Does Playing Backup on Saturn Ruin The LASER?

[AznKhmerBoi]

just curious if its the same case like the Dreamcast laser.

[CRTGAMER]

Any CDR is harder to read then the pressed disc. The laser will work harder so in a sense the life does get shortened.

[MrPopo]

If you're using a modchip I wouldn't be too concerned.

[flamepanther]

If it burns out any faster, it will mostly be because you're playing so many more awesome games than you would have without the chip.

The issues on Dreamcast had to do with wearing out mechanism that moves the laser, because the files weren't arranged optimally on the CD-Rs like they would have been on a real GD-ROM. Even there I've never seen a DC actually wear out completely from it. It just makes a "grinding" noise that scares the crap out of people. Either way, the physical layout of the files on a Saturn backup should be identical to the original.

[AznKhmerBoi]

yea i got a modchip on it. Thats good to hear that its not too big of a concern, because most of my games are backups

If you're using a modchip I wouldn't be too concerned.

[AznKhmerBoi]

Awesome great to hear that the physical layout is identical

If it burns out any faster, it will mostly be because you're playing so many more awesome games than you would have without the chip.

The issues on Dreamcast had to do with wearing out mechanism that moves the laser, because the files weren't arranged optimally on the CD-Rs like they would have been on a real GD-ROM. Even there I've never seen a DC actually wear out completely from it. It just makes a "grinding" noise that scares the crap out of people. Either way, the physical layout of the files on a Saturn backup should be identical to the original.

[Ziggy]

Just to point out, people have started to release much higher quality Dreamcast games, like TuxTheWise. He pays strict attention to file order. I've read that some of his games have better file order than the official released versions of the games. And on top of that, these new Dreamcast releases often have better methods of down sizing games that go over a CD's capacity.

[GSZX1337]

I've been playing backups on my Saturn for about 4 years no and it's still kickin'!

[Breetai]

I've had a modded Japanese Saturn since 2000 and it's still running fine. I bought it off someone who had it modded in 1998. So, it's being going for around 14 years. Not a problem with it.

[Ziggy]

What speed do you guys usually burn your Saturn games at? Just out of curiosity.