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How Can You Repair Gamecube Games That are Scratched?

My kids have a pretty good library of GC Games, but most are scratched and not playable. Is there anything I can do to get them to work, or are they destined for the trash? Thanks!

If it's a minor scratch (i.e. repairable) go to your local music store and buy a cleaner/repair kit for scratched music CDs (and DVDs). These will also work for GameCube games if they are not beyond repair.

The scratches first scuff the surface of the disc which is just a clear layer before the actual writen data which is burned beneath this transparency. If scratched the data beneath may still be intact (unless it's a deep gouge) and the repair kit may clean up the scratches so that the laser of the drive can read past the clear layer and read the data beneath.

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