/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4580267]

>ITT: legitimately retarded things people have done to their games

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4580281]

lol this actually gives me nostalgia, I've definitely taken trade in on games that smelled intensely of Axe. If you're in a pinch, it does have alcohol and some propellant in it too and you can be assured that something made to spray on your skin isn't going to dissolve plastic, just leave it smelling like a 90s locker room.

[Anonymous No.4580282]

keep the leddit trash out of here. kthx

[Anonymous No.4580293]

>>4580281
>something which doesn't cause permanent damage to a living creature with a natural resistance to certain chemicals and the ability heal damage will assuredly not hurt plastic over time

[Anonymous No.4580827]

>>4580267
>2002
>Our family finally got a PS2 for Christmas, and it was basically the best thing ever.
>Little brother overhears me and a friend talking about using deodorant to make our old PS1 games work
>Later, little bro can't get one of his games to work.
>Smears disc with deodorant all over
>Puts it in the PS2 without wiping it off first...
>RIP old PS2... We had it for like, 2 months.

[Anonymous No.4580973]

>>4580293
Don't tease him, it's not his fault he's an idiot.

[Anonymous No.4581364]

>>4580267
Got one for ya OP
>1998
>Gaming with friends
>Buddy has evidently seen CD's withstand a shit ton of damage and still work
>Decides to show us some cool stuff you can do with them
>Sure, whatever, we're all bored
>Sprays them up with hairspray
>Lights them
>Throws them across the house
>Already losing my shit because this is retarded to do at all, let alone indoors
>Begin wondering where he got the CD's
>Think for a sec
>He didn't come with a bag
>He didn't bring anything but what was in his pockets, which was always his keys and wallet, maybe a knife
>Think about hairspray
>Hairspray was mine
>Think about lighter
>Lighter was also mine
>Run to backroom
>See open cases on my desk
>Walk out, pick up one of the CD's on the ground
>It's my copy of Doom
>Flip it over
>Rainbow burn-in, as if he'd put it in a microwave that jizzed random radiation on disc
>Put it in PC
>Unable to read

He was never welcome back at my house after that. Might've been able to forgive him if it had been my collection of Cure CD's, but god dammit, the games were a step too far.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4581391]

>>4580293
>>4580973
Glycol distearate is about the only thing in Axe that might gradually act on polycarbonate because of the stearic acid however, as an emulsifier in addition to making it look a bit shinier and newer in the short term it also will provide some protection against air which after UV light is the second biggest greatest damaging element to plastics in the real world versus your fantasy world where cartridge cases are apparently made of paper mache and have a patina like a civil war revolver that must be preserved.

[Anonymous No.4581934]

>>4580267
>use rubbing alcohol
>NO USE THIS STUFF THAT IS 99% RUBBING ALCOHOL AND 1% CRAP THAT WILL PROBABLY FUCK UP THE PLASTIC OVER TIME
>oh wow, it works, fuck that first guy