[game_preservation] People who do not take care of games

[Jim Leonard]

I have never understood the "toothpaste" cure.  It has always made 
things worse for me.

I personally resurface discs, but only if the original media is 
unplayable on the original console.  In such cases, I use a motorized 
Disc Doctor.  The result of such an operation appears to have many 
thousands of microscratches, but reads ok, and despite appearance is 
infinitely better than a single deep gouge that runs perpendicular to 
the disc edge (where the error correction can't possible help it).

Devin Monnens wrote:

> I think we found out why so many used games are scratched to hell (well, 

> aside from kids getting ahold of them). Here is some absolutely 

> wonderful advice from the Internets on how to fix your discs. Also, you 

> won't believe how many times I've seen games that have been disc 

> doctored. Really horrible spiral scratches. And the thing is, the game 

> probably had like one or two scratches on it to begin with and now it 

> has about a thousand.

> 

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: *Aiden Monnens* <spacerock12 at gmail.com <mailto:spacerock12 at gmail.com>>

> Date: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:58 PM

> Subject: People who do not take care of games

> To: Devin Monnens <evilcowclone at gmail.com <mailto:evilcowclone at gmail.com>>

> 

> 

> http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?board_id=909102864&topic_id=25738529 

> <http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?board_id=909102864&topic_id=25738529> 

> - Seriously toothpaste and car wax. No wonder half of the games that 

> show up at stores are so scuffed up! We should do research and see what 

> the policy is for resurfacing a disc at stores when they get traded in. 

> Speaking of which I knew a kid back in middle school who cleaned his 

> discs by licking the bottom of the disc and wiping it off with his rough 

> shirt!

> 

> -- 

> Devin Monnens

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> 

> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

> 

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