Re: Disc Rot
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:48 am
It seems poor manufacturing is key in this problem as well as early technology such as discs from 1990 or before, more a problem for cd's and laser discs than disc based games.
Soldier Blue wrote:Just got screwed on a bunch of disc only Saturn games I bought on ebay. All of them have a lot of disc rot. Knew the deal was too good to be true. Oh well. I'll post pictures whenever I figure out how to get it on camera.
Quite tough to get it on camera but here is Dark Savior that I bought. You can see the white pinholes that you can see through.
Cronozilla wrote:To be a little positive, I think this could be repairable in the next few years.
The layer that's deteriorating is just a reflective layer, the data is physically pressed into plastic. Theoretically you could resurface the thing. (The label is toast, though. Thankfully, video games don't use double sided discs). Home workshops are becoming more common.
BoneSnapDeez wrote:My games will last forever because I live in the paradise that is Maine.