Videogamecollector123 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I'm looking for two games, Marble Madness and Dan Dare. I'm only looking for the floppies as I have the boxes already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I'm looking for two games, Marble Madness and Dan Dare. I'm only looking for the floppies as I have the boxes already. Just curious, but would any of these floppies still work without error after all these years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I've accumulated a small collection of C64 games on floppies -- some hand-me-downs, some trades, some bought at flea markets -- and to date, all of the ones I've tried still work. Same with my Tandy CoCo disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Most disks are still fine today, you'd be amazed how well they preserve... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Many carts don't work nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I've got a ton of old floppies and almost all still work. The only ones I've had problems with are Newegg disk, I think that's what they're called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) I still have a huge stash of C-64 disks. Some don't load at all anymore, and others flake out on occasion, but a large majority still work as well as they did when I first bought them. Just as an aside, I have a lot of Apple II games as well. Ironically, one of the few Apple II disks I've had go bad on me was... Marble Madness. I once read there was something about the Apple DuoDisk double disk drive that the copy-protection on some EA games didn't like. I've suspected that's what ate my disk, though I can't say for sure. Edited August 26, 2013 by FujiSkunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I still have a huge stash of C-64 disks. Some don't load at all anymore, and others flake out on occasion, but a large majority still work as well as they did when I first bought them. Just as an aside, I have a lot of Apple II games as well. Ironically, one of the few Apple II disks I've had go bad on me was... Marble Madness. I once read there was something about the Apple DuoDisk double disk drive that the copy-protection on some EA games didn't like. I've suspected that's what ate my disk, though I can't say for sure. Once again, misguided copy-protection hurting legitimate consumers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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