Metal Slug XX Background music stops (Windows/macOS and libretro core)

[richterdeveloper]

Game or games this happens in

Metal Slug XX (Europe and USA)
ULES01429
ULUS10495

What area of the game / PPSSPP

While you are playing some missions (Mission 1, 2, 4 and the last one), the bgm music stops after a few minutes and does not play or repeat until the boss fight.

What should happen

The background music should play and loop until you reach the boss fight scene.

Logs

No response

Platform

libretro / Retroarch

Mobile device model or graphics card (GPU)

Intel Core i7 11700K / NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4070 / Apple M2

PPSSPP version affected

v1.17.1

Last working version

No response

Graphics backend (3D API)

Vulkan

Checklist

• Test in the latest git build in case it's already fixed.
• Search for other reports of the same issue.
• Try resetting settings or older versions and include if the issue is related.
• Try without any cheats and without loading any save states.
• Include logs or screenshots of issue.

[sum2012]

v1.17.1-334 log:
ppsspplogv1.17.1-334.zip
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