Your Broke-Ass Games

[TheLoneBeet]

Legend of Dragoon, Shadow of the Colossus, Oblivion and Fallout 3 to name a few. Pretty much anything I've spent LOTS of time playing. I've since replaced all of them though, so it's okay I guess.

 

[Thaliur]

Just recently I've had to mourn the loss of one of my favorite game discs, Mass Effect. It got shredded when we lent it to an inconsiderate friend of ours; it worked for a time, but it finally gave up the ghost the other day.

What games have you lost to wear and tear, or accidents?

Sometimes (not all the time sadly) toothpaste and a soft cloth work miracles on scratched disks. Of course, I don't know the disk's condition, maybe it's beyond repair.
At least a few years ago, it was possible to send damaged disks to the publisher and get an intact one in exchange. Of course, for MAss Effect the publisher is EA games, so you might be out of luck. CHeck the manual in any case.

As for lost games...
Luckily, so far I still have all my games, and last time I checked, the disks seemed to be in working order.

 

[ObsidianPhoenix]

I agree with NeuroShock, my BFBC2 game doesn't connect to the servers either. Broke broke broke. In addition, Halo: Reach and Fallout: New Vegas have been lost to careless friends and the careless things they do >_<

 

[Episode42]

Just recently I've had to mourn the loss of one of my favorite game discs, Mass Effect. It got shredded when we lent it to an inconsiderate friend of ours; it worked for a time, but it finally gave up the ghost the other day.

What games have you lost to wear and tear, or accidents?

My copy of Silent Hill 2, it took a trip to a friend of mine and when it came back... well lets just say it wasn't the same anymore. It'd seen things no game should have to endure.
Never mind, the HD remake will be out soon. God Bless Sonys desire to make more money from things i've already bought

 

[Gasaraki]

I don't have a single inoperable disc, out of at least four dozen disks and about two dozen cartridges.

 

[EcoHulk]

Oh Bully, right when I was in the mood for hiding in a tree and shooting little kids with with a firecracker cannon.

 

[Yellowbeard]

None. What are you people DOING to your discs? Even the ones that were scratched when I bought them I just fixed with one of those rubbing-compound kits.

Actually, I did have a copy of Unreal Gold that didn't read properly, but I somehow had an extra one, so it didn't matter.

 

[crazyfoxdemon]

Dragon Warrior III for the gameboy color. I lent it to a friend, and he somehow screwed it up so that you couldn't save.... I still managed to beat it though. Even if it was a speed run thanks to the batteries...

 

[llafnwod]

Nothing that matters. I'm a dedicated PC gamer and I backup everything.

Ah, yes. The glories of actually being able to take advantage of the digital age.

 

[AroLombardi]

I missed Dark Cloud. I threw the case at my brother from across the room (closed), and the disc flew out and broke. I replaced it recently though, but can't bring myself to replay it.

Also, my entire Wii is broken. The disc reader crapped out mid game. :c

 

[AroLombardi]

A dear friend of mine tried to have sex with my CoD4 disk. It didn't turn out well.

Wh... what? Uh.... I don't even know how to explain that to myself....

 

[Jake0fTrades]

I've never had a disc go wonko on me. And considering I'm on Xbox 24/7 with several different games, it makes me wonder why everyone else has trouble with their 360 carving up their games.

 

[Vhite]

I have long ago lost Orange Box so this is a main reason why I love steam.

 

[Rune342]

My friend drop-kicked my entertainment center during a game of MVC 3(long story). Everything survived fine other than MVC 3 itself. If I try to play it, my 360 just freezes up. He's going to replace it with Ultimate MVC 3 when it comes out though.

 

[metal mustache]

all of my NES games have stopped working, but theyre older than i am so thats to be expected.
My first game that i really cared about which broke down was paper mario. I'm not sure what did it in, but its one of my only n64 games that doesn't work anymore, and when i found out i got all depressed, miss it so much.

I lost Metal Gear Solid 4 when my friend took a knife to it because he didnt it and all its cutscenes... i mean it was his game before, but still.

also my ps3 broke down recently, as far as i can tell its because i played to much buggy fucking fallout new vegas.

 

[Slayer_2]

Age of Empires 3

 

[blankedboy]

I axed a bunch of games awhile back.
This was before I could legitimately sell them, so I got my parent's fire axe and a friend, then starting chopping dem discs we agreed would never be used again.

I was like, 9. Don't blame me.

 

[trollnystan]

I almost lost my Mass Effect 2 disk but I managed to fix it with toothpaste. (Yes, I'm serious.)

Otherwise I bought Jak X a few years ago second-hand and the disk was so scratched you couldn't start the first mission. If I could find it I'd try the toothpaste trick on that one too.