I have 1 Pioneer and 1 LG DVD drives tucked, just in case.
I still have a DVD drive in my desktop PC. I don’t use it that much but it comes in handy from time to time.
I also have one in an old laptop that I have set up near my exercise bike. I use that one pretty frequently to watch old sitcoms while I work out. Just bought the Scrubs Season 1 box set from a thrift shop.
I still have demo discs from PC Gamer magazine.
With Coconut Monkey?
Yup.
I haven’t had a CD player in decades but I have an old copy of a Bon Jovi record that the first love of my life gave me. Literally every time we were ever in the car together a Bon Jovi song came on the radio. Pretty cool.
Broken Sword 2? Why’d YOU BREAK IT AGAIN!?!?!
I still have my Quake CD from 1996. GT Interactive!
Was it the shareware version that actually had the full versions of every Id Software game released up to that point behind easily-breakable encryption?
I know I have a floppy somewhere with the crack for the shareware CD
I have a big-box, unopened copy of Midtown Madness that I got a couple years ago. I had a MM2 box too when the game was new but it’s been lost to time. And a bunch of non-big box games like NFS MW 05 (and 12), Halo 2, Driv3r…
because I own them
Sony: rrrrrrRRRREEEEEEE
I have the full Warcraft 3 battle chest stored safely. I will never use it but I would have a deep sadness at loosing it.
Even if your PC doesn’t have a disc drive by default, you can still enjoy the games by getting a USB disc drive. I literally got one originally for my laptop and have been using it with my current desktop. It’s been a good purchase when audacious is allowed to read the disc.
I was basically forced to buy one many many years ago when cases with no optical drive bays first came on the market. The motherboard I got with that build had the drivers on a CD, and that included network drivers. I had no secondary PC to download them with. I suppose I could have used my phone, but back then the internet wasn’t built for phones very well, and I remember it being a pain in the ass. Since then I have used it quite a few times. It’s always been a great thing to have just in case I need it.
Actually, the few that still get produced are vastly inferior to the 2000s ones via a SATA plug. We are losing the facilities and knowledge, tolerances are far worse now.
Btw, i’ve discovered redumper (from the Redump disc-preservation initiative) if makemkv doesn’t suffice anymore. The old SATA ones chugged along like nothing, while the new-ish ones errored here and there, requiring long correcting runs. All in all, better get some old notebooks than a new USB drive, if you want to go get ripping.
Because my tower still very much does have a blue ray dvd burner and i have another couple in my parts cupboard
I miss the large boxes that video games came in the early 2000s and earlier. The physical media, like manuals, maps, and tech trees were incredible. You couldn’t just alt+tab or check the internet, you had to pin a map to your computer room wall, and keep real notes. Its easier now, but it takes some magic out of the experience.
My teenage bedroom wall was covered in game maps… and Christina Aguilera.
I still have my copy of Fable proudly stating “Optimized for Windows Vista!” Just because it makes me laugh.
I’m glad I still have my physical copy of Freelancer considering you cant buy a copy of it any more.
One day I will get a disc drive, then we’ll see whos laughing.
