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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by lfowles on Monday June 18, 2018 @12:54PM (#17339709)
I wouldn't risk it anymore. One time I received an ever so slightly cracked DVD from Netflix. Desperate to watch the show without waiting for a better copy to be mailed, I stuck it in the computer anyways. Ended up shattering and taking my DVD drive with it!
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by Splines on Monday June 18, 2018 @07:19PM (#17342425)
I don't know about OG diablo but you might be able to register your cd key on Blizzard's site and play the game through their on-line launcher.

I know this works (or worked) with Warcraft 3.

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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by sidusknight on Monday June 18, 2018 @10:50PM (#17343460)
OG Diablo didn't even have a cd-key, unfortunately.
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by dalore on Monday June 18, 2018 @01:04PM (#17339795)
That's one way to get a free DVD drive from Netflix.
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by megous on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:47PM (#17340649)
Or just go buy it for $10.
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by lfowles on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @08:32AM (#17345959)
Grabbed an external HDDVD drive for the $10 actually. Even came with a handful of movies at that price!
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by snuxoll on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:06PM (#17340289)
Ironically (in context of this thread) the one time I've had this happen was my Diablo II CD way back in the day, I don't know if it was damaged or if the disk just got stressed from heat but it shattered and ruined the drive in my mother's computer.

I have no love for optical media anymore.

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