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Are you using an NTSC or a PAL version of Final Fantasy IX, strike105x? The PAL version, I know, is copy protected and pretty heavily so: you need a CD drive that can read the subcode to play it. There are reports that the NTSC version is protected too; in this case, it's probably mod protection. Try playing it in an -RW optical drive rather than a -ROM one; a good -RW drive is generally best at reading non-standard formats. In Windows, try using ASPI rather than IOCntrl. I find that in Linux, my DVD-RW will read the game fine, while my DVD-ROM won't, and in Windows (don't usually use this much any more, but I wanted to check this out) neither drive will read this game under IOCntrl, the DVD-RW one will under ASPI and the DVD-ROM one won't.
All the native Playstation Final Fantasy games, VII, VIII and IX, whether protected or not, seem to be quite fussy about playing: even slight scuffing (which I've never known stop other games playing) will put the kibosh on it - always buy and rip/play new versions of these games, or at least use known good copies.
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