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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.
 
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.
 
[quote name='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?[/quote]

Beat him down!!
j/k
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

Um...what, exactly, would this accomplish?
 
[quote name='Gothic_Walrus'][quote name='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.[/quote]

Um...what, exactly, would this accomplish?[/quote]

lentil CD stew Hmmm............. Good
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

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.
 
fangirl -
thats amazing, so theyll just replacea disk that is scratched to hell as a result of my wild kid?
If that works out they have to have fantastic customer service. Ill try, and let you all know.
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]
So you're the one that doesn't know how to know when the magazine is just joking. You know that it doesn't work right? I mean I know you read it in the mag...but it was a joke...didn't you understand it was a running gag that started with the "stick your PS2 disk in the microwave for a minute". Some people...retarded ones obviously...did it and then starting e-mailing the magazine pissed. The funny thing is, they just said they did it wrong and try it for a little longer. They also said if you stick your cat in the microwave for a while, it'll get rid of hairballs ;)

Honestly though...who'd be stupid enough to try sticking your game in the microwave or putting it in hot water....oh wait...yeah...nevermind.
 
[quote name='Moxio']Metroid Prime can be found for $20 sometimes New. I would just buy a new copy.[/quote]

where? im sold cheapest i know is $24.99 w/ggc at bb.

spread the knowledge pal
 
[quote name='D4rkewolfe'][quote name='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.[/quote]
So you're the one that doesn't know how to know when the magazine is just joking. You know that it doesn't work right? I mean I know you read it in the mag...but it was a joke...didn't you understand it was a running gag that started with the "stick your PS2 disk in the microwave for a minute". Some people...retarded ones obviously...did it and then starting e-mailing the magazine pissed. The funny thing is, they just said they did it wrong and try it for a little longer. They also said if you stick your cat in the microwave for a while, it'll get rid of hairballs ;)

Honestly though...who'd be stupid enough to try sticking your game in the microwave or putting it in hot water....oh wait...yeah...nevermind.[/quote]
lol its not a joke. It was off of a letter to the edditor thing and play station magaine was suggesting this to the person and they were being serious. What would a pot of boiling water do to your game... nothing unless it was stuck to the bottom for a wile. This is true and it is alot more beliveable than the microwave thing.
 
Moxio wrote:
Metroid Prime can be found for $20 sometimes New. I would just buy a new copy.


where? im sold cheapest i know is $24.99 w/ggc at bb.

spread the knowledge pal
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Try your local Blockbuster. They've had new Metroid's for 19.99 for a while, unless your Blockbuster has the new 'gamerush' store inside.


And anyone whose stupid enough to put their game disk in a microwave or a pot of boiling water deserves what they get. The only way to repair a disk is to resurface the plastic layer. Tangential scratches do the most damage, that's why the disk-doctor products etch perpendicular to the data path. But, like I said before, if there are any scratches in the foil layer on the top of the disk, then you're screwed anyway because thats where the actual data is held.
 
ok lol i dont have my mag with me right now but i took a wilt looking for the add. OPM response to the letter is like some thing like " leve it in there for 20 minnutes and sturr accasionly, add salt if necasary" obviously its a joke but it still might work cuase by the way opm responded to the letter it sounded like they have never herd of it before, so if any one tries it do it on a cheap demo disk and post the results.
 
Use a bit of toothpaste on the disc, this method is a also works for light scratches on monitors,glasses etc. There are plenty of guides on the net to do this. Same effect as using a game doctor. Also puts off a minty smell, and protects the disc against cavities and the gum disease...ginervitus.
 
[quote name='Theenternal']Use a bit of toothpaste on the disc, this method is a also works for light scratches on monitors,glasses etc. There are plenty of guides on the net to do this. Same effect as using a game doctor. Also puts off a minty smell, and protects the disc against cavities and the gum disease...ginervitus.[/quote]

can the toothpaste be substituted for Listerine?
 
[quote name='bmulligan']Add salt if necessary.........now THAT'S freaking funny![/quote]

This is beginning to sound like the classic story we all read as kids ... "Disc Soup". :)
 
[quote name='bradr'][quote name='bmulligan']Add salt if necessary.........now THAT'S freaking funny![/quote]

This is beginning to sound like the classic story we all read as kids ... "Disc Soup". :)[/quote]
i think your thinking of the book rock soup

[quote name='goku']rent the game in blockbuster and then renturned the bad 1
simple as that[/quote]
sorry but this is impossable. They put a sticker on the game that indicates that its theres, also if you removed it you have runied the game in taking the data layer off. SO i wont recomend doing this, i bet block buster will charge you $50 if you do do this. BEWARE [-X
 
[quote name='CaptainObviousXl'][quote name='bradr'][quote name='bmulligan']Add salt if necessary.........now THAT'S freaking funny![/quote]

This is beginning to sound like the classic story we all read as kids ... "Disc Soup". :)[/quote]
i think your thinking of the book rock soup

[/quote]

you can't possibly be that dumb
 
The scratched part is just a thick plastic coating, you can polish it, srape it, melt it, or do many other things to make it smooth.
 
BTW, I just rented Eternal Darkness from Blockbuster, and I checked out the disc. There isn't a sticker on it at all. So, if you are so inclined to do so then give it to Blockbuster. But you didn't hear it from me...
 
Don't buffer the CD. (Most) Collectors won't take them if you're ever trying to trade them off. On top of that, if you sell a buffered disc on eBay to a collector and don't mention it, get ready to receive it back in the mail or a bad feedback one. If you don't ever plan on selling/trading to someone like that, don't worry about it then.

I recommend the boiling water route - always works for me in those rare occasions.

EDIT : Oh - and by the way. You fellas who are saying people who boil are stupid - you're the stupid ones here ;-).
 
I didn't want to say anything for fear of looking like a jackass, but I didn't think boiling the disc could do any harm. The disc is just plastic anyways.
 
A) The boiling won't/can't do any harm. It doesn't actually need to be at boiling point, either.

B) It's not guaranteed to work, but after referring to A and considering success rates, it's definitely worth a shot.

C) It doesn't leave an ugly, uncollectible set of rings/etc on the bottom ;-).
 
i heard toothpaste works good [actual paste, not gel] then again i never tried it.

on a sidenote, if you REALLY want to look like a jackass, just buy a N-gage
 
[quote name='magilacudy']BTW, I just rented Eternal Darkness from Blockbuster, and I checked out the disc. There isn't a sticker on it at all. So, if you are so inclined to do so then give it to Blockbuster. But you didn't hear it from me...[/quote]
well my local blockbuster puts on protection, but my holywood doesnt so its prolly just the stores that hae the time and equipment
 
[quote name='SolinariDotCom']Don't buffer the CD. (Most) Collectors won't take them if you're ever trying to trade them off. On top of that, if you sell a buffered disc on eBay to a collector and don't mention it, get ready to receive it back in the mail or a bad feedback one. If you don't ever plan on selling/trading to someone like that, don't worry about it then.

I recommend the boiling water route - always works for me in those rare occasions.

EDIT : Oh - and by the way. You fellas who are saying people who boil are stupid - you're the stupid ones here ;-).[/quote]
told ya so
 
[quote name='Simon Adebesi']i heard toothpaste works good [actual paste, not gel] then again i never tried it.

on a sidenote, if you REALLY want to look like a jackass, just buy a N-gage[/quote]
yea toothpaste works great. I tried it on an old disk to my printer that had tons of little scraches. it looked great afterwards. but it olny takes off the smatt stuff
 
[quote name='CaptainObviousXl'][quote name='magilacudy']BTW, I just rented Eternal Darkness from Blockbuster, and I checked out the disc. There isn't a sticker on it at all. So, if you are so inclined to do so then give it to Blockbuster. But you didn't hear it from me...[/quote]
well my local blockbuster puts on protection, but my holywood doesnt so its prolly just the stores that hae the time and equipment[/quote]
Maybe if you boil one with protction it would peel off ?
Maybe
 
[quote name='m_d_amore'][quote name='CaptainObviousXl'][quote name='magilacudy']BTW, I just rented Eternal Darkness from Blockbuster, and I checked out the disc. There isn't a sticker on it at all. So, if you are so inclined to do so then give it to Blockbuster. But you didn't hear it from me...[/quote]
well my local blockbuster puts on protection, but my holywood doesnt so its prolly just the stores that hae the time and equipment[/quote]
Maybe if you boil one with protction it would peel off ?
Maybe[/quote]
yea lol
 
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