Also make sure that you have 44kHz sound, Interpolated sound and Stereo enabled. You could have a borked set though if the sound is as screwy as you say. Btw, I hope you put the EGCG in a different folder than 0.8c
I means that you have to find an older version of ZLIB.DLL for it to work properly. I just uploaded a Zlib fix to my site. Go grab it and overwrite the old Zlib with the new one. EDIT: Hmm... the original Zlib should have worked...If the problem persists, try deleting Neoragex.ini EIDT2: Remove the Zlib "fix" since it was actually the same file.
Well, I played the PC version of FFVII long before I got a PSX (I got it the same day FFVIII came out in Europe), but I never finished the first disc on te PC.
If you use Kawaks Loader you need to right the DAT info in ASR.DAT located in Kawaks' folder (I personally use Nebula, because Kawaks flipped meoff, but whatever.)
Hey hey hey, if we knew of an existing patch, we would have helped you already. No need to be so rude. I'm glad that you found the solution yourself though.