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>>>>>>Can nero CDspeed's scandisk read verify PS2 game disks?
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>>>>>>I use it to verify used ps1 games while I can still take them
>>>>>>back. I want to know if it works for DVD's as well. I don't want
>>>>>>to get a DVD drive unless this works.
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>>>>>Why do you pirate games? Do you work for free? Why do you think
>>>>>game programmers, develpoers adn publishers should?
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>>>>What the hell does making sure a used game isn't damaged have to do
>>>>with piracy.
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>>>You tell us. You're the one spamming the Xbox and PS2 newsgroups with
>>>information about bootleg software. "Checking games while you can
>>>still take them back" is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. Whether a
>>>game is new or used, if it doesn't work, you can take it back to the
>>>retailer and exchange it for another copy. The only reason to use
>>>software that checks game disks for errors is to make illegal copies
>>>of them...pure and simple.
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>>You're wrong chief. I bought a copy of skies of arcadia that locked up 90
>>hours in to the game. this was well after the 7 day exchange period. I
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>>to avoid that again.
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> I don't know where you guys are buying your games, but the local Target
> allows for an exchange (with a receipt) for the same game within 90 days of
> purchase--plenty of time to beat the game and figure out if there are any
> "errors." But if your game locked up at a certain point, wouldn't that be a
> programming bug that will be repeated even if you exchange it for another
> copy? If it is due to physical damage, you take your chances buying a
> pre-owned game. If a used game retailer sold me a scratched game and didn't
> allow me to return it after 7 days, they wouldn't get my business.
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> Seriously, I can't believe that anyone would want or need to buy software to
> check a used game for "errors"...but since developers deliberately write bad
> sectors as part of copy protection schemes, I could see where it might be
> helpful for piracy purposes. Hence my/our skepticism...
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Exactly...If you check your discs when you buy them used you can tell if
they are bad off or not. I do it everytime I buy used. I look over the
disc they give, and if I don't like it I get another copy. If they have
no other copy of that game used then I will pass on it. Pretty simple
and in all this time I have yet to get one home using this method and it
not work or stop working. If it fails for some reason further in or
something it is much more likely it is something in the game itself, a
programming bug/glitch or something that is the problem.
I am like you Mark, I can't see any real solid reasoning for it, other
than theft. There are also these things called Disc Doctors (there are
other brands) that will repair discs and scratches...they work wonders.
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