What do you all do with old game disks that you either own a copy digitally or can't get to work? My list is growing but started with Deus Ex (Steam), MDK 2 (GOG), No One Lives Forever (restarts my PC!).

I used to enjoy tracking down fixes and dealing with error messages but I'm annoyed with NOLF. It's literally in my top five favorite games but am prepared to part with it in hopes GOG will one day acquire rights and make it work! (I'm aware this is my own PC having issues so it's no guarantee their magic will work on my rig.)

Game disks don't seem worth selling but it pains me to see them in the trash. What do you fine people do with your old games? Maybe make a scrapbook?

You can't get NOLF or Deus Ex to work? I have retail copies and they work fine on Win7 x64. I know that's not much help, but at least you know that it is possible!

Only having issues with NOLF and I'm sure it's specific to my PC. The other game disks (even those not listed) are those that I now own digitally. Seems like a waste to keep the disks around if I can just download quicker than it takes me to get the CD/DVD.

After getting halfway through Full Throttle, I realized my disk was damaged and one of the area files couldn't be read. After finding some replacement files (which is all ScummVM needs) I just threw the thing out. It pained me, but the thing was broken. No point in keeping non-functioning disks.

I do keep the disks for other games I own digitally, though, but that's more because I'm a pack rat for everything than anything to do with games in particular.

I keep all my game discs. Its sad that anyone would consider throwing away such a great generation of games for digital downloads.

3x36 gallon tubs, 12 bucks apiece at Walmart. I suppose I should sell the mofos (the ones with the box indeed appear to be worth something).

Kill them with fire! Kill them before they lay eggs!

To throw away original game discs because of having a digital copy?

NEVER!!!!

Even thinking of such a blasphemy hurts my humble gamer soul. Physical copies are a part of the real gaming history.
The other reason for keeping them is this: You throw them out and when someone decides to take the game down form digital distribution you won't have the game at all. Simple. And then you will search ebay and pay a fortune for the game you threw out.

I keep all of my original discs as well. I just keep them in large CD books or CD binders or whatever they are called. Can't even remember since discs are hardly used anymore. They're fun to keep, I see no reason to throw them out. Some of my favorites are original LucasArts games like The Dig, Full Throttle, Sam and Max, etc. I still have some original floppy disc games in their box with all the manuals too (Test Drive 3, F-117A Stealth Fighter, Tie Fighter, few others).

Due to emulation and what not, I doubt they'll ever be worth anything. I still have a box full of Atari 2600's (few Sears versions and one Atari Jr version) with tons of different controller types (including the number pad thing from one of the spaceship games, but I can't recall what it's called at the moment), and 90 unique carts (tons of doubles, too). They aren't really worth anything though, like I was hoping they would be 20 years ago when I put them away =(

Think of all the damage they cause to the environment. ;)

Protect them, store them, and save them for the day the plug gets pulled on the internet.

:)

I still have several boxes of games on 3.5" floppy disks and no computer that can even read them anymore. I really should try selling them, but cannot even be sure they work. We recently moved house and threw out a ton of junk, but kept these useless games.

I do sell games that I have doubled up on though, and games I've finished with no desire to ever replay (which is about 75% of my list, there are just too many games to spend time replaying).

I sold all my boxed games to an ebay dude last year. Got about $1500 for them, which was nice at the time and funded a lot of my year off from work volunteering in Georgia.

Sometimes I remember ones I owned in a box and not digitally and I curse at myself, but overall it's not a big deal. I can get them again in sales or when I really want to play them, and digital is 10 million times more convenient.

I wish there was a good way to buy movies digitally. The quality of iTunes and Amazon is terrible, plus they have DRM.

Keep them stored and consider them your treasures. I still maintain and clean my original game disc and separately store them away from the other non-gaming disc.

I have a perfect working disc of Deus Ex, Thief 1 and 2, Half Life demo, Rollercage, and Forsaken. They all given to me by a non-gaming friend who works as a computer shop assistant, this are bundles that come when purchasing a graphic cards and these disc are discarded as gaming in those days are not that mainstream (XP was just introduce in the market). There are other titles but those are lost.

Salad dressing and think those like cookies.