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While for the most part this kind of damage is fine (this game is playable), it's questionable for how much longer. If you have the hardware or the capability, always remember to back up your physical games.

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fuck... They all have a hole! It's right in the center!

Man, I remember when I bought a used copy of FF7 because I didn't have it anymore, get through all of disc 1 only to find disc 2 had label damage (holes through the medium like the OP) and it wouldn't load. You know how long it takes to get through the first disc of that game playing casually? 😩

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

25-35 hours. I'm about to cross the temple of the ancients.

In my opinion, it's acceptable to possess a ROM in this situation. Just remember up use a VPN for protection.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago

Took me a good 5 seconds of thinking this was a fantastic shitpost before I saw what OP meant, good post

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One of my parks a rec discs had a scratch on the data layer (β€œhole”).

Sent a pic and info the Universal and they mailed us a replacement set.

Most studios have an email address for this kind of stuff. Hunt around.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a game from 2007, I doubt there are new/replacement discs. That said it appears to be functional so we'll see.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Send the disc to activision and tell them you need a replacement for this damaged disc. Just to see how it plays out at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

The worst that can happen is they don't return the disk

[–] starman2112 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh damn, I just checked and found a massive hole on every physical disc I own...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Had a tiny spot right besides the center on a PS3 Simpsons game disc. The PS3 wouldn’t even recognize the game.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

You may have been unlucky to get the DRM corrupt.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

A lot of my old cd collection looks like this now or worse lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I know it may not be the most legal conversation, but how best can one back up physical games? It has been a long, long time since I last looked into it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

That's perfectly legal. Sharing them isn't.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Homebrew and backing up your legally owned software. They're usually called dumping tools.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

PS2/PS1 throw it into a DVD player Ron a PC and rip it.

PS3 you'd need to homebrew it. Same process to get the files ready to play on RCPS3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Disc rot is a serious problem for cds, is this just someone damaged the disc?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you backup DRM bullshit blueray?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

BluRay is just a data format. PS3 games are just encrypted, which means with a modded PS3 you can back it up.

Same process in order to play it on RCPS3