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Anyone ever experienced what I can only describe as disc rot with a major optical disc based video games console?
The only time I've ever previously encountered this issue is with Laser Disc, but now I've had an issue with my Dreamcast.
So, been on a bit of a DC kick recently after neglecting the old girl for far too long, and after putting some time into Zero Gunner 2 and Under Defeat, I decided I'd play a bit of 3rd Strike.
Pop the disc in and the DC starts making some funny noises... great, I think, the drive is packing up, just what I need right now. Anyway, I take the disc out, pop it back in, same issue, disc won't read. So then I swap back to Under Defeat, no issues. I try Ikaruga - no issues. So obviously not the drive.
I take a look at the 3rd Strike disc, can't see anything obviously wrong with it, then I check to see if it's warped. I gentley flex the disc and it snaps like dried twig!
Really weird, the disc has gone brittle!
At some point I'll track down another copy of the 3rd Strike, but anyone else ever had this happen on DC or any other system? There should be a minimal degree of flex in an optical disc, but there was none with this!
The only time I've ever previously encountered this issue is with Laser Disc, but now I've had an issue with my Dreamcast.
So, been on a bit of a DC kick recently after neglecting the old girl for far too long, and after putting some time into Zero Gunner 2 and Under Defeat, I decided I'd play a bit of 3rd Strike.
Pop the disc in and the DC starts making some funny noises... great, I think, the drive is packing up, just what I need right now. Anyway, I take the disc out, pop it back in, same issue, disc won't read. So then I swap back to Under Defeat, no issues. I try Ikaruga - no issues. So obviously not the drive.
I take a look at the 3rd Strike disc, can't see anything obviously wrong with it, then I check to see if it's warped. I gentley flex the disc and it snaps like dried twig!
Really weird, the disc has gone brittle!
At some point I'll track down another copy of the 3rd Strike, but anyone else ever had this happen on DC or any other system? There should be a minimal degree of flex in an optical disc, but there was none with this!