Music keeps cutting out on Dracula X on my Duo

Michael Yagami · Sep 25, 2003

It's been happening without fail, every time I play. The intro is fine up until Dracula come out of the coffin then the sound goes out. The music comes back in level one but after about 2 minutes it goes again. The sound effects and everything else are fine, but this music droping out shit is driving me up the wall. I cleaned the laser lense and the disc is flawless, any ideas what could be causing this?

Mike

kaos · Sep 25, 2003

very strange

Have you tried with other CDs if any sound problem??

I dont wanna believe your copy of Dracula X is faulty
...but I remember my friend had similar problem with Star Parodius...on level 2 suddenly music went off

if any of your friends owns a PCE why dont you test it on his system just to make sure if disc or console problem?

It's evrything I can think atm
sorry if doesn't helps
laters

Michael Yagami · Sep 25, 2003

All my other CD games work fine. So this seems to be an isolated problem with Dracula X.
I'd try it on another Duo, but I think that I own the only one within 200 miles.
Thanks for the help though.

Mike

Kaioh · Sep 25, 2003

The same thing happened to me last year. My Dracula X music started dropping out. Then all of a sudden, my CD drive STOPPED working! Hope your drive isn't going out like mine did.

Dean · Sep 25, 2003

I hate to think it, but it does sound like the drive is crapping out a bit. Is it "well-used"? It is strange that it happens only with Drac X though....

You could have Retro-Games replace the CD if that's something you're in to.

Michael Yagami · Sep 26, 2003

If it is the worst and the CD drive is going bad, what is the going price for a JPN Turbo Duo these days?

Mike

Kaioh · Sep 26, 2003

I'm not sure. But retrogames repairs Duo's for $60.

Dean · Sep 26, 2003

a Jpn PC Engine Duo will cost about $150-170. Then $73 for shipping from Japan..... Get a modded US Duo......

Michael Yagami · Sep 26, 2003

Ok, so how much is a Modded US Duo, and will it play the JPN Hu Cards as well as the JPN CDs, and will it work with my JPN Duo Arcade card?

Mike

AppleseedCast · Sep 26, 2003

Mike, a modded US Duo usually sells for around $150 - $200 but it only plays multi regoin CD's - it isn't compatible with JPN HuCards or Arcade Cards etc. There is a convertor for this purpose, but they're pretty difficult to find and you're looking at another $40-$70 for one of those. Hope this helps.

RevQuixo · Sep 26, 2003

AppleseedCast said:
Mike, a modded US Duo usually sells for around $150 - $200 but it only plays multi regoin CD's - it isn't compatible with JPN HuCards or Arcade Cards etc. There is a convertor for this purpose, but they're pretty difficult to find and you're looking at another $40-$70 for one of those. Hope this helps.

Wrong.

All US Duos play all region CDs regardless of any modding.

The mod is for using foreign Hu Cards on a US system.

RabbitTroop · Sep 26, 2003

Well, it is an older drive mechanism. I am sure you all remember that not to long ago, certain machines would have problems if a disk wouldn't spin correctly. Is the Drac X disk warped at all.. maybe slightly that would make it wobble? Was there copy protection on the Duo? You could try ripping it to a CD-R and seeing if the CD-R plays fine.

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