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[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 108 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just in time for disc rot to set in

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I seriously hope they made 1:1 backups of everything.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

There's probably a decent 1g1r archive online by now.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Literally word for word the exact comment I came to make

[–] chrislowles@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd back it up and put the covers up as some decorative piece, but yeah the actual disks are probably on their last legs in one way or another lol

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

It really depends so much on disc type. I have CDs burned in the 90s that still work, and DVDs that delaminated two years later. Just depends.

My PlayStation games still work fine.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just upvote.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Me looking at a NAS in my closet: "Oh hey! Me too!"

[–] JabbaTheThott@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn, you can fit all 1353 discs in there? Wild

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] JabbaTheThott@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Was making a joke. You're right they're the same games but for collectors they want the wall of stuff to admire. I buy a lot of digital games but still get a lot physical for the shelf

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly what I was thinking.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh. I kind of thought it would be bigger, ngl.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aaaaand red ring of death.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

We’d have achievement parties, work on multiplayer cheevos, and just compete for the highest gamescore in general.

I take it that "cheevo" is what people are calling achievements now.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's been a shorthand for "achievement" for a long time. In fact, there's an achievement in Fable 2 that's called I Did This For A Cheevo (maybe that was the description?)

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From the name, I'm assuming unlocking it involves some sort of sex act.

I prefer when games own up to it, like how looking at the porny posters in Metal Gear Solid 2 HD unlocks "Snake Beater"

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago

like how looking at the porny posters in Metal Gear Solid 2 HD unlocks “Snake Beater”

hahah that cheeto name is brilliant

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Some do, some don't. Within the PCSX2 project, a lot of members like to call RetroAchievements "RCheevos" (in large part, admittedly, because "RA" could be confused for "RetroArch"). Personally I think it sounds kind of dumb and prefer to just say "achievement".

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

R-chievement would be a more fitting name

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You can't just come in with the hard R-word!

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Time for my 40 minute apology video. BRB, filming.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

It sounds more fun if you read it in an Aussie accent

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

RetroAchievements does call theirs Cheevos in many places, even some folder names, ans possibly in the code too.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn, even the shovelware?

[–] TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That statement better not include sneak king.

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that the burger king game

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 15 points 2 weeks ago

One of the 3.

Big Bumpin' & Pocketbike Racer are the other two, and the racing game is better than it has any right to be.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

back them up and upload them!!!

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

They're all on archive.org, can use jdownloader2 to grab them all quickly

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

I would imagine that there are way more 360 discs out there in America

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How many of them are FIFA?

[–] Cromer4ever@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That would be me, if I had money :(

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago