I quit the game properly.
By the way, the circlepad dead-zone might need some tweaking? I find that I have some slight drift while moving using the C-stick and then letting go of it, the player keeps moving slightly to the backward until I move again.
Edit: So I played again and the game does...
I went to a garage sell last saturday, and the lady had a PS2 for sale, but she had a sign on it that said "Nintendo -$50", had to laugh, almost bought but she didn't know if worked, and she didn't have controller or cables, so I passed.