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Hardware and Tech / Re: An Overlooked Problem when it comes to CDs and DVD Games

« on: March 24, 2017, 10:05:57 am »

The term you are looking for is disc rot.

Disc rot RARELY happens when discs are properly stored.  I've never seen a single case of disc rot where the user stored the disc consistently in a proper environment.  (i.e. not outdoors, not someplace extremely hot or cold, not in direct sunlight, etc.)

Yea I live in a basement but all my CD's are put away in proper cases, including the one I lost. I live in a cold part of the united states this time of year and a few weeks ago I lost all heating for 6 days in my home and everything was cold. My other games are ok it is just this one, I always had problem with disc rot  but usally it is because I didn't have then in a proper case. my main problem is even when I have heat the CD's still feel cold and then in worse cases It becomes wet inside the case due to the humidity on my home. I live in a high humid state year around and with extreme weather both hot and cold.

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Hardware and Tech / An Overlooked Problem when it comes to CDs and DVD Games

« on: March 24, 2017, 02:40:26 am »

A lot of people worry about scratches, but if you take care of your game they won't happen but warping will. I just had one of my most expensive games go to waste do to warping and now I need a replacement.

if your game is not working or loading I want to tell you It could be warped and I know how to tell if it is. first you need 2 things a light and the game itself. hold your CD/DVD up against the light while looking on the silver or black side of the CD. if you see any light shining threw the CD/DVD like a little white piece on the silver side. than your games life has just ended and you need a replacement (even if it still works) sometimes a game maybe warped and still work up to a certain point where the console try to find data on the missing top of the CD. most times when a CD warps it loses top side of the disc instead of the shiny stuff never scrape the top or bottom of a CD especially the top park because if the top gets a hole then the whole game is shot.

Again I love to hear your thoughts and experience on warping CDs/DVD video games

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Classic Video Games / Re: Sports Games

« on: March 21, 2017, 01:59:12 am »

I just got into baceball a few days ago currently playing NHL 2008 & All Star Baseball 2001 and Tiger Woods PGA tour 2005

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Off Topic / Re: Classic Rock Music Thead

« on: March 17, 2017, 07:06:11 am »

Let kick this thread in high gear with one of the most (among many) underrated metal bands of all time. I LOVE Firehouse 1st and 2nd album and I keep playing over and over and never get sick oft them. This band debuted in 1991 but failed due to the many other bands competing at the time. Good mentions of Gene Loves Jezebel the band If I see anything of this band in the record shop today I'll be sure to buy an album if I can find it

Anybody else have imput, this is a all taste goes thread

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Off Topic / Re: Classic Rock Music Thead

« on: March 17, 2017, 06:58:58 am »

The best band you've never heard is Gene Loves Jezebel from the late '80s early '90s. Had some incredible stuff, but they were under the same label as Guns & Roses and never got promoted.

Yea I actually hear of this band they played a hit I own called Jealous. Off one of my rarer artest compilations called "Before X" that is a good song among many forgotten hits

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Off Topic / Classic Rock Music Thead

« on: March 15, 2017, 03:43:32 am »

I own a TON of music outside of my video game collection. first I am going to rewind  to the  1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's and 1990 a lot of my favorite bands 

There is a A TON forgotten great music out there and I want us to talk about. If you are just getting into a classic rock music collection I will get you started with some of the best rockin bands that I believe are worth looking into



 like Dokken,  Great White,  Firehouse,  Kingdom Come,  Dangerous Toys,  Europe,  Survivor,  Toto, Extreme,  Kix,  LA Guns, Van Halen, Journey, Ratt, Bon Jovi, Metalica, Megadeth, Mr. Big, Nazareth, Humble Pie, The Cult, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Pantera, Def Leopard, Night Ranger, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, Scorpions, Cinderella, Lita Ford, Sammy Hagar, Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Beatles ,The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Foghat, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, Quiet Riot, Riot, Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Whitesnake, The Monkeys, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Seven Mary Three, Big Head Todd, Aerosmith, Bad English,  Bad Company, The Beach Boys. Billy Squire, Billy Joel, Billy Idol. Ozzy Osborne, Bryan Adams, The Cars Cheap Trick, Foreigner, U2, Pat Benetar, Led Zeppelin, Creed, Barenaked Ladies, Crash Test Dummies, Nirvana, Counting Crows, Cream, Kiss,  Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, The Cure, Motley Crue, Ted Nugent,  Damn Yankees,  Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Dio, Rainbow, and I have a TON more recommendations but that should get this thread started

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Classic Video Games / Re: What You Hate About Some Video Games (level types) Challenges Your Weakest Point

« on: March 12, 2017, 07:19:25 pm »

Disappearing blocks. F* disappearing blocks! Mega Man is notorious for the damn things, but it's not alone. So many 8-bit offenders.

Wait a minute I'm an 8-Bit fan and am not offended, at contrary have seen this damn blocks at Mario Galaxy 2 and even when they are much easier than the ones at the MM saga still hate them 

I agree with lot of you who responded and I read each and every response. about the disappearing  blocks in mega man 1 all I can say is  I got past all stages on PS2 except  the GutMan Stage and the Iceman stage, but of course didn't play the original MM for NES. I own both the Mega Man Anniversary Collection and the and the Mega Man X collection for PlayStation 2. there is some kind of sequence to the disappearing blocks I think that the Gutman stage in Mega Man 1 is short but I don't know off hand where to jump without cheating off the main platform because on the Gutman stage where to jump is invisible I mean it has to be I could sit on top of the platform all day and nothing ever comes near to jump on that I can see, it appears to be a dead end to me. My platforming skills are only average so a game like the original Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II. is vary fun and a breeze to play  Yes Indeed the first 2 duke games were 2D PC/DOS platformers made my Apogee in 1991 and 1992. the Iceman stage also seems injumpable so I am not sure if it is a glitch or my logic is not calculating with it.

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Classic Video Games / What You Hate About Some Video Games (level types) Challenges Your Weakest Point

« on: March 07, 2017, 09:45:49 pm »

Me? Advance AI 3D world Stealth Missions or Levels Or Challenges and Puzzles in shooting games


At first Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the ring looks like your standard RPG, but it's not. I played for an hour and found out that it has loading screens but no checkpoints. At first I loved it open worldliness, it does give you the option to save at will in which is a great feature and just may save me from flushing it down the toilet. The second missions starts off with one of those advance AI 3D world stealth type missions that you can't fight, you can't run.the only option is sneaking past these two fast moving and knights on a one way path. Can't stay in one spot either. If one of these 2 riders smell you then you get a cutsence and then you booted back to the new game screen. It is so fricking cheap it didn't even say game over or retry anything. their is no lives system. My question is a game this cheap worth playing through. I do see a way through but it's stupid  the option is to keep movin  but it is going to take a lot of game overs before I get past this.

My weakness in video games is mostly stealth missions I hate stealth missions. there are 2 games I now can see no point in playing the one mentioned and Red Faction 1 a missions where your given nothing but a pistil with 32 rounds and no ammo to pick up.

it's a little like 007 goldeneye for the Ninendo 64 where there are cameras, and drones, and guards, and gun,s and secrurity alarms everywhere without only corners to hide. OK so if you upset one guard or workers or spotted by, one camera, or one drone. Then your faced with unlimited respawning guards. that do not drop any ammo and keep coming out of the woodwork till you have no ammo and are dead. and then I heard rumours that game Red Faction 1 for PS2 has another Advance AI Stealth Mission right after from a Youtuber he got so frustrated with that mission and the one after he admited to not finishing the game ever.

Can you guys tell me and others your video game stories I'd love to hear them below

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Classic Video Games / Re: What game are you really good at?

« on: March 05, 2017, 09:42:19 pm »

I play at the easiest difficulty setting on every single genre except for some types of sports games. So I just like talking more about video games at the moment more then being hardcore. I am a wuss I guess . the only online multiplayer I played in my life would be Zandronum/ former skulltag the PC doom engine. that I was a keyboard master for a while and people thought I was using an aimbot but I wasn't. I have a good gut for gaming but little skill from a master at all genres give me a 2-20 rating. There are some guys I believe out there that can tackle every genre and noone wants to play them as a result. I'm good at most PS2 NHL and PS1 NHL games that I sometimes play on medium difficulty in which most have 4 difficulty settings ranging from Beginner Easy Medium and Hard I suck at platforms, I really suck at strategy games but I am pretty good at simple run and gun games, like Call Of Duty I mean I have potential in call of duty

Now tell the truth people and answer this question

What do you rate yourself as an all round gamer?


 from 1-20 self rating 20 being perfect at every single video game at the upmost hardest difficulty old and new from the Atari 2600 to the current generation and 1 being horrible. let keep this conversation interesting shall we

we could also rate in these sections

2nd generation or Atari 2600-1-10
NES or 3rd 2-10
SNES or Mega/Genesis or 4th gen 1-10
Ps1 N64 or Sega Saturn (etc) 5th generation 2-10
6th gen or PS2 Dreamcast, or Xbox 2-10
7th PS3, 360, or Wii 3-10
8th current any current system 1-10
sports 1-10
platforming 1-10
beat em ups 1-10
fighting 3-10
shooting 4-10
3rd person 1-10
RPG 3-10
Stratagy 1-10
racing 3-10
Sim -10-10
Arcade 1 -10
other-1-10



my score one out of five stars

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Classic Video Games / The PS3 Super Slim Benefits and Flaws From Personal Experence

« on: March 05, 2017, 04:55:28 pm »

Backstory:  I am unfortunate some would say that the I just got into the PS3 when the Super Slims came out. I never owned a phat PS3 or any kind that was fully backwards compatible. I could have had a PS3 phat that did everything at one time but bought a 250  gig used super slim model instead for the same price, because I kept hearing stories of the Fully compatible models breaking and acting its nasty blinking light issue.  So I am hesitant to this day to buy a PS3 fully compatible model do to its short life span. among most of it's players

I eventually  bought 2 PlayStation 3, super slims both the 250 gig and the 500 gig models.

the 250 gig model never gets hot as long as you don't use HDMI then it gets a little hot but never burns up unlike what  people say the bigger  PlayStation 3's do. the 250 gig at nature runs much faster with both reading PS1 and PS3 discs then my 500 model by nature ever gig did. of course my 500 gig PS3 was covered in thick nicotine thick enough to bury my nails in upon it's arrival.


it was 2015 when I purchased  my Super Slim 250 gig (by nature) model about a year later when I got my 2nd Super Slim 500 gig model (by nature)

the 500 gig by nature? All I can say is it seem more sluggish than the 250 by nature however it seems to keeps it's cool at all times better then my 250 did, even though the dam thing is covered in an inch think of cigarette smoke and ash residue from it arrival.

The laser went vary quickly but of course it was used, not sure how much but, used and filthily I had cleaned the lasers multiple times in it, still didn't work and even when I had both lasers replaced the darn thing would constantly reject PS1 games by giving my data options (the option to explore the CD)  instead of the option to play the game. Personally I don't think that the 500 gig super slims in which are supposed to be the latest PS3 on the market. are compatable with PS1 games at all. though they generate less heat buildup. but they do not play games vary well it is even a chore for mine to load PS3 games and I can forget PS1 games because all I could do on it was read the contents of the PS1 CD nothing else and SONY never responded to help me to fix this issue


My point but If you want a new PS3 for your game room take my advice from experence and go with the 250 gig. I bought that thing used and its read at least 3000 CD and 300 Blu Rays and still holds up to this day, only with slightly less heat tolerance on HDMI output. then on my 500 gig model.

SO you know what I did I swapped the hard drive and gave it away because It still plays PS3 games and I did clean it and the 500 (at nature)+ gig gave me nothing but problems

SO now I have a 500 gig harddirve inside a 250 gig model. and if you guys really want to take a chance you could swap out a 20 gig for a 500 gig or something bigger because all PS3's take SATA laptop hard drives for any newbies out there.



There is nothing like cranking out an old PS2 for the PS2 games so I highly recommend a PlayStation 2 phat and A PlayStation 3 Super Slim 250 gig model( by nature) in your collection. Those 2 systems seem to me to be the better builds


Dont't even bother taking a PS3 super slim apart there is a switch that is called a limit switch I had to hire a tech guy just to put this tiny switch back onto the console in which is vary hard to see and extremely easy to break off when your working on any super slim so watch out and don't say I didn't warn ya

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Classic Video Games / Re: Sports Games

« on: March 05, 2017, 03:59:02 pm »

I am your stereotypical geek in the fact that I'm just not into traditional sports, on any level. So I don't have any of those games.

But I do have a little less "pure" sports games in my collection.

I love the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, even though I suck at skateboarding in real life. Tons of fun to just go around and try new stuff while exploring. And usually the rock side of the soundtracks on these games are great (not into hip-hop, though). For the same reasons, I have the Cool Boarders snowboarding series, as well.

Being a wrestling fan, I of course like a good wrestling games. The WWE 2K series (which later became just a year-by-year series) since 2012 have been great. I love playing through the story modes on those, since I've been a wrestling fan for a long time and those are usually nostalgic.

And a good arcade racer can be fun. Not my top favorite genre, but if it's done right I can get into them. I'm just not into the technical, more car-guy type racers, though. I want something like RC Pro-Am that's just mindless video game fun, or an arcade racer like Ridge Racer or Daytona USA where I can just pick a car and go. Also the ones that incorporate battle-elements, like Road Rash or Arctic Thunder. Gran Turismo is just not my bag, baby.

I love the gran Turismo series but the licence thing is the hardest part in the entire game. and on gran turismo 4 it has really frustrated me, on this one licence course where you must turn a sharp corner while going downhill and cannot let any part of your car go off the track or you have to do the entire course over perfectly and in a time sequence that has me frigging pissed. AND if you don't past that darn course your stuck earning 500 credits for winning a race every time and less for not placing in 1st place.  and upgrading a single component of your race car in GT 4 cost at least 2000 credit for only one small no effect upgrade taking.

GT 2 is rare but I love that game and recommend everyone even if you don't like the gran turismo series to get Gran Turismo 2 for the PlayStation 1. and it is best played on your PS3 where you can have a TON of cars on a digital memory PS3 quota without ever having to swap PS1 memory cards unlike when using a PlayStation 1 or PlayStation 2 when playing a PS1 game.



All you sports fans take note a PS3 is a must have for your PlayStation 1 sports games seasons. With any PlayStation 3 you can create multiple seasons on PS1 memory and never have to use a PS memory card again. I have a former 250 gig super slim and it rocks with PS3 and PS1 games of all sorts  .

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Classic Video Games / Re: Sports Games

« on: March 05, 2017, 05:27:06 am »

I personally have the PlayStation 1 version of NHL 2001 and it is a blast to play

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Classic Video Games / Sports Games

« on: March 05, 2017, 12:39:16 am »

i love sports games in general. I first started playing them in 2002 with NHL 2002 for PC. That Game Took me 4 years to master on the easiest setting and I left me soaked in sweat after each and every game now I can just about win any hockey game as long as I can let some shots go without getting scored on every time. Does anyone else play and enjoy sports games.I know when I was talking about them on a different forum this one guy thought they were pointless and stupid to collect or spend your money on. I am referring to mostly the retro kind the ones without all the glitches and crappy AI.

do you play and enjoy them? which ones do you recommend the most that you have or maybe don't have in your collection. My favorite hockey games are NHL 2001 NHL 2000 NHL 2008. I currently don't know how to play american football. favorite International Football/soccer is FIFA 2001, I don't have a current favorite Baseball game yet and but I really like NBA live 2006 March Madness 98 and March Madnesss 06 and I have tons of racing and driving games yet to master

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Disappointed about not being told not to add arcade conversions or homebrews

« on: March 01, 2017, 11:15:38 pm »

These points are what really stood out to me. I think if you are looking to breakdown a compilation game into its different components like this, I would highly recommend Backloggery.com. If you open up the detailed mode when adding games, can add all the games in a compilation individually, then designate it as part of a set, which then creates a drop down that has each game nested under the main title. You can then add notes about the year it came out within each individual entry. Backloggery also tracks what games you have and haven't beaten yet.

I started one to show you how it looks


Unfortunately VGC is not optimized to breakdown the individual pieces of a compilation for the purposes of showing the information about each individual game, which ones you have beaten, etc. Personally, I agree that this feature could be nice/useful, and I see where you're coming from with that. But adding each game as a separate listing isn't the right way of doing it in the context of the site. Adding the game as a separate entry is saying that it was released entirely on it's own, as a separate release, not in a compilation, which wouldn't be accurate.

So like lets say I wanted to buy/own in my hands Metal Slug 4 in North America on the PS2, I could either buy Metal Slug 4&5 (https://vgcollect.com/item/1690), or Metal Slug Anthology (https://vgcollect.com/item/15731). But adding a separate entry for Metal Slug 4 would not be right, because the game was never released as a separate game; it's always tied in within a compilation in North America. But that's the message that adding each game individually is saying.

this is great advice but I am going to stick on here for a while because I see that this site has potential to become the biggest game databace on the internet. Is this place new? I tryed to find a retro collecting site earlier but this did not show up last year

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Disappointed about not being told not to add arcade conversions or homebrews

« on: March 01, 2017, 11:01:17 pm »

please don't think I came on here to be bossy. I am going to do what you say. I just have multiple brain issues


PS thanks again for being patient with me