[jonc2006]

try doing it again but this time follow the guide found in the link below. if it still does not work then try a format like mdf.

http://forums.ngemu.com/misc-psx-discussion/34515-how-make-perfect-backup-psx-games.html

 

[jonc2006]

mdf is an alcohol format, there should be a tutorial in that link from my previous post. it sounds odd that .cdd isnt working though, that should work fine in regards to bypassing the copy protection. are you mounting the image onto a virtual drive or are you just using the runISO option from epsxe's GUI?

 

[jonc2006]

enable the logger in the GUI (run>enable logs), start the game and get to this part where it stops working, then press the esc key and post what it says in the output window (looks like an MS-DOS/command prompt style window) here.

also make sure you are not loading from save states when troubleshooting problems like this, as they can actually be the cause of it in some cases.