I'm new to the topic and full of enthusiasm for the Dreamcast, but I have to ask you for help. Unfortunately, I can't find a solution to my problem online, so I'd like to explain the situation to you:
I bought my Dreamcast on eBay and bought two games, Tomb Raider IV and Metropolitan Street Racer. The problem is that dialogs break off in Tomb Raider. However, this doesn't always happen at the same point in the game when I start it again, but randomly. On the other hand, in MSR the music often breaks off in the menu or during the game and starts from the beginning or hangs completely. Since sound problems occur in both games, I would not suspect a problem with the discs themselves.
Also, the console doesn't start the games every time I insert the discs. Sometimes I have to open the drive a few more times or restart the console several times before the game is recognized. Sometimes it also recognizes when a game is inserted, but then returns to the console home screen.
After switching on the console, I also noticed that it is very loud when the drive is reading the media. However, I was able to reduce this to some extent by applying a little grease to the plastic gears in the drive. Unfortunately, this did not solve the problem with the sound, but it was not caused by this, as I also had the sound problems before. I would be delighted if you could give me a tip as to why this could be and perhaps offer me a solution.
Kind regards and many thanks
