Okay, here's the deal: I've been emulating some PS1 here and there with no problems to speak of, it's been working with flying colors and it's been extremely enjoyable, other than a few random issues that randomly solved themselves such as framelimit not working etc., well, after a month or two I decided to play Resident Evil 2 and some other classics that I haven't played, so I launch Windows, go into my PS1 folder, launch ePSXe, and run the iso.
Nothing happens.
Just a black screen with absolutely nothing happening.
Okay, so I head into my video and audio settings, change the plugins and what not and nothing really seems to fix it, it's just the exact same thing. Well, guess I'll redownload ePSXe.
Still doesn't work.
So I decide to reinstall my graphics driver: and you guessed it.
Doesn't work.
Well, fuck, how about downloading some new isos? Maybe that was the issue all along? And once again, it wasn't. Still doesn't work. Well, this time Silent Hill actually went into the splash screen or whatever that disclaims the content but then it just freezes too.
So I try the one game that I have save states on: Metal Gear Solid. So I go into one of the save states that is in the middle of one of the cutscenes, and the camera moves backwards slightly as it's supposed to, then stops, then, wait, everything stops? Like, everything such as the graphical effects such as the snow and explosions are still happening, but it's like the coding has just come to a halt, nothing happens. So I try another one that is mid game. The one thing that has a graphical effect in this save state is the soliton radar, my little dot there is blinking, and nothing else. Nothing else is happening, can't control anything at all.
And so here I am, completely lost. Very literally completely. I've had some odd issues with a game, that being MW2. The launcher says that it couldn't specify an audio device or something (also mentioning DirectX in there), then after some time I tried launching it again and then it says fatal error, almost as if it crumbled down into a worse and worse mess by itself somehow. Counter Strike, I have to wait for five seconds for some reason suddenly with the Motds at the exact same time as the MW2 issue showed up. Just some random issues that cropped up at the same time that might have to do with my computer, and as such, the emulation? Look, I have no idea, this is a painful mess really that I have no idea how to deal with right now.