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| Thread ID: 83300 | 2007-09-27 01:24:00 | Playing CD games without the CD! | Adrain (12668) | Press F1 |
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| 595329 | 2007-09-27 01:24:00 | Does any one know how to play games without the CD being used? I have a number of games I 'get involved with' that require a CD to play them. But I get fed up keep changing the CDs over when changing to another game. Games like Sim City, Halo, Warhammer 40,000, Area 51 even The Simpsons are great, but I'm so crap (Opps! Can I say that? :horrified ) at playing most of them I change to another game rather quickly when I start losing. I only play for fun, not 'the cup'! Then I go back to it when I forget how abysmal I was at it! So then I have to dig out the CD from where I've 'laid it to rest'. If it's ill eagle to do, I guess I'll just have to carry on, but I feel that some one must know a work around at least! Cheers, Adrain :D PS All the games are bought, legal and have MY serial codes with! |
Adrain (12668) | ||
| 595330 | 2007-09-27 01:27:00 | If you read the forum rules, you are not aloud to talk about this kind of subject here and could be banned from useing this forum. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 595331 | 2007-09-27 02:33:00 | Your best bet is to check out www.gamecopyworld.com | Obelix (752) | ||
| 595332 | 2007-09-27 02:42:00 | If you read the forum rules, you are not aloud to talk about this kind of subject here and could be banned from useing this forum. :) Yes there is an option that doesn't actually require piracy. From the way you have described your issue, you obviously have the original discs, so what I am about to tell you would not be considered piracy. Use Alcohol 120% (trial.alcohol-soft.com/) and create an image file of the disc you wish to use. Then mount the virtual disc/s on a virtual drive (all this is within Alcohol 120%) and you will not need to use your discs and run the risk of getting them scratched. I use this method for my games, because I too, have many games that I do not wish to damage the discs of. |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 595333 | 2007-09-27 02:43:00 | Your best bet is to check out www.gamecopyworld.com The weblink itself would appear to be violating forum rules... |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 595334 | 2007-09-27 02:48:00 | The weblink itself would appear to be violating forum rules... I disagree. He owns the games. I myself use NOCDs to eliminate the annoying CD check. I own the games also. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 595335 | 2007-09-27 02:51:00 | I disagree. He owns the games. I myself use NOCDs to eliminate the annoying CD check. I own the games also. You wouldn't be using a (dare i say it here?) no cd cr**k would you? |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 595336 | 2007-09-27 03:11:00 | I must admit, Trev, that was a worry of mine. But they are my legal CDs with legal serial numbers bought and paid for by me. As Demonhunter says, I do get a little concerned over scratching the original CD, then having to buy it again when the CD can't be played. As for being banned, surely just letting me know would be enough? Guess I'd just 'come back' as some one else! As for that site, Obelix, is it a legit site? In the course of some research, I did come across a lot of sites that 'claimed' to do what I wanted, but ended up trying to load/add/hide stuff on my computer. I'm a bit nervous of that sort of site at the mo! As for this 'Alcohol 120%', Demonhunter, well that sounds like my sort of program! :) I'll give it a go! Thanks! pctek and Demonhunter, not sure about this NOCD thing, but as I said (above) I got some bad vibes from some of these 'no cd crack' sites. So I think I'll give this 'Alcohol 120%' a go. Many thanks all! Adrain :illogical |
Adrain (12668) | ||
| 595337 | 2007-09-27 03:16:00 | Glad to help. You may also wish to have a look at using Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) for the actual mounting of your image files. Daemon Tools will not be able to create the image files, but is a lot nicer (and isn't limited to a trial period) tool for mounting your images with. Alcohol 120% will give you a .mdf and a .mds file. When using Daemon Tools, you will only be able to mount the .mds file. Don't worry that it is usually only about 2kb in size, because it is a reference to the .mdf (the actual image file) file. If some of the images you load, do not seem to work properly, check their database (www.daemon-tools.cc) for your game, and make sure you have the emulation settings correct. |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 595338 | 2007-09-27 03:18:00 | Magic ISO and WinImage are also real good for accomplishing that, coupled with Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) or similar ISO mounting software, however Alcohol120% is a good all-in-one solution, and in your situation, probably worth paying for. :cool: Edit: DH beat me to it! The mannus.... :p |
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