I wonder why some games need the disc...

Just wondering.Why do some games need the disc when you want to play them, while you also can put all the files on the hard drive?When the CD dies, your game cannot be played, so....

older games use data from the disc because at the time hard disks weren't very big. Newer games its a form of copy protection.

Replying to #2

Ok, but still, some crappy games (Worms for example) still need the disc, when the game is only 27 MB.And the games crash so much.

A CD patch is the solution, as long as it turns out not to be spyware.

Replying to #4

Yeah that's why I don't trust keygens and that sort of stuff since I have NO ANTIVIRUS.I have my reasons: AVG Free removes files from games my mom wants to play causing the game to be unable to boot.

maybe because the game is infected?

Replying to #6

No, AVG thinks the game's file is an virus and then removes the file, but in fact the game is safe...Know Zylom? We download there.
http://www.zylom.com/

Worms is crappy? Blasphemy... ._.And I use Daemon tools when I'm lazy to carry discs around, it creates disc images and emulates them.

Replying to #8

but that won't work most of the time, especially if the fix for a specific OS is a SecuROM fix. -.-"

It somehow works for me.

yoshi2889 · #3Ok, but still, some crappy games (Worms for example) still need the disc, when the game is only 27 MB.

Worms is NOT a crappy game :PMy friends & I used to have tons of fun playing it years ago. We especially loved modding the PC versions such as changing the worm voices with our own voices.

Tomoka · #9but that won't work most of the time, especially if the fix for a specific OS is a SecuROM fix. -.-"

Then you need to find a work around patch that disables SecureDisc protection, but you're on your own with that :)

Tomoka · #9but that won't work most of the time, especially if the fix for a specific OS is a SecuROM fix. -.-"

Try Alcohol 52%.

yoshi2889 · #7No, AVG thinks the game's file is an virus and then removes the file, but in fact the game is safe...

Then surely excluding the file/s from scanning would be a better solution than having no anti-virus... (or deleting key-gens after using them.)

people always say AVG deletes the games but mine never has

markswan · #13Then surely excluding the file/s from scanning would be a better solution than having no anti-virus... (or deleting key-gens after using them.)

Mom installs alot of games and I ain't gonna select 400 files from one game.

Cahos Rahne Veloza · #11Worms is NOT a crappy game :PMy friends & I used to have tons of fun playing it years ago. We especially loved modding the PC versions such as changing the worm voices with our own voices.

I mean that it is not too great, bubble shooter.AW MY GOD I LOST MY SIMS SUPERSTAR CD!
AND IT MUST BE CD 2 TOOAnd I lost my serial keys for Superstar, Hot Date, On Vacation and House Party...And The Sims crashes when opening the career panel. I think if it is on a HDD that it works fine.

yoshi2889 · #7No, AVG thinks the game's file is an virus and then removes the file, but in fact the game is safe...Know Zylom? We download there.
http://www.zylom.com/

Looking at the site, the games probably ARE infected. Regardless, uninstalling your antivirus is NOT the correct response to an alert that you don't agree with.

Replying to #16

It was not my responce..it was an advanced computer guy's responce.And Zylom really is no virus hosting site. It is a trustable company.

Replying to #17

Then he should not have a job in IT.

Replying to #18

Anyway, we had to remove AVG. It was causing other troubles, though.

then you should have got a different antivirus. running without an AV is not an option for a computer with internet access.