Is there a neat way to turn digital games into physical games? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 year ago by GrumpyCat@leminal.space to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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You know how games use to come on a dvd or a big brick called a cartridge... Can i do something like that but in modern day. I have a bunch of blank dvd and cds collecting dust and linux os's but could i put game son them on installers and give them some cool art? Is there a better way to do this? This would also be for personal use cases.

Im just not sure how well save files would be handled, or if this is worth doing.

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[-] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Modern games are far too large to fit onto CDs and DVDs. The Witcher 3 was released on DVD and there were over 10 DVDs in the case.

On Blu-Ray you have a better chance, but that's a lot more expensive.

If you stick to smaller games you can make it work, and just write a simple batch/bash script to auto-launch the installer.

There's also a good chance those old Discs you have laying around won't actually work anymore. Discs rot even in an un-burned state.

[-] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Should also mention that some games stream assets from the drive they’re installed on and will perform much worse if they’re being streamed from a disk. Also if you have it installed on read only media you’re kind of fucked once you need to update.

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