Infinite loading glitch

[Zotis]

I'm unable to get past the first loading screen.  When Gospel and his comrades are gathered in a house, and prepare to fight, the music loops and it says loading forever.

I'm on Linux, Nobara, using Retro Arch for my emulator.  I tried the Beetle PSX and Beetle PSX HW cores, neither worked.  I'm using the scph5501.bin bios.  I'll try some other cores, or another emulator.  I saw a post with another person unable to get the game to work where a certain emulator was recommended.

Edit: Okay, I used the Swan Station core and it got past the loading screen.  Everything seems to be working fine now.

Edit: Edit: Game is great so far!

[Kokojo]

Great to see you made it past that loading screen!