The game was running flawlessly, and I was mostly just 'pausing' the emulator and then just Resumed gameplay, but I had to restart my computer earlier and then when I wanted to start the game, it just resulted in a black screen and nothing more. The game refuses to start up.
The odd part is that I am able to load a Save State just fine from this point, and then log out to reach the main menu screen, but other than that it refuses to start up.
Anyone got any idea what might be causing this?
[Edit]
Nevermind, I figured out what caused it. It seems some of the cheats in the .pnach file I was using caused it to do that at start-up. Once I turned off the cheats it started up like normal. So basically to get the game working properly is by turning off all cheats, loading the Save you want, and then IF you want to use cheats, apply them, Save State & Load State, that turns on the cheats you want and is the only way to get around the black-screening.