Odd crashing problem with Xenogears

[mrswoon]

Near the beginning of the game, just before you start the first Gear fight, pSX crashes or freezes the game. I've tried playing from the CD, ripping a .bin/cue file, and using a downloaded copy, and keep getting the same result. It could be that I just have bad copies of the game, and it's one huge coincidence, but I hope not.

The version is SLUS_006.64
I'm using pSX v.1.4 with SCPH1001.bin and the default graphics and sound settings.
My system is using WinXP SP2, and a GeForce FX 5200 with DirectX 9.

When the game crashes, the dialogue box shows some error messages.
When run normally and with -r:
r3000: executed illegal opcode 00001728
r3000: executed illegal opcode 0000175c

When run with -s and -r:
r3000: executed illegal opcode 00200cac
r3000: executed illegal opcode 002063dc
r3000: executed illegal opcode 40200cfc
r3000: executed illegal opcode 00200d9c

[Ultima]

Does this happen with pSX v1.3? That was the last version this game was marked as working with.

[mrswoon]

I just tried it, and the same problem happens.

[yerlanthien]

can you get me a savestate? (pm me with a rapidshare or something) i can run it from my disc and see if i get the same problem.

[mrswoon]

Weird. I just tried playing a fresh game, and now everything works fine. I must have had a screwed up save, or did something weird to the game. Oh well, problem solved.

[yerlanthien]

I tried recreating the problem... didn't crash played for like two hours though oh well at least I don't have to start that game over COMPLETELY from scratch.

Definitely one of those "freak occurence" things.