Your Broke-Ass Games
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Lost FIFA 10 which is a game i really hated and was gifted to me, now has the round scratch thingy, and everyone thinks i obliterated it on purpose..
also, modern warfare 2 cant play multiplayer, and soul calibur IV cant play um.. most of the male characters
(except Yoda)
also, modern warfare 2 cant play multiplayer, and soul calibur IV cant play um.. most of the male characters
(except Yoda)
My brother lent Star Wars Rogue Squadron III to his friend. This friend of his doesn't use the game boxes. Oh, he keeps the boxes, he just leaves the discs lying about because he's an inconsiderate ass. He also broke my (original!) plastic Luke Skywalker lightsaber when I was five. Anyways.
The disc was pristine when my brother lent it to him and it was scratched to hell when we got it back. It never worked after that, to my great disappointment. It was one of our few good splitscreen games.
The disc was pristine when my brother lent it to him and it was scratched to hell when we got it back. It never worked after that, to my great disappointment. It was one of our few good splitscreen games.
My Resident Evil 0 I loved that game but I bought it used and it already had tons of scratches on it so it was only a matter of time. Other than that, I've never had a game break on me that wasnt already acquired in poor condition.
My old copy of Pokemon Crystal. It's still technically "playable," but the save file corrupts whenever I turn it off, so it's pretty much useless. Not that I'd play it much even if I could, but it's still a shame.
My cousin lost my copy of metal gear solid so I bought another, Zelda links awakening got let out in the rain along with the gameboy it was in worked fine the gameboy screen had a weird line in it but functioned perfectly for another 9 years or so until both just ceased to function, and my copy of GTA San Andres got all scratched up from too much play a quick drive to the local game store and the polisjed it out for 5 bucks its worked fine since.
Cartridges have an internal battery that allows them to save. You can have the battery replaced (for a modest fee) if you send it off to Nintendo, or you can replace it yourself (if you happen to have a soldering iron and small watch battery handy). There are tutorials on the internet. Doing it yourself has obvious risks however.EHKOS said:
Mine is a copy of X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter that I managed to trap in the CD drive (it somehow half jumped out when I pressed the close button). It got bent slightly (though I could still use it to run the game, just not install it). It doesn't really matter now though since I have a box set of all three X-Wing games that I can play.
Literally lost a couple of games I've lent out but it's not a big deal. I don't ever recall "wear and tear" occuring to my games. I look after them.
Actually that's a lie. I fell in the pool with my GameBoy Color [sic] in my pocket while Pokemon Blue was in it. Both still worked though, so yeah.
Actually that's a lie. I fell in the pool with my GameBoy Color [sic] in my pocket while Pokemon Blue was in it. Both still worked though, so yeah.
I have never broken or misplaced a game. I really only lend them to 2 or 3 of my close friends who don't abuse them.
i lent my friend from work my non greatest hits verision of ff7 and then he got fired and i never saw it again . then two weeks later i learned that i could have gotten at least fifty to seventy dollars for it sorry panda
My first one was Naval Ops: Warship Gunner for the PS2. I mean, it still works, but I just lost the ability to load my save and play as one of the 4 factions (USA). They just so happen to be the most powerful too... I'm still mad about that, and the fact that the assholes at Gamestop charged me 20$ to "fix" it when they didn't do a thing to it.
Then there's CoD 4 on my 360. I can't play the map Ambush, which happens to be my favorite map.
That's about it, I think.
Then there's CoD 4 on my 360. I can't play the map Ambush, which happens to be my favorite map.
That's about it, I think.
I think it's the save battery dying, not really a fault per se, just a shortcoming of technology at the time.EHKOS said:Hmmm my Pokemon Blue won't save either, it must be a fault in the construction of the cartridges.randomguy425 said:
OT: I mourn the loss of my Ribbit King disc. Hot day+ Toffee =broke ass disc
I once opened a new game and it was cracked already, and once I bought a game and it cracked when I pulled it out.
OT: I had a copy of Pokemon Silver stop saving and keeping time, and I had Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis stop saving. And Tactics Ogre is fairly rare and very pricy for a GBA game made in 2002. I had to buy a new copy off ebay for $35, and that was the cheapest I could find. There were copies for $80. I could have gotten it on a rom guiltlessly, but then I'd probably cheat.
None so far, except some really old cd's for my SEGA MegaDrive but I was a kid back then and didn't look after them at all.
The only CD which isn't working properly is the Bad Company 2 CD. It often fails to authenticate the original CD. Sometimes I think about cracking it...
The only CD which isn't working properly is the Bad Company 2 CD. It often fails to authenticate the original CD. Sometimes I think about cracking it...
I've had 3 copies of Swat 4. First disc snapped when I pulled it out of the box one day. The second exploded inside my disc tray, I examined the drive after hearing the noise and there was a huge chunk sticking out of the front. Kept that shit as a souvenir.
Apart from that I've had the COD4 disc that can't play Ambush and lent my uncle Tomb Raider 3, never seen it again.
Apart from that I've had the COD4 disc that can't play Ambush and lent my uncle Tomb Raider 3, never seen it again.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Damn, that went through the wringer.
It got scratched up like hell, and then one day my friend's little brother, when I leant the game to her, snapped it in half. (Well, one of the disks.)
She promptly bought me another one.
EDIT: Ah yes, and Spyro... back when I still had a functioning PlayStation. It eventually just stopped working because it got so scratched. It is now a coffee coaster.
It got scratched up like hell, and then one day my friend's little brother, when I leant the game to her, snapped it in half. (Well, one of the disks.)
She promptly bought me another one.
EDIT: Ah yes, and Spyro... back when I still had a functioning PlayStation. It eventually just stopped working because it got so scratched. It is now a coffee coaster.