UPDATE - bought a pal version of the game and it still crashes at the exact same part,it allows me to press one of the 8 buttons on the console for power to the rocket ship,as soon as i press another one i get "cpu address error"
i tried saving the game after pressing one button and loading back up but it crashes as soon as i press another button,i am starting to think there is something wrong with my new saturn,i have tried about 45 saturn games and while not playing them throughout,i have never not once had a single crash,some of my games are about 10 years old and are cdr's that went through two house moves and lay about in plastic bags with no protection and they load and work fine even with multiple scratches,the discs all load up very quickly and with no obvious sound from the drive that it struggles,quick track movement from the drive is the only sound i hear,no skimming sound from the disc trying to be read.
myst versions i have tried are
pal
ntsc-j
ntsc-u
pal original
All crash at the exact same place,i have a gray mk1 saturn and use the gray mk1 (new style) controller,i also have black mk2 new style controllers and have tried them too,the reason i bring up the controller is that when i got this saturn,the controllers would not work,only after i switched the console off and reinserted the controllers did they work however this was after about the 5th attempt ! but after that they work every single time,i get the feeling that something isn't right about this and from reading about cpu address errors,i read someone state that the controller port can have something to do with saturn crashes,i have however cleaned the entire console including the ports and the lens and it's all still the same.
I also read from one person that they released an updated version of myst to fix this exact bug but that's just one person on a forum saying this,i have not found any real proof of this,i looked at the versions and see only one revision.
I would very much appreciate any help/info about this,it pisses me off as myst and riven were the games i was most looking forward to playing on saturn,i own these games on pc and those too crash due to compatibility,i hoped and expected the trusty saturn to actually just play the game without the crap but apparently not,the saturn is where i first played myst and it's where i want to play it now,so thanks but no thanks to any suggestions for playing it by other means as i already know about them and quite frankly i want to get to the bottom of this problem.
thanks
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Hi,i signed up here simply to seek help with a problem i have,i have a model 1 japan saturn gray+oval button first revision edition saturn,i do not have any issues with any other games apart from myst,i am using a back up of the usa ntsc version and it will crash as soon as i try to enter the volt amount into the machine where it should be i think 59volts for the space ship,i can click 1 button and as soon as i click another button it will crash and give me code all over the screen,i then tried burning a pal and a jap version of myst and all three versions crash,i tried downloading a different source of the usa iso,and i even found my 10+ year old copy of the game in cdr from when i once owned a saturn and that too crashes at the same part soi i have in total 4 myst cdrs and i tried a different burner and also lowering to x8 speed and they all crash.
I want to now just buy myst as i am getting back into the saturn console again and i will be buying the games i enjoy the most,myst and riven are top of my list but now i am thinking that this issue is a very strange one,i really do not understand and to make matters worse,the bug is not present on ssf emulator via the disc inserted in my pc,this crash happens on this saturn if i disc swap,or if i use the mod chip and i have a 5in1 ar and it also crashes with that if i use an untouched iso and leave its region original.
I am at a loss with it,it will crash every single time at the same part but not anywhere else that i have tried so far,any help would be great and i want to go ahead and buy the game but will it work ? or is it that this model of saturn has a problem with this game ? i tried the japan version all in jap text and it also crashes at the same place,really weird.
help !
thanks
i tried saving the game after pressing one button and loading back up but it crashes as soon as i press another button,i am starting to think there is something wrong with my new saturn,i have tried about 45 saturn games and while not playing them throughout,i have never not once had a single crash,some of my games are about 10 years old and are cdr's that went through two house moves and lay about in plastic bags with no protection and they load and work fine even with multiple scratches,the discs all load up very quickly and with no obvious sound from the drive that it struggles,quick track movement from the drive is the only sound i hear,no skimming sound from the disc trying to be read.
myst versions i have tried are
pal
ntsc-j
ntsc-u
pal original
All crash at the exact same place,i have a gray mk1 saturn and use the gray mk1 (new style) controller,i also have black mk2 new style controllers and have tried them too,the reason i bring up the controller is that when i got this saturn,the controllers would not work,only after i switched the console off and reinserted the controllers did they work however this was after about the 5th attempt ! but after that they work every single time,i get the feeling that something isn't right about this and from reading about cpu address errors,i read someone state that the controller port can have something to do with saturn crashes,i have however cleaned the entire console including the ports and the lens and it's all still the same.
I also read from one person that they released an updated version of myst to fix this exact bug but that's just one person on a forum saying this,i have not found any real proof of this,i looked at the versions and see only one revision.
I would very much appreciate any help/info about this,it pisses me off as myst and riven were the games i was most looking forward to playing on saturn,i own these games on pc and those too crash due to compatibility,i hoped and expected the trusty saturn to actually just play the game without the crap but apparently not,the saturn is where i first played myst and it's where i want to play it now,so thanks but no thanks to any suggestions for playing it by other means as i already know about them and quite frankly i want to get to the bottom of this problem.
thanks
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Hi,i signed up here simply to seek help with a problem i have,i have a model 1 japan saturn gray+oval button first revision edition saturn,i do not have any issues with any other games apart from myst,i am using a back up of the usa ntsc version and it will crash as soon as i try to enter the volt amount into the machine where it should be i think 59volts for the space ship,i can click 1 button and as soon as i click another button it will crash and give me code all over the screen,i then tried burning a pal and a jap version of myst and all three versions crash,i tried downloading a different source of the usa iso,and i even found my 10+ year old copy of the game in cdr from when i once owned a saturn and that too crashes at the same part soi i have in total 4 myst cdrs and i tried a different burner and also lowering to x8 speed and they all crash.
I want to now just buy myst as i am getting back into the saturn console again and i will be buying the games i enjoy the most,myst and riven are top of my list but now i am thinking that this issue is a very strange one,i really do not understand and to make matters worse,the bug is not present on ssf emulator via the disc inserted in my pc,this crash happens on this saturn if i disc swap,or if i use the mod chip and i have a 5in1 ar and it also crashes with that if i use an untouched iso and leave its region original.
I am at a loss with it,it will crash every single time at the same part but not anywhere else that i have tried so far,any help would be great and i want to go ahead and buy the game but will it work ? or is it that this model of saturn has a problem with this game ? i tried the japan version all in jap text and it also crashes at the same place,really weird.
help !
thanks
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