Fucking CRAP.

Here I was, smack in the middle (almost litterally) of a replay of Final Fantasy 8, trying to actually beat the damned game this time, as that its the only Final Fantasy (other than 10, since I dont own a PS2) that I haven't beaten, and my freeking PS, second hand and old as dirt, finally desides to kick the wonky bucket on me. Now I admit, this PS had its problems when I got it - primarily a sticky Open on the CD cover. But this... this is a new thing it started doing about a week ago, intermitently, and now seems to be TERMINAL.
Pop in game, turn on PS. Nice boot screen, loads game. Analog light on controler may or may not come on. Then, one of two things will happen, with about 50% chance either way. One - No responce from controler. I can press anything I want, the PS just sits and does the game intro, with maybe a little bit of blinking in the screen, but not much. Two - get into game menue, hit continue... loads to memory card select screen - freezes, controlers stop responding, whee.

Great. Just F-U-ing great. FUCK.

Could the damned thing not have held out another year till I can get my hands on THIS baby.