Topic: no....nooooooooo my cube!!!!

[ReallyScrued]

i never thought this would happen, maybe im taking this too seriously.  K, i was playing MP for like an hour or two and while i was on one of the elevators going to tallon overworld, the game froze, it made a high pitched sound. now i herd alot of gcn's were getting disc read errors but it didnt say anything, it just froze. Then later on in the day, i was playing for just like 30 minutse and it froze again......no disc read errors or anything, it just froze. This only happened twice but can it mean i have a bad cube!!!!!!!?? plz help!!!!

[ReallyScrued]

oh just to clearify, it only happens in MP, i can play ts2 and nhl hitz for hours but it never freezes, only mp freezes....is it that loading bug?

[PIAC]

as far as i can remember thats a bug in prime. ironed out in the pal version (hurruh!) something about not charging so fast through areas? i cant quite remember

[TOY]

You beat me to it, I was going to ask if other games did the same thing. I would take MP back to the store since it is the problem and not your GC. There have been reports of MP having freezing problems so take it back and get another copy.



TOY  

[Berny]

Yeah, I've had that happen to me at least thrice. So, PIAC, this allegedly cleaned up PAL version...are you certain they fixed this problem? And I can go to any store in the U.S. to get it? I've never had this happen before so I dunno how this works.  

[PIAC]

well ive never had any problems with the pal version, and i know they changed a few things before releaseing it here, and bug fixes was one of them

but no you cant goto an american store and get it, because its the pal version PAL being the European/Australian/New Zealand TV ... thingy.. and hence, not released in USA

[Grey Ninja]

I have the NTSC/C version, and it works just fine for me.    I bought it the first day it was out too.  

Some copies aren't good, and some are good.

[HolyPaladin]

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Originally posted by: TOY
There have been reports of MP having freezing problems so take it back and get another copy.

Don't bother,  It isn't just your copy, but all of them.  This happened for people everywhere, including happening three times to me.  It isn't such a big deal if one saves often.  Even with the glitch, it is still one of the best games ever made.  Some of the best games out there have their irritations or glitches.

[Mario]

Its not all of them, its like 60% of all the initial shipment that had the bug, the INITIAL SHIPMENT. It should be alright to get another copy and it will most likely work fine. Btw, i got mine a week before it came out () and its never froze on my once, ive finished it three times as well. It might have been fixed for the PAL version however.

[Infernal Monkey]

Well, yeah, we had to wait six months for the game. Apart from messing with the music, I'm sure they fixed all the bugs in the PAL version

[Big_Pimp]

My copy of Metroid Prime works perfectly fine, I have the U.S. version, and it has never given me any problems, I'm playing it right now, because I don't have any new games.

[AgentSeven]

I've played through my copy twice and never had a single problem.

The only game I had freeze up on me was "SW:Rouge Squadron."    

[PIAC]

... i hate you mario

[DRJ]

There is a glitch that allows you to ride that elevator before the area has completely loaded. I you do this the game will freeze. Just save at the ship before heading out, and if you run all the way there wait 10 seconds or so before getting on the elevator to allow the area to load.

If you ever noticed that sometimes when you shoot a door it take a little while to open. Thats because the new area isnt ready yet.

Same thing happened to me once, and now I make sure to save everytime at the ship before heading out.

[Uglydot]

I pre-ordered and recieved the game at launch, I got lucky  Or maybe it's just cuz I always run around the elevators to see if there is anything extra around them.  Definatly a good practice, either way.