Street Fighter Problem

Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:06 pm

Hey guys, I recently procured a copy of Street Fighter Alpha 3 in nearly perfect shape. The only problem is that when I put the disc in to my Dreamcast it goes straight to the bios and if I select play disc then it will try for a couple of seconds and go back to the bios screen. Are there discs that can be bunk while looking to be in good condition? What about trying a boot disc, could that possibly help? Thanks!

Post by **diehllane** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:21 pm

has your DC had issues booting any other games?

Mine will sometimes play certain games but other games it won't load on the first time. I have to get it to load one of the games that always works, and then try the game that won't load before it does sometimes. I think it's because my laser is dying out on me. That could be your problem, too.

Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:39 pm

I have heard of that problem, but no other disc has ever given me any other boot issues other than this one.

Post by **diehllane** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:41 pm

Since you own an original, you could download a copy and just play the backup. That's 100% legal.

Post by **dudex77** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:42 pm

I've had this problem before where the disc looks amazing but for some reason doesn't work. Try putting alcohol on a cuetip and cleaning the laser. If that doesn't work just keep the game for collections sake and download a backup. PM me if you need a UG invite

Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:01 pm

Thanks for the help guys, seems to be some kind of physical defect on the disc, how very disappointing. I guess I will be PM'ing you dudex, seeing as all the regular torrent sites have little to offer...

Post by **Espio 1919** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:27 pm

I had a problem similar to this with my 3rd Strike disc, but it was horribly scratched. I got sent to the bios screen as well and the game just wouldn't run. Anyway, I got it to run by starting up the Dreamcast with the disc door open, and then giving the disc a bit of a spin, and then shutting the door and selecting play game; that seemed to do the trick...maybe try that.

Post by **grittykitty** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:12 am

i had a sonic adventure disc do that long ago, some googling led me to believe i got a manufacturing defected disc as this had happened with many sonic adventure discs (yay, go launch title!) but i've never heard of that for sfa3. go with the backup cd-r!

Post by **GagaMan** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:54 am

Was this a PAL version of the game? If so I've had this problem with a few PAL games myself...namely a bunch of copies of Virtua Striker 2 and a copy of Virtua Tennis 2.

Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:25 pm

Definitely a U.S. copy, I'm gonna get a backup as soon as I can get into UG, apparently they are down atm.