Robert Neumann

That sounds like a solid foundation :) The ASIC sync input channel for CSync sources seems to be part of the ADC block, only specialized for sync extraction. As such,...

Awesome info, cheers :)

Thanks for documenting your findings, really appreciate that! :)

The game works fine with Unirom + xStation. I couldn't test Unirom + CD-R, but it is generally a normal modchip protected title. It does the manual check for one,...

The game first calls ReadToc, which is the common check that the shell also does. The laser gets placed to the lead-in area and symbols arrive. Then the game does...

Can confirm, it works with the OpenBIOS Cart + Unirom setup, and a fixed image of the 240p test suite: https://github.com/filipalac/240pTestSuite-PS1/issues/12 The original release is badly mastered and cannot possibly...

Thanks @mirh for the notification :) I fear I can't help much, besides some trivial stuff maybe. The Mechacon is a big chip that does house keeping tasks, such as...

It already has been looked at. There was no conclusive result. The game has a timer method that it, most likely, uses to tag memory card saves. When the bug...

Thanks for your input, Kolrath. One other thing I tried was freezing the RTC by the way. It didn't help with the issue.

No. I think the problem with random freezes was with the SPU2, so you may want to try the (.ini only) debug option "DelayCycles=4"