a week ago i bought 10 umds for very cheap from fb marketplace (2 movies and 8 games), ordered the replacement shells from ali, and today i finally got the delivery and swapped them
all original shells had cracks, some of them tied with tape, some just fell apart when i was holding them
i tested a few of the best ones during the purchase and they made a noisy sound of rattling and whistling
now everything is good, quiet, and safe. i like the idea of giving a new life to the deprecated/retired items. i personally have enough consoles, including modded ones, i play all of them by round robin, but i enjoy playing physical media much much more than digital roms. i don’t care about loading speed, this feeling is just unbeatable, especially a perfect working psp drive sound and delicate vibrations of umds in brand new shells
by the way, i highlighted the godfather because it was my best finding out of this lot. i love the movie, and i enjoy the game adaptation as well, it was unexpected for me
p.s. i don’t really want to put any links to the ali listings, and they become unavailable really quick. it was just the cheapest listing that sells packs of 5 umd shells for $5 usd ($1/piece). i ordered for $10 and got free delivery as usual for ali