So I got a few squaresoft PS1 RPGs to better study Japanese. This quite baffling thing happened to BOTH games.
The first disc (these are multi disc games) will either not be read, OR will not play properly (it will be slowed down, music, CG cutscenes, everything will be a little slower).
While the physical disc itself is a black label one and is in (at least visually) impeccable condition.
Why is this happening? I'm not looking for a solution as I've already found one (try another disc), just curious if anyone has a better guess on why this is happening. And it's always on the first disc that this happens.
My two guesses:
1) Some kind of elaborate anti-region unlocking prevention measure by Sony (but then why would disc 2 play?)
2) They used the first disc so much that it somehow got ruined but not in a way that is visually seen.
For the sake of sharing information, the two games that I've had this issue with are FFVII and FFVIII (Japanese titles). FFVII disc one would not be read, and FFVIII disc 1 would play, but everything in the game would be slowed down (lol)
The first disc (these are multi disc games) will either not be read, OR will not play properly (it will be slowed down, music, CG cutscenes, everything will be a little slower).
While the physical disc itself is a black label one and is in (at least visually) impeccable condition.
Why is this happening? I'm not looking for a solution as I've already found one (try another disc), just curious if anyone has a better guess on why this is happening. And it's always on the first disc that this happens.
My two guesses:
1) Some kind of elaborate anti-region unlocking prevention measure by Sony (but then why would disc 2 play?)
2) They used the first disc so much that it somehow got ruined but not in a way that is visually seen.
For the sake of sharing information, the two games that I've had this issue with are FFVII and FFVIII (Japanese titles). FFVII disc one would not be read, and FFVIII disc 1 would play, but everything in the game would be slowed down (lol)