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my punk kid got his grimey lil hands on my metroid disk and scratched it up real nice.
what options do I have besides buying a new disk?
thought id ask here before I buy a new one.
TIA

My number on suggestion is to purchase a GameDR or DiscDR and then the gamecube disc adapter, all and all should cost 20 to 30 bucks, this fixes almost all problems. I got one and it always has fixed my CDs, DVDs, and games perfectly! Plus it beats having to buy new ones. Best Buy should carry these, or Gamestop, I'm not sure about EB Games.

$30 = new metroid game

Thats one game, these could fix more than that.

I have one of those, they work real well, just like bjschre says

Before you buy a disc doctor, hold the game up to a bright light and make sure the data layer isn't scratched. If you can see any holes with light coming through in the data area, the game is toast. And by the way, disc doctor is a piece of crap, it's never worked for me.

Same here... I hate the disk doctor... it's ruined more games for me that it's saved.
Unless you have a friend that works in a store/facility with a disk resurfacer, your just about always better off just replacing the disk.

The EB I shop at will resurface a PS2 disc on the spot for 3 bucks. They have a machine in the back. I don't know if they can do it to a cube disc, but it won't hurt to ask.

At my EB, a lady came in with a copy of Chrono Cross that wasn't working on her son's PS2. The clerk said he knew there were more used copies in the back that he could exchange for her defective one, but the manager strolled over and said that wasn't necessary - before the woman knew it, he had pulled out a Game Dr. and started resurfacing the discs! Is it just me, or is this bad policy?

ok im not joking so take me seriously
i read this in playstation mag.
all you do is boil water put the game in for like 3 minnutes BUT MAKE SURE YOU STIRR.
You can always try longer amounts of time i relly dont remember what the article recomended but i am not joking.

Originally Posted by paz9x my punk kid got his grimey lil hands on my metroid disk and scratched it up real nice. what options do I have besides buying a new disk?

Beat him down!!
j/k

Originally Posted by CaptainObviousXl ok im not joking so take me seriously i read this in playstation mag. all you do is boil water put the game in for like 3 minnutes BUT MAKE SURE YOU STIRR. You can always try longer amounts of time i relly dont remember what the article recomended but i am not joking.

Um...what, exactly, would this accomplish?

it was in a play station magazine. It would do something. But i didnt make it up.

Originally Posted by Gothic_Walrus Um...what, exactly, would this accomplish?

lentil CD stew Hmmm............. Good

ok fine treat me like im insane

Originally Posted by CaptainObviousXl ok im not joking so take me seriously i read this in playstation mag. all you do is boil water put the game in for like 3 minnutes BUT MAKE SURE YOU STIRR. You can always try longer amounts of time i relly dont remember what the article recomended but i am not joking.

It's crazy enough to try! I might give it a shot. I have a game from BlockBuster (PS1) that has never worked, scratched to death. If I have some free time, I'll put the disc in some boiling water and see what it does. Can't be any worse than it is now. I don't expect it to work or fix the disc but that's just too crazy.

Actually I've heard of the whole boiling technique thing, but I think it's more for warped disks than those that are scratched. But eh who knows.

I've also been told rubbing or polishing toothpaste into the disc in a circular motion will remove scratches. I have never tried it though.

i wanna boil mine, at least i could get some entertainment out of my trashed game.

I live in southern cal, andybody been to a place around here to fix disks?
I tried my local gamestop but theyre jackaces in there anyway and were of no help.

TIA once again

Call Nintendo's customer service. They'll most likely tell you to send the disk in. If they've never replaced a disk for you before, they'll probably replace this one for free.