Same here. Tested on Top Loader Neo Geo CD, using a burnned CD-R. When you skeep a powerup and get to the second boss cicle, the bakground stops to load before the second appearence of the Boss.
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Thanks a lot for the report ! A few questions:
1. Which round(s)? Does it happen in round 1 too, or only from a given round?
2. What exactly happens to the background: does it turn black, freeze, or stay partly drawn? Are the characters (hero, enemies, boss) still visible?
3. Does the background come back later (after the boss fight, or at the next round), or does it stay broken until the end of the game?
4. Does it happen every time you skip the power-ups, and never when you collect them normally?
5. Which version did you burn (file name / version shown on the information screen at start-up)?
6. Do other CD-R games run fine on your console?
1. tested on round 1, 2, and 3.
2. the background (sprite stripes) seems to not load, on a certain pont the background seems just black from that point onwards.
3. Stays broken until the end of the stage.
4. Happens every time you miss a powerup and the stage goes beyound the frist apearence of the "boss". If you get all the first 3 powerups the boss fight occurs before the broken graphics.
5. I can't remember, but I downloaded here on you itchio, and just a few days ago, so I think It was the lastest version.
6. Yes, until now, my Neo Geo Cd runs fine with the discs I burned myself, always using the same cd-r brand, burnned at 4X with my external Pioner CD Drive (I have this one only to burn Cds for old consoles).
Hope that's help.