trouble with cassette

[dr. kwack]

I recently acquired The Living Daylights for my 800XL. The game is on cassette.

 

The tape was new and I got it to load once. Since then- no go. It usually craps out about halfway thru loading.

 

Is there a fix for this, am I doing something wrong, is the tape shot or what?

 

Is there any way for me to convert the tape to disk?

 

[www.atarimania.com]

Cracked disk version by Domark: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=3013

 

Tape re-release by Zeppelin Games (original image): http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=6163

 

You can use CAS2WAV to write back the game to cassette.

 

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Atari Frog

http://www.atarimania.com

[deathtrappomegranate]

I recently acquired The Living Daylights for my 800XL. The game is on cassette.

 

The tape was new and I got it to load once. Since then- no go. It usually craps out about halfway thru loading.

 

Is there a fix for this, am I doing something wrong, is the tape shot or what?

 

Is there any way for me to convert the tape to disk?

 

1004721[/snapback]

 

As Frog says, cas2wav can be used to write clean cassettes.

 

There can be many reasons for problems with loading cassettes. 20+year-old magnetic media can be tricky to work with, and 20+year-old cassette decks no less so.

 

I'm always surprised at the large proportion of cassettes that seem to be OK after all this time. I have many more problems with 1010s, 410s and other devices than with the cassettes themselves.

 

Which version of the game do you have?

[dr. kwack]

I have the zepplin version.