Community shared Y's III?

[_joshuaTurbo]

Also, I'll be sending along the only loose huey I have with a CD-r backup of Ys III if it fails. 

I think that wolfman is up next, but who's after him?

[MrBroadway]

hmm..  Skip sending it to me.  Move on to the next guy.  I dont wanna get partway into it, and have it freeze.  lol.  You can bet at some point in the game, it will stop working. 

That's when you switch to the CDR.  Don't be a pussy!

Somewhat serious note, why pass around the disc at all if we can just burn a CDR?

[_joshuaTurbo]

hmm..  Skip sending it to me.  Move on to the next guy.  I dont wanna get partway into it, and have it freeze.  lol.  You can bet at some point in the game, it will stop working. 

That's when you switch to the CDR.  Don't be a pussy!

Somewhat serious note, why pass around the disc at all if we can just burn a CDR?

After the package leaves me it will be a two game community library.  I think the hope here is that much like a snowball growing larger the further it travels downhill, the same too will be this!

At least... that's what I hope...

Next stop is Austria!

[wolfman]

After the package leaves me it will be a two game community library.  I think the hope here is that much like a snowball growing larger the further it travels downhill, the same too will be this!

At least... that's what I hope...

Next stop is Austria!

Yay! Looking forward. Gotta stop playing Last Alert, so that I can free up time for Ys III 

EDIT: How much time am I allowed to play on it before I pass it on? Shall we make a unified limit for every part-time owner?

[mossman43]

Play it as long as you want. Hopefully you finish it if it allows. I also have an extra Loom that is actually in great condition that will start going around as well!

[wolfman]

Play it as long as you want. Hopefully you finish it if it allows. I also have an extra Loom that is actually in great condition that will start going around as well!

Cool! 

Hopefully there will a chance one day to have Beyond Shadowgate rotate as well. Seems to get up in price quite high in the coming months, when I go after what other games go for at the moment...

[Bernie]

Play it as long as you want. Hopefully you finish it if it allows. I also have an extra Loom that is actually in great condition that will start going around as well!

Now the Loom....I will certainly want to be a part of it.

[wolfman]

Hi folks,

I just wanted to keep you updated on this.
Today I received the community package from _joshuaTurbo, including the "mystery" game 

Now the set contains following:

1x Ys 3 original
1x Ys 3 Backup copy on CDR
1x "Mystery" Game

Right after I had time to test the original on my CDROM2 I found out that there is no music in the intro, on my other drive I would get roughly 5 secs of music, then it would stop. Data was being read fine however...

I'd really warn people to be EXTREMELY careful with this disc when you get it.  (I'll be sure to double bubble wrap it when I ship it to Bernie  *Or is Wolfman next?).  I wonder how much further this crack will extend after a few times shipping it....

I can second that. There are a *lot* of tiny scratches on the label side of the disc, not to mention the big crack you can see in his photos (I am not sure if that really affects reading the disc, since I can´t see any damage to the layer side). There were many scratches on the underside, as well as a deep scratch, where my fingernail would even stop moving across the surface!

So I gave it a try and took some time in refurbishing the disc. Here you can see what it looks like after my attempts. Look at them in the biggest size, there you can examine the difference before and after the polishing procedure:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65709578@N06/sets/72157644895105674/

There is soooo much difference, and it even plays the intro music as well! I am sure it will affect gameplay as well, as I experienced an improvement on other scratched discs after this treatment in the past.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I'm definitely interested a little down the line. Great idea. And I like the log sheet idea

I think you are next up!  Let's see some more of you guys join the Turbo library mailing list!!

[toktogul]

Wow this is such a great Idea! shame that i am in Japan right now. I'll gladly add my name once im back in Canada! this community is simply awesome. keep coming with great ideas!

[wolfman]

I'm definitely interested a little down the line. Great idea. And I like the log sheet idea

PM me your address, and I´ll ship it to when I finished the other game it came packaged with 

[_joshuaTurbo]

There is soooo much difference, and it even plays the intro music as well! I am sure it will affect gameplay as well, as I experienced an improvement on other scratched discs after this treatment in the past.

Wolfman, I'm really interested in the tool you used to make the disc look so much cleaner.  Any links to a product/hardware/place to make my discs look all pretty and shiny? 

[wolfman]

Wolfman, I'm really interested in the tool you used to make the disc look so much cleaner.  Any links to a product/hardware/place to make my discs look all pretty and shiny? 

Sure, here it is:

http://jfjeasypro.com/shop/

I am using the "Easy Pro". IF you have a big bunch of CDs/DVDs then it is worth buying one. Since I didn´t just grind TG and PCE disks but also DVDs and a lot of my favourite CDs from the 90ies it was well worth it. There is no reliable service available at my place, and I wouldn´t go to a video shoppe having someone "do" it.

With this machine it takes time and your personal attention. Some disks take several approaches to be like new. Sometimes it takes rough paper, fine paper, white buffing, blue buffing, all in all 30 min until you removed the deepest scratch...it totally depends on the condition and your "skill" (which you develop over time). I recommend trying the first 5 discs at least with CDs you don´t plan on owning...it takes some time to get used to the right amount of treatment, and you need patience for that. I managed to make a disc unreadable with that machine by my own mistake, only to bring it back with patience and the right treatment - now it plays fine.

It doesn´t help though when the top layer (the label side) has been scratched - dead end for every disc.

With the machine you get enough to repair around 50 discs (which is an average - I´d say it is more, cause I use material sparingly), for grinding as well as polishing and cleaning. The manual is very detailed and recommends to absoluteley stick to their procedure - which I recommend too.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I'm definitely interested a little down the line. Great idea. And I like the log sheet idea

PM me your address, and I´ll ship it to when I finished the other game it came packaged with 

Just out of curiosity where in the world is this Community shared game library?  Now 3 games strong!!

[jtucci31]

Oh man I completely forgot about this thread! I've been wanting to play Ys III but have been too lazy to burn it.

If I recall, wasn't there an issue with the disc?

But I see now that I was supposed to PM someone and I never did. If it's still out there, may I inquire the person who has it? My apologies.