ZSNES Emu Save States Keep Messing Up

[mobiusclimber]

i dunno what it is i'm doing wrong, but every once in awhile i'll save a game state and then when i go back to it the game will freeze after a little while. it did this w/ star ocean and now it's done this with dragon quest v. star ocean wasn't too bad b/c i could save it on the world map and save often and those saves (ie in-game saves) work just fine. it's only the emulator saves (save state) that has this problem. what's happening w/ dqv is that when i go to the second part of a menu it freezes and can't load it. so if i get in a battle and choose fight, it freezes and i can't select anything or if i open the game menu to, say, use an item, once i click on item the cursor disappears and the game just hangs there. is there any way to restore this state so i can keep playing? and what is it that is causing this and can i keep this from happening? thanks!

[EDIT: oh geez... i meant snes9x-TYL, the psp snes emulator. XD sorry for any confusion.]