/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10060234]

>find my old original playstation in a box at my parents'
>favorite childhood game is already inside
>take it home, excited to play
>game works but loading times are 5x worse than they should be which makes it unplayable
>take it out, see scratches on bottom of disc
>look up online
>told to try "the toothpaste method" to fix this
>rub toothpaste on it
>now it doesn't work at all
Very funny guys h-haha funny le trole.... you g-got me....

[Anonymous No.10060238]

>tfw blowing the disc didn't work

[Anonymous No.10060248]

>>10060234
>Keep the shell
>remove PS1 guts
>insert raspberry pi/mini pc guts
>fill SSD with PS1 roms
>mount SSD to raspberry pi/mini pc
>install a frontend
>insert DS3 to use port
>enjoy playing games again

[Anonymous No.10060251]

>doesn't know disk resurfacing machines exist

[Anonymous No.10060263]

>he fell for the toothpaste meme
Jesus dude

[Anonymous No.10060269]

I always figured that was a troll, never tried it but considered it for about 12 seconds when my copy of Final Doom wasn't working, before just going to Ebay and buying another for $5

[Anonymous No.10060302]

>>10060248
soul

[Anonymous No.10060334]

>>10060234
Should have cleaned and lubricated the disc drive before fucking with the disc.

[Anonymous No.10060337]

>>10060248
Unbelievably based light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel anon. I wish you well.

[Anonymous No.10060361]

It worked on my Mario Kart Wii disc, definitely not a troll.