Policenauts (Game Disc 2)

[slowbeef]

Game Title: Policenauts (Game Disc 2)
Game ID(s): SLPS_002.16
pSX Version(s): 1.13

pSX reports "b0rken" and memory dumps when End Credit Sequence starts up. There is game content after the credits that cannot be reached in pSX as of version 1.13.

[Gamesoul Master]

Before you post that additional information you hinted at in the other thread, I have a question. Have you tried older versions of pSX (specifically, v1.4 and v1.6 - v1.10)? Also, are you playing from the original discs or disc images? Which BIOS are you using? And... have you tried the -r switch?

[slowbeef]

I have verified this bug occurs running off the original disc in my CD-ROM drive and a ripped ISO.

I tested the following just now on the ISO, with SCPH1001.BIN.

1.13 with debugger (psxrel.exe), with and without the -r switch.
1.13 (psxfin.exe) (haven't tried the -r switch)
1.12, with and without -r switch
1.11, with and without -r switch
1.10, with and without -r switch

(note: 1.10 and 1.11 wrote "eek! samplestoirq=0" to STDOUT on startup, which I don't recall seeing in the 1.12 or 1.13)

I have the other versions downloaded and don't mind testing other permutations, BIOS, etc. (I'm on the Policenauts Translation Hack project and we've been looking at this bug for awhile now!)

I'm pretty sure I've tried other BIOS's and seen the bug there, but I don't mind testing specific or different ones against pSX 1.13 (or earlier) if you'd like that information as well.

[slowbeef]

Sorry to double-post, but we got some new information - it appears there's a screen resolution change from 320 to 640 for that scene (and back to 320 when it's over).

Also, I did confirm it's present in pSX 1.4 with the original game disc running off CD-ROM.

[Gamesoul Master]

The only thing off the top of my head right now would be testing a JP BIOS (ends in 0). SCPH-1000 doesn't really work, but a different one would be great. It shouldn't make a difference, but it's worth testing anyway, since the game is a JP release.

Otherwise... unless that long-shot provides a better/different result, this sounds like something that can't be bypassed by any means. I couldn't imagine the resolution change itself causing the problem, since there are other functional games that do that, though it could be related somehow.

Almost forgot to ask, but could you save that memory dump and send it to the contact information provided on pSX's homepage, as well as providing a link here for it (just in case).

[slowbeef]

I tried SCPH7000, but still crashed.

I uploaded a full crash dump to FileFront:

files.filefront.com/13705171

And you can find a small dump I uploaded to my webspace:

slowbeef.com/psxrel.2bde.mdmp

[ouch]

Well im going to check this title game if i have it then tested again which versions really work..

Well since is older game title.........

That's About It......

[slowbeef]

By the way, I had also e-mailed those crash dumps, not just posted them here. Anything else you'd like from me in regards to this?

[Gamesoul Master]

For the moment, I'm pretty sure everything is covered. Thank you for all the information, and sorry that this situation probably won't be fixed all that soon.

[slowbeef]

No worries. Thanks for your help as well!

[R4Zi3L]

I think that i finished this game on pSX with no problem...

[Gamesoul Master]

Slowbeef also finished the game on pSX... more or less a problem of the bonus content after the credits. Unless you're saying that you managed to get that too, in which case... who knows.

[ddddyyyy]

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[psicomaniaco]

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Weird links you got there bub. Very weird. Specially the "Escort shanghai" one, with the cute naked girl inside.

Also weird is creating an account to say you agree with someone but hey, no problem there.

Welcome to the community

[R4Zi3L]

lol.... BTW... was is that bonus after the credits?