Awesome game BUT freezing problems – FINAL FANTASY II (Old Ver.) Review

I love this game. Played it before but I was never able to beat it. Happy to be playing it again EXCEPT for the fact that it FREEZES and I lose HOURS of gameplay :( - it freezes usually when I speak to a mage to buy magic so I've gotten into the habit of saving before buying magic -.- .....but it also freezes when I enter or leave a town/dungeon. It also has frozen when finishing a battle but that's only happened twice I believe. Regardless, it's freezing way too much! PLEASE FIX THIS!!!
Review by mjmnz89 on FINAL FANTASY II (Old Ver.).