Getting Xenogears to Work

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Okay, I'm having a number of problems getting ePSXe to work on my computer...

My whole goal here is just to play Xenogears so I can make some sprites, but it won't play. I heard XG has a number of problems with emulators, too.

I used the CD-Rom, by the way. I load it up, and it just gives me a black screen, and doens't do anything. I tried a different game instead to see what was up, (FF6/Anthology) and it worked fine, only it froze on the new game screen and I had to restart my computer.

Are there certain things I need to get Xenogears to actually work? I honestly don't care how slow it is, I just want to rip myself some sprites.

I tried all of Pete's CD-Rom plugins, but when I use those to load the Cd-rom, ePSXe just closes and nothing happens. When I try the core plugin it works, but with the errors above.

I use Windows ME, too, and this computer isn't very advanced (Pentium III), so I'm looking for some ways to get it to plain work rather than get it to work well.

EDIT: By the way I'm a TOTAL newbie to this PSX emulation stuff... so break it to me easy. I barely managed to get the plugins setup right today.

EDIT2: Nevermind, it works now. My CD-Rom ws just dirty. But! I have another problem...

WHen I start my game I get to the part where it's SUPPOSED to show Fei in Weltall fighting some other Gears, in burning Lahan. Right after the "This is where it all begins" part. But my computer locks up while it's trying to load this part, and I can't even CTRL+ALT+DEL to get out of it. I have to manutally shut down the computer... and this happens every time I play the game.