N00b PS2 user. Black screen trying to create new game in Jak 3

Hi Everybody,

My friend moved to London and gave me his PS2. 8)

Today, I got two games for it. God of War and Jak 3. I played GOW for a few hours. It's great. Then, I put in the Jak 3 disk to try it out. The opening cinimatic played fine. It asked me to press 'start' and I did. Then it asked if I wanted to create a new game. I chose 'yes'. Then the screen went black. I've reset the console but it repeats this behavior every time.:?

I played a lot of PC games but don't know how to troubleshoot the PS2. Is there a button combination or something I need to press to get out of a bad loop? I don't even know what the most likely trouble is. The 8MB memory card worked fine creating/saving games with GOW.

Any help troubleshooting this? Thanks!

Maaaybe you should play original games? And no, there aren't any button combinations. It's not a devkit.SoulSlayer_

Thanks for the reply but please don't jump to conclusions. I got this game used but it is official.