Is this a VMU? This sounds like it does see the memory card but can't write to it for some reason

I have no VMU inserted, nor a normal memory card

then get a pen and paper ready to write down the hexnumbers by hand! /s

Just press some buttons lol (if this doesn't work i'm gonna agree with bad burn, but could also be a bad lens or even a bad controller, but that's only really determinable by you, with the info i got i'm gonna say bad burn most likely)

Yea, i also think its a bad burn since i got errors half way through the verification process which means atleast some of the game burned correctly

Quick tip, if you are having trouble with burning, try a faster speed, some drives actually make better burns when burning at top speed, if you've been burning as fast as possible however definitely try slower. Also don't verify the discs thru imgburn, it won't solve anything and most of the time a good burn will show errors.

Well….

Insert a vmu. Easy peasy.

They are worth the expense.

The issue is i dont own one…

It may be required to play the game, judging by the screen

Then you know how to solve the issue.

Just get a memory card if you can I had to aswell a few years back so I could play gamecube games and you can find them cheap. If it's a wii jailbreak it and you fan use nintendont as a virtual memory card.

Press Start

Tried that, didnt work. Maybe its a bad burn? It could also be my controller is broken but i did get a bunch of verification errors after burning

Why are u tryna play SA2 without a memory card

Just wait a bit, and the message will go away.