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[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Optical media will eventually suffer bit rot and be useless. Save them to an old HDD, SD card, or USB drive, they'll last longer.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

I've been wondering if my 3.25" floppies copy of Doom from the 90s still works but I haven't gotten around to buying a usb adapter drive to try them.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I already have the installers on an HDD, I just like keeping games on my shelf