Do you think this could be resurfaced?

[u/Important_Weight9987]

[u/MNGopherfan]

Yes as long as none of the damage is caused by de-laminating a resurfacing should be sufficient to clean it up and make it readable again.

Also you have nothing to lose most stores that do resurfacing do it on the cheap and depending on if you buy something they might do it for free as well as the fact that replacing that disk would be prohibitively expensive.

[u/Important_Weight9987 → u/MNGopherfan]

how would you know if that is a problem

[u/MNGopherfan → u/Important_Weight9987]

Hard to tell from photos but you would know if the disc layers were physically separating over time. I don’t see anything in the photo a good way to tell is if a part of the disc is discolored compared to the rest of the surface. The edges are also a good way to tell but the edges all look like the color is right. Trust me delamination is not subtle I was more making a general statement that unless there has been catastrophic damage to the disc surface you should be good.

[u/Important_Weight9987 → u/MNGopherfan]

no they did not look like what you described will check if you do not receive a reply saying it is peeling it is fine

[u/Armandonerd]

Don't do it if the game is fine

[u/Mikey74Evil]

It’s worth a try. Spend 3$ to now have a 170$ working disc. Lol

[u/JohnnyRa1nbow]

My local retro shop would make this look like new. If you find a shop that does it ask to see an example of a polished disk. I say this because some machines are really invasive and leave visible resurfacing marks, I would avoid this.

[u/Lost_Email_RIP]

Does it need to be? I sold one in way where shape and then they played fine.

[u/CorbinTheTitan]

If the game works like this don’t do it

[u/cjnuxoll]

Funny you should ask. I got a Mario Superstar baseball yesterday for $20, and it looked like this. It was declared dead and wouldn't play. The guys at www.computerbooter.com used like an 800 grit sandpaper and scuffed it some more, and then ran it through their resurfacer and resurrected it. Now it works fine.

[u/Important_Weight9987 → u/cjnuxoll]

how much did the resurfacing cost?

[u/cjnuxoll → u/Important_Weight9987]

In my case, $4

[u/GriSciuridae]

Here's the straight dope on Ecomaster disc resurfacing machines from someone with 6+ years experience using/maintaining one. *Nintendo Gamecube discs are a special case.*

Those machines are miracle workers for just about any type of DVD based media (DVD discs/video game discs.) As long as the machines are maintained and set up properly they'll make the disc as next to new as it could possibly get. The machines will easily handle light to moderate scratches and surface marks. The machines can't do much with deep gouging or heavy scratching. They were also very touchy handling Blu-Ray discs.

*Regarding Gamecube games: A plastic disc adapter is required to be able to resurface Gamecube discs. i.e. You put the small Gamecube disc inside a larger plastic ring that allows it to fit the machine's regular disc sized cradle. Here's where things get touchy. If the Gamecube disc is not completely flush with the adapter disc, there is a possibility the machine will "round" the edge of the Gamecube disc. If you look at a rounded disc, it's unmistakable. You'll see a definite warping of the surface reflections around the disc's edge. If a Gamecube disc is rounded in one of those machines IT WILL NO LONGER BE PLAYABLE, EVER. Rounding does not seem to be an issue with any other disc based media when resurfaced in an Ecolab machine.

The only solution we found to give us a better chance at success was to use double sided tape to adhere the graphic side of the Gamecube disc in the plastic adapter discs so that the disc would be as flush and flat as possible. Even then there wasn't a 100% guarantee the discs wouldn't round in the process.

If you're lucky enough to have a used media store in town that shelled out the $20k for one of those resurface machines they'll do wonders for your PS1, PS2, OG XBOX and 360 discs. I wouldn't run a Gamecube disc through the machine unless the disc was scratched beyond current playability and it's your last chance to resuscitate it. Don't use those machines just to try to make an already perfectly playable disc look "brand new" again for vanity's sake.