Any way you could try another disc? Sounds like it may be a scratched disc causing the issue. I could be wrong but that reminds me of my broken FFIX disc 2 where it always broke that way at Cleyra. I tried playing it again by loading from memiry card ( usually i use save in program) and it work fin...

I'm playing ff9 with galaxy s3 and up until now there's no problen and just constant bug (that sometime wipes off data and make me got to replay again and again) but for now the problem is just weird . I'm at disc 3 now and its the cid and weight stuff to save other party members.. attached the acre...