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[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Bit rot is already happening to my PS2 games. MGS2 is completely dead for me now. Its a copy I've had since I was a kid when it came out.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The only way to be sure is to save it on a quartz matrix. Only issue is it's read-only. Not rewritable ever. Once you etch your data into quartz that's it.

Storage is amazing, though. All of human knowledge (so far) has already been etched into such a storage medium by the UN a few years ago. It fits in the palm of your hand.

[–] stuner@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Or... you could just follow the 3-2-1 strategy with normal drives and regular scrubs. For most purposes (including a game library) that's way better.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

But I want my game library to survive the sun's expansion!

[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Let's play a game, of how much this would cost today.

[–] book@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Archive multiple copies with something that has error-correcting codes. Use btrfs, zfs, par2, rar, raid-5, DVDs etc