Yeah yeah I know what you're thinking, but I'm not asking for the Dracula X files or how to burn it so I don't think I'm violating forum rules. Although I'm sure I'm skirting a gray area...
Anyway, after much debate I've decided that paying Ebay scalpers $120 for Dracula X is nuts since it's simply not worth it (I still feel that way after playing it). So I burned myself a copy (don't ask me for the files, I don't have them anymore). It worked great at first, I was having fun (although not $120 fun), when it started to wig out on me. When I got to the stage with the lesibian vampiress (gotta love those Japanese bosses), I noticed that some of the graphics were corrupted. I played through it anyway, got a few stages further and noticed the corruption returned but it was still very playable (the graphics corruption was mostly in the cut scenes). I took a break from the game, started it up again and noticed the title screen was corrupted (it wasn't before), and then the Clocktower stage was corrupted (also not corrupted before). Now I'm noticing that even the first stage (on the wagon) is corrupted. Worse yet the CD doesn't always work the first time (it just never loads).
My question is: Is it possible for a CDR to degrade? It seems like the graphics corruption is getting worse and worse (after only a few hours) and I can't figure out why. My TurboDuo isn't messed up, other games work normally, but Dracula X appears to be slowly dying. Is this because it wasn't burned correctly in the first place? If so why did it work for awhile before corrupting? I guess you can say I got what I paid for (i.e. free), but I'm really curious as to what's happing.
Tempest