mini discs and gamecube

[Spawne32]

My friend tells me all the tiime about how he downloads PS2 games and burns them too cd's or for his xbox etc, is there anyway i can use mini cd-r's and download gamecube games and put them on the mini discs with my new lite on cdrw drive im getting?You cannot solicit fraud on this forum, period.

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[erikistired]

yeah that's not really a topic that's allowed here. it's not really, well, legal. and all that.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: fisher
yeah that's not really a topic that's allowed here. it's not really, well, legal. and all that.

 

[Avo]

Short answer is no.

The long answer is that gamecube discs have a serial burned into the dics that enable them to be read. If you had a blank gamecube disc with the serial and the special burner you could copy a gamecube game.

There is however, a way to backup and play gamecube games through streaming them via lan cable from you pc to your gamecube.

Some usefull links for the subject.

http://www.afterdawn.com
http://www.maxconsole.com
http://www.cubehacker.com

There is also a french site that has most of the programs and info you will need, but I can't find the link.

If this against the rules I apologize, however I don't consider backing up legally purchased data illegal.

 

[LifeStealer]

Its not illegal if you *own* it.

 

[Spawne32]

im hearing that the discs also spin in the opposite direction so even if i did manage to burn a game it wouldnt play cus it would be burned the opposite direciton

 

[Avo]

Yeah it's something with being burnt in the opposite direction which is why you must stream the game from the gamecube to back it up.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Try to put in a GC game into your PC and it won't read.

And it's not a MiniDisc. Minidiscs are actually something else.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Its not illegal if you *own* it.

yea that's why his friend is downloading it

edit: at least he was being truthful