[game_preservation] People who do not take care of games

[Devin Monnens]

I assume the toothpaste has such fine grains that it can act as a polisher
for a specific area. However, it seems quite crude. Spiral disc doctor
systems make the game look awful, even if they do get it to work. I think
that the more damage done to the disc in the long run outweighs the damage
to one section of the disc (even if it makes it playable). There is better
resurfacing hardware out there (such as the one we use at the store), but
the downside is they are very expensive and so should only be purchased by
large institutions. If you have a store nearby that does these, sometimes
you can get them buffed for as low as a dollar per disc.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:


> 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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