Better yet, what console is this? SNES, FM-Towns, PS, or 3D0? If it's the first, the only time I ever had WC freeze on me was if I was trying to hack the game with something like a Game Genie which was adjusting memory locations on the fly.
I've had a lot of PS1 games freeze on me, but they are almost always rentals that are dirty and scratched to hell. I worked through the rental copy of Final fantasy 8. But after a week and two disks (when I switched to the third disk) it froze. Regular cleaning didnt solve this and I wasnt willing to disc doctor it myself.