) has fixed the problem. It doesn't even have to be a scratch -- even a fingerprint smudge can cause a freeze like this.

-Chris

 

[seebs]

That would be my first guess. If it's not that, try to save different types of games, or at different times. Does it *always* hang or only sometimes? You might also have a bad memory card, I suppose, in theory.

 

[A Sheep]

Maybe it is due to the CD being smudged/scratched. Or, because each time the game enters the save screen, the PSX is told by the game to check the memory card for space and/or previous saved games, and a freeze-up could definitely occur if the memory card has errors or is malfunctioning or broken. Also, the save screen and related game data may be on a place near the inside or outside data tracks on the CD which your PSX's laser/eye has trouble reading from now.

Have you tried placing the PSX upside-down on a phonebook with the PSX partially over one side of the book, for access to the power button? Many of the earlier Playstation's laser/eye was not manufactured correctly, and the laser/eye could not read the data off of the CD tracks very well and would freeze-up frequently; but placing the PSX upside-down caused the laser/eye to be closer to the CD and much less freeze-ups occur. This problem was fixed (atleast, supposedly) in the post-1997 Playstations.

Ofcourse, the save screen freeze-ups could be a (little-known) bug in that game, or your CD is just faulty/defective.

 

[Soldier4God]

Also, depending on how long and what you have done to your Playstation it could be the PS too because maybe it just has a problem loading that particular type of screen due to earlier abuse or wear and tear. One time I accidently opened my lid while the game was on and my PS froze during games it used to not freeze on for a whole week after it happened.