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Tue 07/01/03 at 21:10
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I was wondering if any1 had a level skipping code for halo,as my son has scratched the disk and we cant get past level 4, i keeps comming up with dirty disk...can i repair the disk....?.....help
Wed 08/01/03 at 09:30
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"DS..."
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or the most obvious solution is to put the discs back in their cases when youve finished with them and take more care whilst putting them in the console *rolls eyes*

slik ~_~
Wed 08/01/03 at 16:46
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"Grammatical Watchdo"
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roso wrote:
> I was wondering if any1 had a level skipping code for halo,as my son
> has scratched the disk and we cant get past level 4, i keeps comming
> up with dirty disk...can i repair the disk....?.....help

That would be a shame.....if it wasn't Halo....
Wed 08/01/03 at 16:50
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"Festivus!"
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Belldandy wrote:
> I know of another, less respectable way of doing so which a mate did
> once.
>
> He rented the game that was damaged from Blockbuster - you really need
> to already have a membership there or it looks totally suspicious -
> and swapped his disc for theirs as their discs have no markings on. He
> took it back the next day and said it wouldn't work and he got an
> error message, and asked for another copy of the game.
>
> For £3.75 he got a working game - you probably could not make a
> habit of doing this though !
>
> Or spend £30 on the Gamedoctor thing.
>
> ~~Belldandy~~

I tried to do that with 'Cool Boaders' on the PS1 - pity that it had a 'RENTAL ONLY' marking on the front - Damn blockbusters - DAMN THEM!
Thu 09/01/03 at 14:47
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It's your own fault for buying an XBox! Looks like disc scratches are not limited just to a few in Japan then. If I were you, get the XBox repaired before it happens again on another disc - best of all, cut your losses, and trash it. Play it safe, buy a PS2 or GC.
Thu 09/01/03 at 15:01
"High polygon count"
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But maybe it wasn't the Xbox? Maybe it was dropped or otherwise damaged?
Thu 09/01/03 at 15:04
"High polygon count"
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The last thing people need when they come here asking for advice is a load of fanboy console wars nonsense.

It's okay having a dig among the regulars, but this person probably couldn't give a toss about who thinks which machine is best. They asked a simple question, and probably wanted a simple answer - not to be told "it serves you right for buying..."
Thu 09/01/03 at 15:22
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WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> The last thing people need when they come here asking for advice is a
> load of fanboy console wars nonsense.
>
> It's okay having a dig among the regulars, but this person probably
> couldn't give a toss about who thinks which machine is best. They
> asked a simple question, and probably wanted a simple answer - not to
> be told "it serves you right for buying..."

Actually, the precesnce of the "dirt disc error" as per the original post does point the machine making the fault, as that is the very msg users report getting when it is the Xbox fault.
Thu 09/01/03 at 15:29
"High polygon count"
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A scratch is a scratch, whether it's caused by the machine or a dropped disc. Last I knew, no machine knows if a disc is damaged or just dirty - it just knows it can't read it - so the error would be the same!
Thu 09/01/03 at 15:52
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WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> The last thing people need when they come here asking for advice is a
> load of fanboy console wars nonsense.
>
> It's okay having a dig among the regulars, but this person probably
> couldn't give a toss about who thinks which machine is best. They
> asked a simple question, and probably wanted a simple answer - not to
> be told "it serves you right for buying..."


You're right of course, but it is a well known fact that the first batches of XBoxes did scratch the discs, which did not go down well in Japan at all, although Microsoft did say it didn't actually damage the disc at all and it would still play perfectly..
Thu 09/01/03 at 16:17
Posts: 15,443
To be brutally honest, any cosnole is capable and making your disc dirty/scratched.

For example, my previously perfect Onimusha 2 disc has faint dirt spots when I took the game out, while a scratch was present on the Ace Combat 4 disc after I had played for a few hours, which I'm sure wasn't there before.

ALthough there's no physical evidence yet for the GC sctraching game discs, I do get worried whenever its accessing it - it makes a "scratching" type of noise.

I don't really know for the Xbox other than the reports of scratched discs in Japan, so I can't really comment on it. Still not buying one yet.

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