October 14, 2005 - IGN has always been on top of things; that's why we periodically gather a list of the nastiest game-stopping glitches and offer recommendations on how to avoid them. While not everyone is destined to experience the same "bugs", we know how frustrating they can be for the gamers who do face them. Here're some recently reported glitches/bugs to look out for: Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town, Madden NFL 2006


Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town
Platform: Gameboy Advance
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Bug/Glitch: When you link to HM: AWLFG then go to library it says Manna instead of Romana. It says Nancy intead of Nami and Garcia instead of Griffin.

Fix/Solution: None provided. Mispellings are commmon in translations and when high on cigarettes, alcohol and writing at 3 AM in the morning (local time).

Submitted by HMCloe

Bug/Glitch: The item shop refuses to sell items in Year 3, as reported in IGN's Bug Report.

Fix/Solution: A possible way in which a player can avoid the 'freeze' on purchasing/ordering abilities is to: Give ALL bachelors chocolate or chocolate cake on the occasion of the Winter Thanksgiving. It is a good idea to give gifts to the bachelors in any event, glitch or no glitch!

Submitted by Freyashawk, Natsume


Madden NFL 2006
Platform: PSP
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Bug/Glitch: There is a bug in madden 06 for PSP. If you start a season, and try to do a weekly gameplan situation, after the situation is over the game freezes and shuts the PSP off. EA certainly dropped the ball on their release of Madden NFL 2006 for the PSP because when you start playing the game in a weekly franchise mode after you have completed a game the Madden game locks up and shuts down the PSP. In the process losing your recent game info and leaving the player to replay that week's game again.

Fix/Solution: None provided. Any solution would be helpful, unless you can win with any freakin' gameplan. It may have to do with how the data was written to the UMD; one editor experienced disc skipping/freezing while playing Madden 06 (PSP).

Submitted by Brenden Chase, D. Carroll


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