Is there a way to put games I buy from Steam onto a disc?

Theres a backup to DVD option for games you have installed.DarKre

Ok and what will happen when I start up this game from the disc? What if I have 2 games on the disc? Which game's menu will it go to?zeppelin_64

I think it just backs up the .gcf core files of the games, I don't think you can actually "run" data from the screen, its more of way to restore a game without downloading the whole thing

You are paying extra buying your games packaged in boxes.

If you're the "I like to collect expensive game boxes and plastic discs" type, then keep it up. ;)

But, if you want to avoid annoying issues with installing games from old media devices such as CD/DVD/BluRay discs, time to move to an online platform like Steam. You can no longer scratch your games or be foiled by copyright protection schemes that turn out to be rootkits. You don't have to fill your shelves with expensive boxes anymore (unless you like that sort of thing.) Other pros to using Steam are that you can bring your ENTIRE gaming collection wherever you go; you can share with others what games you enjoy playing; and you can connect to your friends easily.

Never again be required to enter a CD Key or DVD disc into your drive before playing!

Join the Rest of Us!

You are paying extra buying your games packaged in boxes.

If you're the "I like to collect expensive game boxes and plastic discs" type, then keep it up. ;)

But, if you want to avoid annoying issues with installing games from old media devices such as CD/DVD/BluRay discs, time to move to an online platform like Steam. You can no longer scratch your games or be foiled by copyright protection schemes that turn out to be rootkits. You don't have to fill your shelves with expensive boxes anymore (unless you like that sort of thing.) Other pros to using Steam are that you can bring your ENTIRE gaming collection wherever you go; you can share with others what games you enjoy playing; and you can connect to your friends easily.

Never again be required to enter a CD Key or DVD disc into your drive before playing!

Join the Rest of Us!

SKaREO

my collection is half discs and half steam i wish it was all in one place

You are paying extra buying your games packaged in boxes.

If you're the "I like to collect expensive game boxes and plastic discs" type, then keep it up. ;)

But, if you want to avoid annoying issues with installing games from old media devices such as CD/DVD/BluRay discs, time to move to an online platform like Steam. You can no longer scratch your games or be foiled by copyright protection schemes that turn out to be rootkits. You don't have to fill your shelves with expensive boxes anymore (unless you like that sort of thing.) Other pros to using Steam are that you can bring your ENTIRE gaming collection wherever you go; you can share with others what games you enjoy playing; and you can connect to your friends easily.

Never again be required to enter a CD Key or DVD disc into your drive before playing!

Join the Rest of Us!

SKaREO

Screw that, what if in like 10 years, you want to boot up your old archaic XP system and jam some Counter Strike? Oh wait, steam went out of buisness when MS took over the world, luckily I have my old games collection still in it's original packaging. That's like the people that downloaded the BS-x Zelda games, the only way you can play them now is with glitchy roms.

Screw that, what if in like 10 years, you want to boot up your old archaic XP system and jam some Counter Strike? Oh wait, steam went out of buisness when MS took over the world, luckily I have my old games collection still in it's original packaging. That's like the people that downloaded the BS-x Zelda games, the only way you can play them now is with glitchy roms.

householdman

Luckily for us, valve already thought of that and stated that they can unlock all the games if, and it's a big IF, steam ever gets shut down. They can make steam redundant

I hope your CDs still work in 10 years....thats if you can even find them.

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Screw that, what if in like 10 years, you want to boot up your old archaic XP system and jam some Counter Strike? Oh wait, steam went out of buisness when MS took over the world, luckily I have my old games collection still in it's original packaging. That's like the people that downloaded the BS-x Zelda games, the only way you can play them now is with glitchy roms.

TeamR

Luckily for us, valve already thought of that and stated that they can unlock all the games if, and it's a big IF, steam ever gets shut down. They can make steam redundant

I hope your CDs still work in 10 years....thats if you can even find them.

I have CDs that still work from my Sega CD so yea, they'll work, and what if they become unavailable to download once steam goes under? SUre they may be unlocked but what if your HDD gets nuked? Are all Valve games going to become freeware if Valve stops digital distribution? I don't think so. Backed up data on a CD or other media type is much more secure than data on a mechanical drive. You just gotta know how to take care of your stuff. It doesn't really matter what Valve says in the end, if they go bust, do you think they will really care about unlocking they're downloadable content anyway?

[QUOTE="zeppelin_64"]Ok and what will happen when I start up this game from the disc? What if I have 2 games on the disc? Which game's menu will it go to?GP1mil

I think it just backs up the .gcf core files of the games, I don't think you can actually "run" data from the screen, its more of way to restore a game without downloading the whole thing

I have CDs that still work from my Sega CD so yea, they'll work, and what if they become unavailable to download once steam goes under? SUre they may be unlocked but what if your HDD gets nuked? Are all Valve games going to become freeware if Valve stops digital distribution? I don't think so. Backed up data on a CD or other media type is much more secure than data on a mechanical drive. You just gotta know how to take care of your stuff. It doesn't really matter what Valve says in the end, if they go bust, do you think they will really care about unlocking they're downloadable content anyway?

householdman

They won't become freeware. If steam goes bust they can press the big red button that disables steam authentication and makes it so every game purchased through steam is playable without the system. And you can easily backup your steam games on a cd/dvd if thats what you want. But face it, disks don't last forever no matter how much you take care of it. And do you really want to be a hermit dusting off his cd collection everyday? rofl. And yes, I do believe that, if they go bust, they'll care. Because valve is a good company that has a great relationship with their customers. Theres no reason to think they WOULD'NT do it. But good luck getting support and updates for your Sega CD games.

I swear, whenever technology moves forward there's people like you that try to fight it. I remember when CDs first came around and people complained and said they were going to stick with their cassette tapes. You can't stop technology, brother. You can't stop the evolution of technology any more than you can stop a sunrise. It's coming. You can either make it easy for yourself, or come along kicking and screaming but either way, you will submit eventually

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[QUOTE="zeppelin_64"]Ok and what will happen when I start up this game from the disc? What if I have 2 games on the disc? Which game's menu will it go to?zeppelin_64

I think it just backs up the .gcf core files of the games, I don't think you can actually "run" data from the screen, its more of way to restore a game without downloading the whole thing

I believe what you do is you take the .GCF files from the discs you backed it on to and put them onto the steam apps folder when you redownload steam. Then boom you magically downloaded your game in 20seconds and your ready to play.

[QUOTE="householdman"]

I have CDs that still work from my Sega CD so yea, they'll work, and what if they become unavailable to download once steam goes under? SUre they may be unlocked but what if your HDD gets nuked? Are all Valve games going to become freeware if Valve stops digital distribution? I don't think so. Backed up data on a CD or other media type is much more secure than data on a mechanical drive. You just gotta know how to take care of your stuff. It doesn't really matter what Valve says in the end, if they go bust, do you think they will really care about unlocking they're downloadable content anyway?

TeamR

They won't become freeware. If steam goes bust they can press the big red button that disables steam authentication and makes it so every game purchased through steam is playable without the system. And you can easily backup your steam games on a cd/dvd if thats what you want. But face it, disks don't last forever no matter how much you take care of it. And do you really want to be a hermit dusting off his cd collection everyday? rofl. And yes, I do believe that, if they go bust, they'll care. Because valve is a good company that has a great relationship with their customers. Theres no reason to think they WOULD'NT do it. But good luck getting support and updates for your Sega CD games.

I swear, whenever technology moves forward there's people like you that try to fight it. I remember when CDs first came around and people complained and said they were going to stick with their cassette tapes. You can't stop technology, brother. You can't stop the evolution of technology any more than you can stop a sunrise. It's coming. You can either make it easy for yourself, or come along kicking and screaming but either way, you will submit eventually

I don't try to fight it, I've downloaded plenty of things via digital distribution. If your going to burn them to disks the sweet az, but if your just going to leave them on your hdd, unbacked up, then your asking for trouble.

Also I'd just like to add that I work for a company that leads many projects using new technologies. Right now were working on a platform for remote document processing using a silverlight, sql, and asp backend. I like progress, I just don't like the idea of my data relying on mechanical disk drives, that's why I use solid state memory for all my important files and information.

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[QUOTE="zeppelin_64"]Ok and what will happen when I start up this game from the disc? What if I have 2 games on the disc? Which game's menu will it go to?zeppelin_64

I think it just backs up the .gcf core files of the games, I don't think you can actually "run" data from the screen, its more of way to restore a game without downloading the whole thing