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Fixing a freezing Snatcher ISO

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 2:25 pm
by Crowley
This is mostly directed to Snake700. Since warez download links are not allowed, here you can find good instructions for correcting the mp3 tracks yourself:

http://snatcher100.home.att.net/snatcher/mp3.html

I used to have a faulty copy and fixed it using those instructions. I recommend an mp3 encoder called LAME for that:

http://lame.sourceforge.net/

There is a very simple program called Mp3DirectCut out there, but as the name implies that can only be used to cut parts of mp3s, and some tracks need to be lengthened by adding silence. Most tracks will be fine with just removing or adding silence at the end of the file, but a couple of the audio tracks for the intro have too much silence at the beginning, where getting them spot on is pretty much through trial and error.

Or that's at least the situation I had with my copy.

snatcher copies freezing!

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:38 pm
by el_ash
speaking of SNATCHER ISO'S freezing...

anyone have or fully play through a PSX or Saturn copy of SNATCHER?

becuase I OWN and RIP'D, and tryed a dozen downloaded copies of the PSX and Saturn versions of SNATCHER on MANY emulators and they ALL LOCKED UP at the exact same spots!

the PSX version lets you get to the abandoned factory and locks up right when gillian chases lisa and freddy (they run across the doorway) to the dead end, as soon as gillian goes to sneeze for the first time the game locks!

on the Saturn version the game locks right before metal gear is introduced, the sounds play, but then harry doesn't move out of the way....metal's shadow never happens....the game locks and the audio continues for the scene.....and that's it...locked up!

my copies i made of the game are F*CKING MINT! I unwrapped the shrink wrap myself and only used the disc to COPY then put it away! it copied fine! ...funny thing is i used ISO buster before to copy and it error'd me at %87, and THAT copy did the same thing...i'm surprised it even played, so maybe it's just EVERY emulator doesn't work for snatcher? I've never herd of anyone saying they played through the entire game for PSX or SS emulated.....cause i can't even do it with the actual copies or rips!

I've spent MANY hours and about $200 trying to figure this out, I also have Policenauts for the PSX, works %100 as far as I know, i've made it about an hour into the game so far (got it today).....my rip works fine!

also : the PSX SNATCHER doesn't emulate with the "lip-syncing" when players talk, the Saturn version works fine in that department!

used :

EPSXE,
Satourne,
SaturNin,
SSPSX,
GIRIGIRI,
Clone Cd,
Deamon Tools 4,
Alcohol,
SSF, etc.

ALL the latest files! and nothing!

I beleive SNATCHER is emulatable, just not fully playable yet!.....wich makes no sence seing how i can emulate something as graphical as Final Fantasy 9 flawless on my emu, but not a SIMPLE game such as SNATCHER?

maybe I need to hassle the makers of the emu's and make them test snatcher...and fix the shit? it's got to be the emu's!

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:44 am
by Modnar
if your spending all that money then you may as well just buy saturn and a playstation and just mod them...the mod chips cost like 14 bucks and its easy as hell to do. Thats how I use mine.

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:14 am
by 87th
An Action Replay RAM card will cost around half as much, do the same job AND let you save your game.