# Having trouble with 2nd hand Gamecube games

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-2nd-hand-gamecube-games/296958 "2005-03-30T15:58:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-2nd-hand-gamecube-games/296958/1 "2005-03-30T15:58:45Z")

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I bought F-zero X and Eternal Darkness second hand over EBay. The disks weren’t scratched and came in their boxes. When I load either game they both stop and the screen goes blank after I get past the checking memory card point. I have two memory cards that both work fine with other games I bought new, any suggestions why these two games foul up on me like this?