MM freezing problem?

Does MM freeze on you a lot when you play it?
I started a new file about a week ago on Collecter's Edition disk and it froze while I was playing it. It was annoying because I was at the end of Snowhead when it happened. So then I started over and got past Snowhead, but when I got to the Great Bay, it froze again!

At this point, I thought it was just the disk, so I quit playing and decided to try playing the old N64 version. As soon as I got to clocktown, it froze again!

These aren't the only freezing problems I had with the game either. I remember playing MM when I was younger, and it would always freeze on me. It's annoying because I cant get through the game again( I only won it once).

So, am I just unlikely with my MM copies or do you also have freezing problems with the game?

Mmm... I own the Collector's Edition disk, but besides the slow frame-rate (I don't know if it's the right term) in some parts, it does not totally freeze. Maybe your copies are damaged.

I downloaded it for virtual console, and the only problem I've had is sometimes the screen shrinks when the day ends and the bell rings on the end of the first day.

Originally Posted by noah-x

Mmm... I own the Collector's Edition disk, but besides the slow frame-rate (I don't know if it's the right term) in some parts, it does not totally freeze. Maybe your copies are damaged.

You're probably right, but the odd thing is that on Collector's edition, the other three games work fine. I could play oot perfectly on it. Its just MM that freezes.

Originally Posted by electricut

I downloaded it for virtual console, and the only problem I've had is sometimes the screen shrinks when the day ends and the bell rings on the end of the first day.

That's supposed to happen.

*Sigh* My old Collector's edition gold plated holographic MM on the N64 never froze.

yeah I didn't know if it was supposed to or not, but... why exactly does it do that?

Originally Posted by electricut

yeah I didn't know if it was supposed to or not, but... why exactly does it do that?

Its just the way the game signals that the end of the day has come.

I used to have an awful problem with MM freezing. It would basically delete all my progress to the point where I didn't want to play anymore. Strangely enough after beating the game it never really froze again. =\ I have a used copy of the N64 version. It's gold and very pretty. @_@ My game used to freeze up a lot near the Great Bay section (which is why I hate it quite a bit)

I hear the collector's edition shares the same problems or worse problems...seems as though Vitual console solved some problems.

Originally Posted by Zeldablue777

I used to have an awful problem with MM freezing. It would basically delete all my progress to the point where I didn't want to play anymore. Strangely enough after beating the game it never really froze again. =\ I have a used copy of the N64 version. It's gold and very pretty. @_@ My game used to freeze up a lot near the Great Bay section (which is why I hate it quite a bit)

I hear the collector's edition shares the same problems or worse problems...seems as though Vitual console solved some problems.

Glad to know I'm not the only one! It usually froze at the Great Bay for me as well.(and I also have a gold cartridge, maybe that's the problem?)

I figured mine froze because it was used...But many people do have problems with MM. Not just us. It seems pretty ironic that the collector's gold catridge is all messed up. I think all copies have problems at varying degrees.

Do you know if the virtual console version has any problems?

I dunno. I always assumed the reason MM took so long to get on VC was because it needed fixing.

Originally Posted by electricut

I downloaded it for virtual console, and the only problem I've had is sometimes the screen shrinks when the day ends and the bell rings on the end of the first day.

Sorry, but I laughed when I read your comment... But anyway, now you know that the "shrinking problem" is just for a dramatic in-game reason.

Hopefully that's true, because then I'd buy it and finally be able to play my favorite Zelda without any problems.

I have the freezing problem when it comes to the song of soaring , more specifically soaring to Snowhead. I used to think it was just cause my game was so old. It kinda ruins the game when all your hard efforts are ruined by something like that.

It has frozen on me several times.

However, my sister's the one who had a really big issue with it.

Froze on her several times in the middle of the Stone Tower Temple...in the same file! She now hates that dungeon, needless to say.

Own the Collector's Disc, for what it's worth.

Unfortunately, the Collector's Edition of Majora's Mask is notorious for freezing and choppy frame rates.

The Virtual Console edition of Majora's Mask, however, hasn't been found to have the same problems.

Originally Posted by Astarael

Unfortunately, the Collector's Edition of Majora's Mask is notorious for freezing and choppy frame rates.

The Virtual Console edition of Majora's Mask, however, hasn't been found to have the same problems.

Great to hear that about the Virtual Console version! But I wonder what it is that makes nearly all cartridge and collector's edition versions freeze frequently.

Originally Posted by GoronWarrior25

Great to hear that about the Virtual Console version! But I wonder what it is that makes nearly all cartridge and collector's edition versions freeze frequently.

Bad programming, I guess. Then they finally fixed it with the Virtual Console version.