/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5061541]

>see people discussing disk rot on this board
>think it's all a meme, never had it happen before even once in my life, think it must be due to people storing them badly
>went to play DMC3 today
>look at bottom of disk
>big black spot
Guys, I'm scared. Should I sell off my collection of CD/DVD games and cash out while I still can? Are these things all just going to devour themselves one day?

[Anonymous No.5061570]

>>5061541
No

[Anonymous No.5061583]

>>5061541
No.

As long as you store them correctly 99% of them will be fine.

Only a few sega cd games really had an issue.

[Anonymous No.5061595]

>>5061541
I have over 500 musical cds,and tons of ps2,ps1,dvds and none have disc rot.
Just don't be a retard. Theyre safer than floppys

[Anonymous No.5061596]

As I said in the other thread, poor storage conditions are the single biggest killer of vintage electronics and media.

[Anonymous No.5061770]

>>5061541
>parrot shit about bitrot
>no one believes me
>make up story to "prove" it's real
FTFY

[Anonymous No.5061772]

>>5061541
Yes, you should throw out your entire PS1 collection and buy a PS1 Classic. It's smaller! Better preorder before your discs are swiss cheese.

~Sony Marketing Department.

[Anonymous No.5061778]

>>5061772
Me and my wife have it right next to our Retron 5! My wife says it's smaller form helped her get over my penis size.

[Anonymous No.5061789]

>>5061772
>throw out
Why in the fuck would anyone do that?

[Anonymous No.5061825]

>>5061789
Hook, line, sinker.

[Anonymous No.5061842]

>>5061541
What are your kind doing to get disc rot? Especially on something as new as PS2 discs?

My hair metal CDs from the 80s are all still flawless. My PS1 and DC and PS2 games are all flawless.

The only things I can think of that can cause this is:
>smoking household
>humid warm air
>mold
Surely you must fit one of these categories? In which case:
>smoking
stop, it’s bad for you anyway, literal cancer.
>humid
dehumidifier.
>mold
that stuff is leathal, it’ll kill you dead, especially if it’s the black stuff, get it removed professionally.

The only problem I’ve had with discs is when buying used games from GameStop, the top layer picture side of the disc where the data layer is is scratched and makes parts of the game unplayable.

[Anonymous No.5061854]

>>5061842
And the thing with the GameStop discs isn’t because of rot but because the previous owner didn’t take care of their disc and used it as a cup coaster or something.

[Anonymous No.5061925]

Only game I've seen with rot is the GCN copy of Metal Gear Solid, which people have told me isn't rot, just a label issue. The disc still reads fine, but I'd rather not put it in a Wii because that drive will rub on the label. I'm told this is an issue with all GCN copies of this game and they call it Snake Skin on ebay.

[Anonymous No.5061929]

>>5061925
that is a printing error. I had the same thing on my copy.

[Anonymous No.5061937]

Just store your disks properly and you'll be fine.

[babs No.5061959]

Legit disc rot can happen, it's caused by some kind of contaminant getting trapped inside the disc. Sony are the fucking masters of pressing discs but some infinitesimal percentage of even Sony pressed discs will have contamination. It's not a fucking time bomb though, if it was going to happen it probably already would have happened for 20th century discs.

[Anonymous No.5061969]

>>5061925
Yeah that’s not rot, that is poor pressing during manufacturing.

[Anonymous No.5063105]

everything has a shelf life

[Anonymous No.5063115]

>>5061770
>>5061770
>>5061770
>>5061770

[Anonymous No.5063117]

>>5061925

That's not disk rot. It's a specific printing error with this game. I have it too and the disk is perfect.

[Anonymous No.5063147]

>>5061842
>My hair metal CDs from the 80s are all still flawless.
I've noticed a few of my CDs made in the 80s to be slightly thicker than later discs with the data layer being closer to the middle.

[Anonymous No.5063180]

>>5061959
>Sony are the fucking masters of pressing discs
Were. The stuff they make today is beyond garbage.

[Anonymous No.5063637]

I had this on a croc for saturn that I bought with an unknown past. It wasn't wrinkled up like the mg disc on here, just flaked off in pinhole like areas. It's like the foil just flaked away from the plastic part. Again, no idea of it's past as I bought it used. I think it's a safe bet that some games or some pressing plants/batches might have issues where most don't.

[Anonymous No.5063643]

>>5061778
Let wife know ill be late tonight , have to pick your gimp suit up.

[Anonymous No.5063667]

>>5061541
>go on ebay
>find large-size vidya resellerfag
>buy the game that's currently experiencing disc rot
>make sure it's the exact same version of the game
>get a refund
>send back the disc-rotted copy

[Anonymous No.5063683]

Wouldn't it be possible to re-apply a shiny layer? The data is in the plastic, not behind it.

[Anonymous No.5065030]

>>5063683
>The data is in the plastic, not behind it.
1/10, made me reply

[Anonymous No.5065038]

>>5065030
It is. Pressed into the polycarbonate layer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbhPeTp51s

[Anonymous No.5065041]

>>5061541
You could either keep them for their sentimental and historical value, or replace them all with ISOs.

[Anonymous No.5065045]

>>5065041
The label is really all that matters.