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Still having Spyro 3 Problems
Old 10-08-2002   #1
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Unhappy Still having Spyro 3 Problems

Ok...I tried burning a patched CD for Spyro 3 since it is protected.

Using CDRWIN, I extracted an image file to hard drive. I downloaded the patch. It was listed as a PDX file but when I unzipped it, it had a PPF extension so I then downloaded a PPF Patch Engine. I then used the PPF-O-Matic to do its magic. I then loaded the cue and then I wrote the file back to a disc.

The disc boots up to a screen I've never seen before, but it must be right. It talks about the crack and so on, and you select what video mode? you want to run it in (NTSC or PAL), and if you want unlimited lives, etc. Once you select a video mode and hit start, the screen just goes black and nothing more happens. I've tried both modes, one goes black, the other gets black and squiggly.

What am I doing wrong??? I really don't care about the trainer or anything, I just want to be able to play it with my son. I'm new to this and a bit frustrated right now. The only thing I can see that's wrong is that when I used the PPF-O-Matic, it said that the image file was the incorrect size or something, but it still let me write it and it gets to the first screen just fine.

Please, any and all information would be helpful. Thanks.
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Old 10-08-2002   #2
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The only thing you are doing wrong is trying to patch it.
The patches do NOT work.
The only way is to use CloneCD with 100% compatible hardware.
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Man the patch does work,mines patched with the 100% patch by pdx and it works fine.

Now whn u patched it u did get the right patch as theres one for the ntsc version and the pal/euro version.?
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The patch I downloaded says US NTSC.

Forgive the ignorance, but what the hell does that mean?? What is the difference? What is EURO vs. US or PAL vs. NTSC for that matter?

Please be nice, I just lack knowledge on the subject.
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PAL mode is 50hz NTSC is 60hz. PAL is used overseas, thier TV frequency is different from ours in the US. We use 60hz, that is why you need the NTSC patch.
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