Disc or System?

Maybe some of you expert types will have some advice for me.

I don\'t know if I have a glitchy game or broken PS2.

Def Jam: Fight for NY plays fine on my PS2. It\'s on a DVD, which I sometimes have trouble with when watching movies.

The problem is that, even though it loads and I can do different things, the second I try to laod a match, it freezes.

I tried the laser adjustment for disc read errors but it hasn\'t helped.

I also notice the game has a small smudge on it that I can\'t get to come off. Maybe that\'s all it takes to throw off the laser when it\'s on a DVD, and that might also explain why it plays until it tries to access what\'s under that smudge (loading a match?).

That\'s my best guess, but I wonder if you guys think I need to exchange the game or replace the PS2. I\'m probably going to try the exchange since I still have the receipt.

-Dan

[clips]

i\'d say exchange it..if your other games play perfectly fine..it\'s definitely the game...

i know my playstation wouldn\'t play certain dvd movies...i had akira the dvd and it wouldn\'t play it..but i also had ghost in the shell dvd and it played that with no problem..s o i bought the akira vhs tape.....i know we\'re talkin about games but i just thought i\'d throw that tidbit in there about the dvd playback...

[Kurt Angle]

PS2 lasers are not the best quality so any inperfections at all on a disc, no matter how small can render them unuseable. I would swap the game if I were you.

[Paul2]

yeah

ps2 laser are not that good hence that one of the reasons why the PS2 cost isn\'t so expensive...

Happened with my GT3. Sucks doesnt it?

Yep. Turns out you guys were right. It was the disc.

I exchanged it today for a clean one and now it plays almost fine. The PS2 is noisy as hell and pauses while loading sometimes, but it\'s playable.

I\'m something like 20% into the storyline. Great game.

Picked up MK: Deception, too. Collector\'s edition with original MK1 is bad ass. My buddy even pulled off a fatality by dumb luck in the new game.

-Dan

[Bobs_Hardware]

Clean your lense.