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GOG Fighting the Good Fight

a month ago by Rat_in_a_hat to c/pcgaming

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napoleonsdumbcousin 210 points a month ago

Just a quick reminder that discs that you burn yourself at home do degrade pretty quickly, much faster than pressed discs. I personally have had burned discs that failed after approx. 6 years. It can happen even faster if you use low-quality discs. Even pressed discs can fail after 20 years if you are unlucky.

Using 2 big HDDs (2 for redundancy) full of your installers might be safer in the long run and also easier to manage and backup.

https://digital-archivist.com/...

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FishFace 157 points a month ago

That's why I print out all my downloaded games

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NoForwadSlashS 67 points a month ago

I hope you also laminate them for longevity.

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Janx 8 points a month ago

Sure, but what if there's a fire!? My favorite game is Ocarina of Time. I don't want to risk losing it, so I memorized the binary digits that comprise the code. Can't be too careful!

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Xey 5 points a month ago

Hope you keep your brain safe. Even then illness can easily rob you of those memories.

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ChexMax 5 points a month ago

Fully agree. This is why I've made multiple children. Then I train them on the binary digits the way other parents teach shapes, numbers, and the ABCs. Can't be too careful, it's best to have multiple backups

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TachyonTele_Esq 4 points a month ago

The trick is to name your children after the save file

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