Weird problem with capturing old 8mm tapes with my hi8 camera

ok, so i'm trying to capture an old 8mm tape from like 1995 i think, and when i capture nothing shows up. this might be a problem with the tape though because it won't even play on the camera. however, the weird thing is that when i push fastforward while it plays a very fuzzy image shows up of whats on the tape, but then when i play it in real time again it just shows blue screen. This is happening consistently with a few other tapes from the same time. Is this happening because the tapes are shot? or is there something i'm not doing right?

Are they tapes you shot? Could they be PAL? Sometime PAL or a tape recorded in a non-standard speed will only show up fuzzy in FF. Not sure if 8mm had an LP speed and whether all Hi-8 camcorders will play that back.

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