CDRs work but apparently over time wear out your laser quicker than normal pressed CDs.
People have been saying this for years. Is there actual evidence that this is true?
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IMO, its bullshit. As Necro says, if your laser is already showing signs I assume CDRs won't help since they aren't part of the CDROM2 spec, especially in 1989. However, you can certainly play them without issue for years. I have. CDRs became a hit like...1998 or so. So that's like 18 years of CDR used on PCEs for me personally.
I usually play real games but I've always played CDRs of things like translated games or stuff I just couldn't get my hands on, copied from friends, etc. Bazaar de Gozaru is a game I'll never afford and Y's IV wasn't even sold in English so yeah, I've played lots of CDRs. In the 90s convention scene every club's room had a 24/7 CDR copying station. Ours had two.
If the 12th owner of a Duo says the CDR is what killed the laser...IMO his opinion isn't as valuable as someone who has been into the hobby for a long time, knows about how many CDRs have been played on the thing, has personally monitored the machines year after year, made the repairs, etc.
If someone buys a Duo off eBay that's been in storage for 8 years, puts a CDR in it and it dies that day...from a purely engineering perspective that isn't good data. There is so much unknown about that situation that you can't really blame anything specifically.
