>yfw Gamecube games were produced with faulty manufacturing due to a premature disc pressing process, causing early failure on the disc layers >used to be an issue exclusive to Twin Snakes and a couple of other games in the past, but since then it's now happening across a large number of Gamecube games, from generic sports games, major titles such as Smash and Metroid Prime, to even obscure gems like Skies of Arcadia >yfw Gamecube games are literally dying as we speak
If you happen to be one of those collector boomers, you should consider putting all your shit up on eBay or somewhere else right now before it all crashes down.
Why haven't you taken the digitalpill already, Zig Forums? You got no excuse, especially when it comes to Gamecube shit. Dolphin might as well be the absolute best retro emulator right now, and if you're that much of a hardware autist, you can just get yourself a Wii and install Nintendont. It uses the same architecture as the Gamecube after all. Really they both make that piece of shit completely obsolete, and they're so fucking easy to set up, you have to go out of your way to screw something up.
>tfw collection consists of snes and n64 cartridges only must feel bad to be a gamecubefag lmao
Zachary Perry
Look, we get it. The Series S is the only next-gen platform you can afford.
Christopher Cruz
I love emulating, but the amount of times is way too high where I get a game running easily and then there's just one specific little thing that goes wrong, and no one else has the exact same issue and it requires an eternity of fiddling around and downloading more junk to get it sorted. At that point it's absolutely easier to just plug in one of my older consoles if I do happen to have the game.
Lucas James
>the influx of xbox series s posts >now this thread >tfw Zig Forums is now into drm
Eventually all those digital stores will be hunting around for any reason to ban you from their service and remove access to all your digital games, in the hopes that you rebuy some of them.
Also my PC game disks from 1995 are still fine. Played one a month ago.
Thomas Scott
I forgot gamecube cases had that memory card slot built in. God damn that was based
Brody Roberts
Wait do people think op is shilling because Xbox is touting their digital games service as a major selling point? Holy fuck you guys are relentlessly stupid.
Even if that was the case why are people not allowed to like anything? It's like if you're not some pirate constantly upgrading his PC to be cutting edge then you must be shilling.
Parker Hill
no, its true
not disc rot, but go check your copy of MGS twin snakes user. mine is flaking and i bought my shit day one and keep it in a safe place with no bs to kill it.
Liam Howard
They were even thoughtful enough to label it as optional.
Adrian Smith
ohhhhh nooooo twin snakes could be lost forever what a shame what a damn shame
Daniel Sanchez
Fuck off with this shit already. The label doesn't effect the disc's ability to read. Or are you going to tell me that Sunshine only uses about half the disc and Nintendo thought it would be a good idea to awkwardly spread it out instead of putting it as close to the center as possible.
>check my collection >all of my discs are in perfect condition Works on my machine.
Nolan Ward
Until the battery inside corrodes and ruins the innards of your cartridges It’s not a matter of IF In this case, it s a matter of when. Tick tock tick tock
Bentley Morris
Glad I never bothered buying Twin Snakes, otherwise I would have a disc with a bad looking label on it. whew, bullet dodged.
Jayden Morgan
I keep my remaining GC games in a little carry case (which I've stepped on a few times) and there's nothing wrong with them. I think you're just a subhuman beaner.
Robert Hernandez
>Open cartridge and check battery voltage every 5-10 years >Replace as needed with a non-shit battery >Not all cartridges will have a battery Easy.
Gavin James
I just replayed Twin Snakes on GC and there were no issues. There are no issues with any of my GC games. I would ask for proof, but there is none, or if there is, it's probably on some random blog with no sources to the information they're spouting.
Asher Phillips
or just emulate the games and save yourself all that trouble, Jesus fucking Christ dude
Just asking, but would the battery not die before it began to leak? Would one not replace the battery because it won't save before it has a chance to leak?
Nathan Morris
Whoa user, did you know just how fast you were moving with those goalposts?
Just replace the battery before it leaks? It's not even something hard to do by yourself.
Colton Anderson
>*delists ur game because the license expired* >*shuts down the server* Get back to me when JJBA HD, MvC2 HD, X-Men Arcade HD, MvC Origins, Gradius ReBirth, Castlevania ReBirth, and Contra ReBirth don't require piracy to play if you didn't download it at the time of its release, then we'll talk.
Thomas Flores
You stole this thread from /vr/.
Benjamin Powell
Only thing i know the label matters for is PS1 games because fuck buying from blockbuster used, and their fucking sticker.
Ayden Jackson
Stubbs the Zombie
Gavin Rodriguez
it's obviously a troll. Everybody talks about label flaking (which only really effects the kind of label you see on Twin Snakes. I've yet to see other kind of labels have that problem) but no one ever bothers to confirm that it gives them read errors. This thread gets reposted every so often. At least the OP is wise enough to spread it out over a very long period instead of doing it every day so people stop falling for it.
Brandon Perez
>BRO YOUR GAMES ARE MELTING POST THEM ON EBAY FOR CHEAP HAHA TRUST ME BRO Nice try faggot keeping my shit till i fucking die
Well your alternative is soft modding your GCN with Action Replay and swiss to play all your games through a micro sd. If you got the 1st model of Gamecube dol-101 its perfect for this.
Sebastian Baker
Fuck off already xbox shill I'm not buying a goddamn Series S
Aiden Peterson
not even that faggot, I just don't get it at all. Is it for nostalgia? Do you seriously think you will experience your childhood again or something?
I can get all that plastic shit sitting on your shelf in a matter of seconds, and the only things I'd have to worry about is if I somehow end up deleting the files. Not like it's a problem when I can easily get them again instead of dropping hundreds of dollars for another cart/disc like you boomers do. The retro collection scene is a complete utter scam.
Never heard of this. Maybe people should take better care of their games.
Lucas Martinez
Enough with the shills. Nobody wants your shitbox. How much do they pay you pajeets anyway?
David Johnson
For the most part, yeah it is kind of a meme. GameCube in particular because of Nintendont being a thing.
Camden Parker
There's a psychological mechanism at work, for starters. Some people are simply more motivated to finish a game they paid for than one they pulled off the internet for free.
There's also the collector aspect. Collecting is fun.
Third, this is a bit hard to describe, but there's just a small visceral satisfaction to handling physical media. Be it inserting a disc and closing the tray, or especially swapping cartridges. It just FEELS good.
Four, it's the (sorta) guarantee that the game you play will work as intended. Emulation is a great thing and often runs games better than original hardware ever will, but you can't change the fact that it's still inaccurate on some level. Maybe something doesn't quite work right, or maybe you just appreciate the quirks of the original hardware, or maybe you're a hyper autist into speedrunning and the emulator's considered cheating. Some people just want "the real thing".
Lastly, if you're smart or lucky a physical purchase today could translate into some accrued value tomorrow. Godzilla on PS4 is worth three times the MSRP it was released at now. Shit's wild. Most games will never get this way, but man is it nice when they do.
