Playstation Tablet 1,732 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) People always say that carts last longer, but in my experience dust can butcher any cart and the connectors at the bottom of the cart can start to malfunction. Shit needs to be cleaned with alcohol and the I between connectors cleaner with a needle. Even keeping your game in a box doesn't help. Switch and Vita use flash memory and that shit even when read only damages the storage unlike old carts. Edited September 11, 2018 by Aza Team 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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SheepKilla 473 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Aza's Soviet bloc apartment has an infectious mold growing in it confirmed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,732 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 It's just what seems all game collectors are worried about, I never had it. I think even all of Accolade's Sega CD games and Dynamite's Saturn games all work flawlessly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhytre 2,753 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) If you store your discs properly and not in a humid environment, and only grab them by the sides they'll last as long as you live. All my DVD/Blu-ray and game discs look brand new with no fingerprints, some already 20 years old. I also quickly learned to stop letting friends borrow my stuff lmao. When you see them grab the discs like a cookie and put them on the table... Edited September 11, 2018 by bhytre 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,732 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, bhytre said: If you store your discs properly and not in a humid environment, and only grab them by the sides they'll last as long as you live. All my DVD/Blu-ray and game discs look brand new with no fingerprints, some already 20 years old. I also quickly learned to stop letting friends borrow my stuff lmao. When you see them grab the discs like a cookie and put them on the table... Ohh god you reminded my I lent RE7 Gold, SOTC, and Horizon to a friend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaz 2,440 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 19 minutes ago, bhytre said: If you store your discs properly and not in a humid environment, and only grab them by the sides they'll last as long as you live. All my DVD/Blu-ray and game discs look brand new with no fingerprints, some already 20 years old. I also quickly learned to stop letting friends borrow my stuff lmao. When you see them grab the discs like a cookie and put them on the table... true and sometimes you won't see your shit ever again 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,087 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Aza Team 2019 said: It's just what seems all game collectors are worried about, I never had it. I think even all of Accolade's Sega CD games and Dynamite's Saturn games all work flawlessly. I've not experienced it with anything. You'd have to be storing things in some terrible conditions for this to be a worry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,732 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) I just read Blu Ray unlike CDs and DVDs have an inorganic layer that the date is written to, so it's theory disc rot should be impossible. I have no idea what these people are doing with their Blu Rays. And that has been improved further with newer Blu Ray.s Edited September 11, 2018 by Aza Team 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,732 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 "The loss of data due to oxidation of a microscopic point in the reflective layer on a cheaply manufactured disc is probably far less common than data loss due to mishandling or physical damage to the disc. In other words, it’s a known (but extremely rare and unlikely) risk factor, and it doesn’t even come close to the real-world risk of kids handling the discs." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roflpwnedz 289 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 It's happened to some discs in the box full of dreamcast games i left in the basement. Cats probably pissed on it too. Good thing I didn't actually buy those games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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