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Backing Up Disc Base Games
sheep2001:
But you'd need modified hardware to play any backup, and in some cases to even make a usable image.
Also, in today's society, there are already images of pretty much everything out there.
bender3455:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on September 23, 2015, 04:21:16 PM ---But you'd need modified hardware to play any backup, and in some cases to even make a usable image.
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That's right, completely forgot about that! Most of my systems are modded, so I don't think about that much. Funny thing though, ALL of my PS1 games are real, and I have 2 modded PS1's, lol.
KMSoulja:
I cant find CD-R's that work well with modded ps1's. I tried verbatim but half of the discs i burn fail to verify and don't play right. But they work great for dreamcast games.
e_brugal:
--- Quote from: KMSoulja on September 24, 2015, 01:51:23 AM ---I cant find CD-R's that work well with modded ps1's. I tried verbatim but half of the discs i burn fail to verify and don't play right. But they work great for dreamcast games.
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I have a modded Ps1, I will see later which cds I use. But I only have two burn cd games the others are original
Polygon:
All media will degrade over time. How long will optical media last? That remains to be seen. The people currently having issues with disc rot I think are examples of poor quality control rather than actual degradation of the disc. But it will happen eventually. And with hard drives, solid state or magnetic, are cheap and large. And it's easier to keep them backed up and not have to worry about data loss.
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on September 23, 2015, 04:21:16 PM ---But you'd need modified hardware to play any backup, and in some cases to even make a usable image.
Also, in today's society, there are already images of pretty much everything out there.
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For console games, that true. I know I want to do it for PC games for sure since no modifications would be required. But it would still be nice to have backups of everything for peace of mind. I've never liked relying on other sources to backup any of my data or trying to find an ISO if I had to. Plus, who knows, access to a disc press might be simple a cheap in time and then you wouldn't have to modify the consoles to make the images work.