I don't believe the disc is the issue as this isn't the only game I have on which the same soft lock occurs, these are multiple games that are listed as fully compatible across both full-BC and semi-BC models.
My recently refurbished CECH A00 PS3 is having trouble playing some PS2 games from disc. I have CFW (Evilnat 4.91.2 CEX) installed, and all games start without issue. Some games run perfectly (The Simpsons: Hit & Run). However, other games (James Bond: Nightfire) allow me to access the in-game...
So my recently refurbished CECH A00 PS3 is having trouble loading PS2 games from disc. With it being a Japanese console my PAL games are region locked, so I have installed HEN to combat this.
It no longer pops up with the region lock message, however, after attempting to load the game it returns...