/vr/ - Retro Games

we all rot anon

>>4559380
Well that is true but will the games outrot us is the question.

>>4559372
I have 30+ year old discs that read perfectly. 0-1 C1 errors. So a well made disc can be as good as new 30 years later and will probably be just as good long after that.

>>4559372
Dry, room temperature without temperature fluctuations, no light. They can stay fresh for quite the time.

Keep them in their original cases along with their manuals. In addition to being nice to look at, manuals do a brilliant job of absorbing and evaporating incidental moisture from normal humidity assuming you don't live in the rainforest. Also don't store them in like your uninsulated attic or metal shed or the back seat of your car in the summer.

>>4559372
I've never had a professionally pressed CD rot on me. CD-Rs that I've kept in the car for years have rotted, though.

>>4559643
They can, I have encountered some. Extremely rare though.

>>4559643
>>4559646
I have some Sega CD games that have a few pinholes in their data layer despite being otherwise immaculate. I have a feeling I might find some in my 3DO collection if I went through it too. Nothing pressed by Sony though.

>>4559643
>>4559646
In the early 90s I used to have alot of older teen friends with cars that would not take care of their CD collection no matter what. Drove me so crazy the first thing I would do when I started buying CDs is make a copy for my car. I still keep all my originals in a cool dry storage place and have not seen any disc rot yet

>>4559372
>shows picture of physically damaged disc
>calls it spontaneous "rot"

Take care of your shit better

>>4559380
>yfw dics rot

>>4559372
Depends on the pressing quality but you will be most likley fine. Just backup the discs and be happy. If it actually is rotten in the future, you still have the data at least.

Also, (mostly applies to music cds) be aware that early disc pressings like 82, 83 mostly used nitro lacquers for the label on the discs. These eat away the aluminium "foil" on the disc. That are the tiny holes you see when you hold the disc against the light. You can certainly hear these holes as cracks in the recording.

>>4559372
Rotational Velocidensity was bad enough that it started infecting other boards. Stop spreading this meme.

>>4559634
I should probably stick some paper in with my copy of Mega Man Legends, the one PS1 game of mine that I don't have the manual for.

>>4561616
That looks like fungus damage, which I guess qualifies as disc rot.

>>4563121
>inb4 keep your discs in rice

>>4563009
What is that, some kind of "don't have your consoles in the upright position" meme?

>>4563152
That's silly, anon. I can't play rice.

I have CDs from the early 1990s and haven't had any problems with them.

>>4559372
The future is overpriced drive emulators like ps-io.

>>4559372
So long as you store them properly it isn’t a problem. I have a few CDs from the 80s with no disc rot, and don’t show signs of it.

>>4564035
Honestly this. Luckily PS1 and PS2 emulation is pretty good now. Not perfect but getting there.

I already have a Blu-Ray disc of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection which doesn't suffer from disc rot and has every classic game truly worth playing, so who cares?

>>4564062
So how's Sonic 3 & Knuckles ??

>>4564076
I like Sonic 2 & Knuckles more and can just emulate it, the base game is already perfect so it's cool.

>>4564062
>every classic genesis title worth playing
yeah no, it’s missing some of the best games released on the thing.

no Castlevania Bloodlines
no Ranger X
no Alisia Dragoon
no Battle Mania 2
no Outrun
no Virtua Racing
no Jungle Strike
no Jurassic Park Rampage Edition

Pretty bad compilation tbqh

>>4564108
Castlevania is stiff and slow and I haven't even heard of the rest so who cares? They were just third-party games that were made for a quick buck unlike Sega's first-party masterpieces.

>>4564112
Castlevania is supposed to be stiff. Super 4 and all the games after it are abominations (except Chronicles).

As for the rest, you are really missing out big time and highly recommend you play them. They truly show off what the Genesis was capable off and are fun too.

>>4564134
>It's supposed to be bad so it's okay it's bad.

>>4564164
>Wanting to play Castlevania jr for babies

>>4564267
Castlevania 64 is Castlevania Jr.?