So, being desperate to find a solution, I decided to take a look at how these CD checks work... maybe I could put together a noCD patch of my own? With the help of a video tutorial I found on Reddit, I was able to alter the exe file and bypass the disc check... now the game starts! The videos play, …

What, like safedisc/securom? PCGamingWiki (which I tend to trust) doesn't mention such DRM measures, only a simple disc check and, from what I can gather myself, it's just that. Otherwise you could try editing your iso to unhide the files. I actually tried copying the files from CD to hard disk, …

Yeah I thought about that, but I'd like to know if there's a way to make the game work on its own as it should before resorting to such "shady" practices (as far as I can tell, there is no official "no cd" patch).

Hello, this is my first post here. I own Future Cop LAPD on CD; I'm talking about the "collectors" reissue (see attached picture). The CD is not scratched and looks fine to me; it doesn't seem to be affected by "data rot" since I can install the game just fine using the replacement installer …