NBA Live '98. It's fun to go back and play as Antoine Walker (the Celtics star player of my teens), but I'm not going to pretend the graphics were any great shakes. I guess I thought they were good at the time though.
If I'm playing a basketball season with two minute quarters, I'll save after every two games. GT6 autosaves all the time, so I don't have much to worry about there.
I learned to be less clumsy holding my PlayStation discs when I badly scratched my Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home disc one mission short of completion. I know I've shared this at least once before, but it fits well in a lessons learned section.
Auto racing is a sport. If you don't believe me watch fall Martinsville '98 in the NASCAR Cup Series. Ricky Rudd ends up on a ventilator in victory lane.
I also have only been on a skateboard once, yet I played Tony Hawk games. I mostly played them to see scenery and hear Rock and Metal music. I've never been on a snowboard, but I sometimes play Cool Boarders 3.
I fried a PS3 once, but this was circa 2015 and IIRC I had no real warning when the console stopped reading discs. My second PS3 changes volumes sometimes, But I'm not afraid that it will die.