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    Some PlayStation games not working

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    • Keltron3030K
      Keltron3030
      last edited by

      Hi Guys,

      I'm having some trouble with certain PS1 games.

      I read through the handful of related posts but didn't see anything that helped me.

      I'm trying to get a game called Discworld working, it loads through a couple of game screens and then gives me a large rainbow colored cube with "sample oversize load error."

      The other game that's not working is The Hive. This is a two disk game which freezes on the opening "Trimark interactive logo."

      I'm using lr-pcsx-rearmed and I have SCPH1001.bin in place. I have no problems with Crash Bandicoot, Abe's Oddworld, Road Rash, Tony Hawk, etc.

      I was going to try lr-beetle-psx but I didn't see that package in main or optionals so I haven't checked that out yet.

      This is running on a 3B+ with version 4.4.1.

      Maybe these ROMS are just bad rips. Has anyone successfully played either of these or have any ideas?

      Thanks in advance for any tips. 😉

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      • madmodder123M
        madmodder123
        last edited by madmodder123

        Discworld (USA) works fine for me using LR-PCSX-ReARMed r22 [Can you check your PCSX version? just open RetroArch while in a PS1 game and it says what it is in the bottom left corner].

        I assume you are using NTSC (North American region) roms?

        lr-beetle-psx doesn't run any PS1 games (or at least well) on a Raspberry Pi, so don't worry about that one.

        Try updating PCSX from source/binary (from the retropie setup script) and see if there is any difference between the two.

        Trying a new ROM or try the non-LR version of PCSX would be my recommendation if the above doesn't fix it.

        UPDATE: I just tested two ROMs of "The Hive" and I can confirm that they do not work (freezes on Trimark Logo) in lr-pcsx-rearmed or pcsx-rearmed, so I think you are just out of luck on that one :/

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        • Keltron3030K
          Keltron3030 @madmodder123
          last edited by

          @madmodder123

          Thanks for checking that for me. I guess I'll have to consider the hive dead for now. I think this may have been a PC game originally so maybe I'll go that route later.

          I recently updated the emu from source but I'll check the version when I get home and try the other things you mentioned.

          Thanks

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          • FruitybitF
            Fruitybit @Keltron3030
            last edited by

            @keltron3030 This may or may not help, both these games appear to be available as eboots for PSP. It’s a bit of a workaround, but if you really want to play those games it may work?

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            • Keltron3030K
              Keltron3030 @Fruitybit
              last edited by

              @fruitybit

              Thanks I'll give that a try.

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              • Keltron3030K
                Keltron3030 @Keltron3030
                last edited by

                @keltron3030

                Ok, I got a different rom and got it working.

                Thanks.

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @Keltron3030
                  last edited by

                  @keltron3030 which game did you get working?

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                  • Keltron3030K
                    Keltron3030 @edmaul69
                    last edited by

                    @edmaul69

                    Oh, sorry... Discworld. I didn't try to find a different copy of the hive.

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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69 @Keltron3030
                      last edited by

                      @keltron3030 thats what i was figuring. Even the .pbp file of the hive locks up. I even tried changing all the core options to see if something was triggering it and no matter what it locked up

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                      • Keltron3030K
                        Keltron3030 @edmaul69
                        last edited by

                        @edmaul69

                        Yeah, it may be better on PC with a keyboard anyway.

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