Apparently my father's been trying to play Virtua Cop for the last hour but the machine just hangs at the system menu, and it's been so long since I played a Saturn that I don't know how the games load up from it. Any help?
there should be a "run application (or something)" icon with two circling arrows on it. i think it's in the top left corner. but if it won't auto-load, it probably won't load at all.
Unless you're using a Pro Action Replay or something, it shouldn't go to the Boot Up screen in the first place.
But if you get there, isn't the dead center button the Play disc option? You can just hit Start. It's possible that it's not reading the Virtua Cop disc correctly... have you tried other games?
I looooooved the Saturn! Some of my favorite all-time games on that system. Y'know, I fired up Panzer Dragoon Saga (my 2nd favorite RPG after Skies of Arcadia) about 8 months ago, and as much as I adore that game, I couldn't take the low frame rate and 1998 graphics.
I just replaced the battery and cleaned the discs/screen. I think the laser assembly might be dead, as when it says "checking game" it just hangs for like 10 seconds then starts music mode
Crack the fucker open and trip the lid switch. My SS had a broken lid switch, and it suffered just like yours. I made like ghetto Macgyver and duct-taped the switch down on the inside, and now it's all gravy.
