OK, I have a question for all you Saturn heads out there.
About 2 months ago I picked up a region modded US Saturn from a game shop in Manhattan. The owner was cool and hooked it up on the TV in the shop just to show me it worked and the mod worked. I took it home, not 20 minutes after leaving the store, and hooked it up at home. The first game I popped in was NHL 97, brand new sealed from the box. It would not load. I played around with getting dust out of the tray, wiping the disk, everything, but it didnt load. I tried the 3 other games I bought, US and Japanese, and they loaded up fine and played flawlessly. I went back to the NHL and it just started working and has loaded up fine since. I had no problems for weeks until I got a shitty schratched up Die Hard off Ebay which would of course not load at all, I kept getting the no disk error screen. a couple days later I picked up another Die Hard, disk only, from Ebay, and it too would not load. I played around with it much like the NHL disk and it just started working and has perfectly ever since. Literally about 30 games have gone through it since with no problems what so ever. Jump foreward to yesterday, I got a copy of In the Hunt from Ebay. I popped in the disk and it too had loading problems. The disk is flawless, but it would only load up to the developer intro screen, then it wont load any further. I played around with it and got it to load to the title, played a full game, then it wouldnt load back to the title screen.
So basically, what I am trying to ask is...Has anyone else had loading problems with their Saturns. I know it is getting old, but why does it work perfectly with some games and then be weird on others? Is it the system or is it the disk? Should I try cleaning the lense inside, or just get a good disk washer/game doctor type of thing?
Any suggestions?
About 2 months ago I picked up a region modded US Saturn from a game shop in Manhattan. The owner was cool and hooked it up on the TV in the shop just to show me it worked and the mod worked. I took it home, not 20 minutes after leaving the store, and hooked it up at home. The first game I popped in was NHL 97, brand new sealed from the box. It would not load. I played around with getting dust out of the tray, wiping the disk, everything, but it didnt load. I tried the 3 other games I bought, US and Japanese, and they loaded up fine and played flawlessly. I went back to the NHL and it just started working and has loaded up fine since. I had no problems for weeks until I got a shitty schratched up Die Hard off Ebay which would of course not load at all, I kept getting the no disk error screen. a couple days later I picked up another Die Hard, disk only, from Ebay, and it too would not load. I played around with it much like the NHL disk and it just started working and has perfectly ever since. Literally about 30 games have gone through it since with no problems what so ever. Jump foreward to yesterday, I got a copy of In the Hunt from Ebay. I popped in the disk and it too had loading problems. The disk is flawless, but it would only load up to the developer intro screen, then it wont load any further. I played around with it and got it to load to the title, played a full game, then it wouldnt load back to the title screen.
So basically, what I am trying to ask is...Has anyone else had loading problems with their Saturns. I know it is getting old, but why does it work perfectly with some games and then be weird on others? Is it the system or is it the disk? Should I try cleaning the lense inside, or just get a good disk washer/game doctor type of thing?
Any suggestions?
