Are optical drives in older consoles not as good as those in computers, particularly full-sized computer drives, not slim laptop versions (which also gave me trouble sometimes)? Why did I get this impression? I’m not talking about problems like GameCube not properly detecting (never intended to work) DVD-R, requiring laser tweaks. No, original pressed discs for the consoles.
I got a lot of my games very cheaply used and often in bundles. So it is no surprise some game discs came in very bad condition – scratched up. In my experience consoles handle scratched games very poorly.
No Wii or GameCube was able to rip Resident Evil Zero with CleanRip.
Consoles: Three times fail. (Or even more as I tried multiple units of each console type)
Put the heavily scratched discs into computer drives:
Consoles are also made for children. Many children are not exactly known for being very careful, so I expected the consoles to be fault tolerant and have good readers and error correction. But to me it seems consoles can handle way less errors than a CD/DVD-drive in PCs. Those drives can be bought for less than €15 new sometimes.
Am I missing something here? Do you have similar experiences – or do you disagree? Anybody got actual facts about this?
I would be grateful for any information/stories/experiences.
I got a lot of my games very cheaply used and often in bundles. So it is no surprise some game discs came in very bad condition – scratched up. In my experience consoles handle scratched games very poorly.
- Mickey’s Wild Adventure (I think it was Mickey Mania in the US region), PlayStation 1
- Winx Club (PlayStation 2 DVD)
- Resident Evil Zero (GameCube)
No Wii or GameCube was able to rip Resident Evil Zero with CleanRip.
Consoles: Three times fail. (Or even more as I tried multiple units of each console type)
Put the heavily scratched discs into computer drives:
- Mickey Mouse: Drive went to full rotation speed and read without struggling from beginning to the end. Burned to CD-R → Works like a charm on PS1.
- Winx Club: Same as above. Ripping at full speed, ESR Patcher, DVD-R → Works.
- Resident Evil: Compatible old IDE drive by LG was able to rip the disc (Redump verified). It took a lot of time, but this is expected when dumping GC/Wii discs.
Am I missing something here? Do you have similar experiences – or do you disagree? Anybody got actual facts about this?
I would be grateful for any information/stories/experiences.
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