Quote Originally Posted by sarehptar View Post
Wayyyy back when, my friend loaned me FFVII. I played through the first disc, grabbed the second disc... only to discover it had somehow gotten so badly scratched (not by me, thank you!) that it was completely unplayable. That was the worst feeling ever; I got hooked by the first disc and then denied. I had to wait weeks to save up enough allowance to buy a new copy for myself. Tough times man, tough times. D;
I was friends with someone who had made (pirated) copies of FF7 because he was so worried of not being able to finish playing it before the original discs got scratched up.

This was a real thing though. Games that shipped on one disc you couldn't trade with friends. Games that shipped on multiple discs, you could share the game before you completed it. But you also risked someone losing/damaging the discs.

FF9 I never got to finish because the second disc (NEW game) wouldn't play in the old-style PS2. So I've yet to finish it and will just have to wait for Square to HD-remake it or something.