Are you sure that copy of Wipeout wasn’t just defective? Did it ever play?

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Posted by SignOfZeta on November 25, 2020 at 16:29:17 EST in reply to there's been disc rot, yeah - I've got a copy of wipeout XL here for PS1 with disc rot, sadly! I mean, luckily it's just wipeout XL, but it's put the fear into me for sure. And it's kind of a different industry than the game doctor type things - these are all purposebuilt by individual people (thus the high price), which could really go either way in terms of longevity. But yeah, my goal is to have both, as I mentioned above. I'm just super excited about playing "brand new" dreamcast games in 2020 however it happens, it rules. Also for the time being you can get CD images of most of these games, they'll just have weird loading patterns, but once it's all loaded in it should be fine. So you can still enjoy the cool weirdness! (n/t) from exodus.

Are you sure that copy of Wipeout wasn’t just defective? Did it ever play?

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it did! and it has that cloudy look that disc rotted games get.

(exodus)

(13:33:29 11/26/20 EST)

Isn’t it a black CD?

(SignOfZeta)

(18:13:17 11/27/20 EST)

yeah, it's still cloudy though. maybe it's not disc rot on this one! I can mail it to you if you want to find out, ha ha.

(exodus)

(23:44:58 11/30/20 EST)

I’ve been listening to CD singles a lot lately, pulling out a few hundred over the last two months. I’ve just today finally found a rotter! It’s Ruined in a Day by New Order, I have both discs and they are both developing pinholes. Looking at the inner circle...yep, PDO Blackburn. That fucking factory!!! This disc was already bronzing when I got in 27 years ago and its PDO so...this is about as fucked as CDs get from my experience...especially a CD single that probably cost, to get both discs, $24 and is really weird single anyway (Sly and Robbie!?)

(SignOfZeta)

(13:34:21 12/01/20 EST)

UPDATE: Both discs still play perfectly, for now.

(SignOfZeta)

(23:20:01 12/01/20 EST)

dang, cd singles!! I avoided those for space reasons even back in the day. you must live in a giant warehouse or your home is made of CDs

(exodus)

(18:27:40 12/16/20 EST)

I enjoy the unique contents of CD singles and the often clever packaging. They are the same size as any other CD. I do have a lot of space though which is why I have multiple spare CRTs and Laserdisc players. While going through all these singles I found a number of tracks that aren’t on any streaming services without even making a point of it.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:01:12 12/18/20 EST)

yeah, that's cool stuff! Any time I get a new cd I basically have to get rid of another, so this is a far-off dream for me. if you're ever in los angeles there's a store that has a bunch of 80s-90s japanese cd singles on the cheap - still reducing their stock from the actual era.

(exodus)

(18:10:37 12/21/20 EST)

Are they still selling off the soap operas on VHS? I ask because while I’ve never been there...I sort of have, in Chicago, SF, and even Novi, where it seems %99 of Japanese Michiganders live. Stock is dwindling! The used manga dried up some time ago but it used to be a place you could buy an entire Jump series shrink wrapped into a brick for $15 and then a brand new car magazine to go with it for another $15 because import magazines just never stop going up in price. The last time I was there I bought one of those solar powered lucky cats from the 90, not exactly because I wanted it but because I wanted a memento from one of my favorite stores on what was probably my final trip. It’s now on a high shelf in the kitchen now so it waves at the sun all through breakfast just like it waved at customers every day for probably 20 years or more.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:30:22 12/22/20 EST)

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