Do not say Brasso

[strawdonkey]

Picked up a haul of stuff yesterday including a few Dreamcast games that don't work; on further investigation it's down to wanky discs that've been scratched a fair bit.

I had an intermittent disc that I tried to repair with Brasso, but it just scratched the damn thing and didn't help in the slightest, it still only loaded intermittently (the game was Tech Romancer, which is supposed to be ace).

So I was looking at these.



They supposedly work and they'll do nicely for repairing the erratic discs until I can get a genuine non-scratched replacement at least.

But: Does anyone know if they work on Dreamcast discs, seeing as they're that fancy GD-Rom gubbins?

[gossi the dog]

It should work on DC games. However, be warned they scratch your disks to **** to make them work.

[strawdonkey]

It should work on DC games. However, be warned they scratch your disks to **** to make them work.

Cheers.

Yeah, I'm aware that it scratches stuff 'to ****' (that a technical term? I like it), but if it's scratched and working then it's better than something that's scratched and not working. And besides, none of these games that need repair are particularly rare, but it'd be nice to have a working copy to sell on when I next happen upon them in non-scratched-to-****-GD-state.

Might have to pick one of those up then. Seen them for ?20 somewhere - can't remember the website, try googling for "Disk repair" or somesuch. Clean something or other.

Vague.

[MikeRox]

surely it's cheaper to jus rebuy the DC games on ebay? most only go for about ?1.50 thesedays

[strawdonkey]

surely it's cheaper to jus rebuy the DC games on ebay? most only go for about ?1.50 thesedays

Yeah, but when you factor in postage etc, on say six games I'd end up spending ?15-odd, and I'd rather not do that if I've already bought the game.

The sad truth is, I'll end up with more scratched games in the future, so this seems a good investment for me rather than rebuying games which potentially might not be in any better a condition.

[dustbindroid]

don't know about brasso but I always use t-cut or if you can get it micromesh.

[gamerade]

One of the local game shops advertises a service called 'Perfect Play' which repairs cds/dvds by 'shaving' a few microns off the plastic cradle that the cd-foil sits in. Apparantly 100% as new, at a price....about ?3 per cd, less if bulk.
Only really recommended for valuable 'retro' stuff I suppose, as stated in earlier post, cheaper to buy new.

[brokeback]

erm, who told you the techromancer was good? its crap man!

[Saurian]

Wow brokeback - you're such an incredible source of gaming knowledge! I wish I'd known Kikaioh/Tech Romancer was "crap" - I wouldnt have wasted my time enjoying it if I'd known that sooner!

Dont listen to this person nitebycandlelite - it's a very fun game once you get into it! and the massive over-the-top finishing moves are very satifying! Pulsion in particular is a character I really enjoyed playing, it's appearance is borderline Evangelion, it goes crazy and starts crawling about the floor like one aswell - wicked little juggles and special - supermove - into another supermove 20+hit juggles are possible with this character and it's wicked fun!

[bowser123]

Hey Saur!
Bye Saur

Shame I don't see you around much. Try a new place that Boog runs, 'tis good.


Anyhow, on topic. Those disc cleaners.
Spawn of Satan. Absolute ****e. Gossi's tag should be patented and stuck to the front of the box like a Government Health warning on cigs.
Tried one on a few discs at work, followed the instructions and guidelines, it made the discs far worse than they started. They went from readble but skips and sticks, to totally unloadable post "fix".

[MikeRox]

guy I know down the market has invested in a proper one and I have to say, it really does make the discs look like new, and severely reduces very deep scratches, he's gonna charge ?2 a disc mind when he gets a little service set up tho.

[EvilBoris]

One of the local game shops advertises a service called 'Perfect Play' which repairs cds/dvds by 'shaving' a few microns off the plastic cradle that the cd-foil sits in. Apparantly 100% as new, at a price....about ?3 per cd, less if bulk.
Only really recommended for valuable 'retro' stuff I suppose, as stated in earlier post, cheaper to buy new.

those machines work a charm, they really work incredibly well I've repaired even disks we have deliberately ****ed.

http://perfectplay.co.uk has a list of every store with one