I never play PSX games in epsxe from the CDs directly - I copy the CDs to the HD first then run from there, since it seems more stable, plus can read them faster/more smoothly And yes, you should be using Pete's plugins If you have problems, try Pete's Soft GPU plugin to see what it really should look like, since that's effectively a failsafe graphics one - low quality compared to others since it renders it the PSX's real resolution, but works correctly virtually all the time