bloodflowers wrote:Boiling water? What madness is that? All it takes is weak glue between the layers (this DOES happen) and you'll have some lovely water moving around inside it, or two seperated halves.
Sorry, man, but I've done this over a dozen times with no problems back when I bought a huge set of very cheap used games, some with scratches that made the music or game itself very choppy during movies or gameplay. Although I'll grant that it sounds dangerous and quite unorthodox, it does work.
If you want to test it out (though I don't suggest it considering you'll strain your CD laser, maybe using an old computer), use any useless CD. Use a paperclip and make deep scratches around the CD. Now put it into your computer. It shouldn't recognize the CD at all. Now boil some water, put the CD in there for about 10 seconds, wipe it dry, and dry it again. The CD should work.
Even better, if you have any CD lying about scratched enough that it doesn't even load up on your system, boil it up using the above method and try it again. It should work better, if not perfectly. If the game is really scratched obscenely, well, even boiling won't work. However, a better laser might. If any PS games don't work on your PS1, try them on a PS2 and you'll find that the PS2 laser is far superior at reading.
Anyway, it always pays to test things out rather than claim something doesn't work based on theory. You might be surprised at the results.
Of course, the best course of action is to simply keep your discs in great, clean condition in the first place. But if you end up with a glitching messed up used game from someone else, it's worth a shot.
