Discworld, MDK, Theme Hospital

andwan0 · August 5th, 2009

I have tried these PSX games and could not get them to work with ePSXe 1.5.2 or 1.7.0:

Discworld 1
MDK
Theme Hospital (loads intro but freezes afterwards)

Anyone experienced this too? Do we need patches (though I couldn't find any).

**jonc2006** · August 5th, 2009

are you playing from the discs or from images of them? if you are doing the latter what format did you make them in?

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andwan0 · August 6th, 2009

They are disc images, in CloneCD (very old) format.

I was using MagicDisc virtual CD drive and that didn't work (or was too slow to load). So I used Daemon Tools and Discworld & MDK was working.

Theme Hospital throws an error saying can't access subchannel data. I'll probably try and rip it again.

**jonc2006** · August 6th, 2009

indeed re-rip the image but make sure you still use something like cloneCD or alcohol, as the .ccd or mdf formats will allow you to get around the copy protection.

btw i suggest following the tutorials in the thread below, that way you can be sure that you are doing it right.

How to Make a Perfect Backup of PSX Games

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Squall-Leonhart · August 6th, 2009

Theme hospital is better played using the W95 version.

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andwan0 · August 6th, 2009

True, but since multiplayer is based off IPX and IPX is so so slow over high-ping internet connections (ie. Hamachi VPN)... or DOSBox it's totally unplayable. Scrolling the screen is like a slow slide-show. All IPX games are very slow over VPN or DOSBox (except Blood which handles quite well).

So I was hoping emulated Theme Hospital over PSX might be nice... but sadly PSX doesn't do it....

- gonna see if Syndicate Wars does it on PSX...

Squall-Leonhart · August 6th, 2009

i said Theme Hospital W95, it was rereleased for Windows in a 32bit form.

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andwan0 · August 6th, 2009

Yes that too! I tried both W95 and DOS versions of TH.

Wish they had TCP/IP Server/client network multiplayer.

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andwan0 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6	Discworld, MDK, Theme Hospital I have tried these PSX games and could not get them to work with ePSXe 1.5.2 or 1.7.0: Discworld 1 MDK Theme Hospital (loads intro but freezes afterwards) Anyone experienced this too? Do we need patches (though I couldn't find any).

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August 5th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD. Posts: 8,796	are you playing from the discs or from images of them? if you are doing the latter what format did you make them in? __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

August 6th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
andwan0 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6	They are disc images, in CloneCD (very old) format. I was using MagicDisc virtual CD drive and that didn't work (or was too slow to load). So I used Daemon Tools and Discworld & MDK was working. Theme Hospital throws an error saying can't access subchannel data. I'll probably try and rip it again.

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jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD. Posts: 8,796	indeed re-rip the image but make sure you still use something like cloneCD or alcohol, as the .ccd or mdf formats will allow you to get around the copy protection. btw i suggest following the tutorials in the thread below, that way you can be sure that you are doing it right. How to Make a Perfect Backup of PSX Games __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	Theme hospital is better played using the W95 version. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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andwan0 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6	True, but since multiplayer is based off IPX and IPX is so so slow over high-ping internet connections (ie. Hamachi VPN)... or DOSBox it's totally unplayable. Scrolling the screen is like a slow slide-show. All IPX games are very slow over VPN or DOSBox (except Blood which handles quite well). So I was hoping emulated Theme Hospital over PSX might be nice... but sadly PSX doesn't do it.... - gonna see if Syndicate Wars does it on PSX...

August 6th, 2009	#7 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	i said Theme Hospital W95, it was rereleased for Windows in a 32bit form. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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andwan0 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6	Yes that too! I tried both W95 and DOS versions of TH. Wish they had TCP/IP Server/client network multiplayer.