Setting up ePSXe for Alundra

[RoRulon]

Hi all, first time posting here I'm just looking for a bit of help and advice.
I've been wanting to write an article on the Alundra games for PS1, the first one was a firm favourite of my teenage years and I'd love to give it another run through. However I'm running into issues with ePSXe and wanted a bit of advice from the community, as I've looked elsewhere for configurations and tips and still can't get the bloody thing to run!
Basically I set up ePSXe and managed to run the game fine. The prologue played without any issues, and I even managed to get through the first two dungeon areas in one sitting. However after saving and coming back to the game I now get hit with error messages regarding the game audio when trying to initially load the game and more often than not the game just hangs on a black screen. Long story short I can't even get to the title screen now or even load save states.
I was just wondering if anyone in the HG101 community with a bit more knowledge of how ePSXe works could help. General consensus on other forums is that Alundra runs fine so I'm wondering why I'm having these issues, especially on such a simple game (no polygon models, essentially a well drawn Zelda clone).

I'm running:
- ePSXe 1.9.25
- BIOS scph1001
- Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9 Video Plugin
- ePSXe's SPU core 1.9.0 Sound Plugin

If you need any other details (Video setup, etc.) I'll be happy to post that too. Any advice would be greatly appreciated though. Thanks!

[derboo]

Hello and welcome!

We've got this subforum especially for emulation questions, so I've moved your thread here.

I don't know if it's the same problem as you've got, but Alundra doesn't work for me with Pete's OpenGL2 Driver. I use the P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver. If your article is for Hardcore Gaming 101, you should use that one anyway, as it tends to produce more accurate graphics.

[ReyVGM]

Honestly, don't use EPSXE. There are several other emulators that don't use plugins and that aren't as convoluted to use.

There are several links and info in this thread:
hg101.proboards.com/thread/11735/plugin-free-ps1-emulator

[RoRulon]

Thanks for the tips, I'll try a different plugin for ePSXe first, failing that I'll look into using another emulator