Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back (USA) - Memorycard read error when saving

[luke86]

Problem: Sometimes I get an error when the game tries to read the memory card when I go to the save area after finishing a level. After the levels SNOW BIZ and AIR-CRASH the problem first occurred. After playing one of them I recognized I’m having this Error, before and afterwards it never happened to me. Not sure if it could be somehow be related to these levels

Workaround: After going back and to the save trigger again it always worked again and I could save.

I provided the following Savestates to reproduce the Problem. Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back (USA)_SaveStates.zip

Savestate 2: Loads right in front of the Save Portal, when you load that state you just have to press the UP-Button to trigger the save menu. Here I always get the memory card read error. When I then go away and go there again to trigger it a second time it always works and I can save the game Savestate 3: Loads a few seconds before that situation where I’m still in the level I played Savestate 4: Loads one level later where the Error still happens when I try to save. after playing the level after this state it somehow started working again without problems

Notes: Mister Version: 230806 Core Version: 230503 Game Version: USA Format: CHD vsync_adjust=2

[tehgan]

I recently completed a 100% playthrough of Crash 2 (USA) using core ver. 20240318 and never encountered this issue, though I was using a folder with a nested .bin and .cue file rather than a .chd file.