Messiah 2 Vs Magic 3.1

[kooldraco]

I have run across 3 games that the magic 3.1 will not play correctly on a v7 ntsc machine.
Simpsons skateboarding, the game boots fine, but then it goes to the red screen after intro.
Max Payne, same as above.
Splinter cell, game boots fine, but it goes to red screen when you save.

Both Simpsons skateboarding and Max Payne worked fine with the magic 3.0 on both v7 machines. I guess the magic 3.1 chip was added a sleep function or something the causes the game to fail when checked a second time. I did not test Splinter cell with magic 3.0.

All 3 games work fine on my other v7 machine with a messiah2 in it and I have yet to find a game that will not play with a messiah2. In my opinion the magic 3.1 is a fine chip, however the messiah2 is a better one.