First ever Megatape (Time Tunnel)
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First ever Megatape (Time Tunnel)
(don't worry, I'm not requesting to put megatapes online...)
The controversial Time Tunnel Megatape (the one where Katakis should have been instead) was the first Megatape. There was a tape on issue 26, but that was called Zzap! Sampler. The first Megatape, though, did not have a number, it was just called Mega-tape or Mega Cassette. The following one was Mega-Tape 2, with a hyphen, and so on, until Megatape 6, which is the first Megatape without a hyphen.
Now a question. I have the Zzap! DVD, and there are just a T64 and 2 D64's of Time Tunnel. All other Megatapes are in TAP format. Now, it's true that a T64 or D64 is enough o play the game, but a TAP is better for preservation purposes, as it is more faithful to the original tape.
Has anyone the original tape? Can that person make a TAP dump of the tape? That's two questions, sorry
The controversial Time Tunnel Megatape (the one where Katakis should have been instead) was the first Megatape. There was a tape on issue 26, but that was called Zzap! Sampler. The first Megatape, though, did not have a number, it was just called Mega-tape or Mega Cassette. The following one was Mega-Tape 2, with a hyphen, and so on, until Megatape 6, which is the first Megatape without a hyphen.
Now a question. I have the Zzap! DVD, and there are just a T64 and 2 D64's of Time Tunnel. All other Megatapes are in TAP format. Now, it's true that a T64 or D64 is enough o play the game, but a TAP is better for preservation purposes, as it is more faithful to the original tape.
Has anyone the original tape? Can that person make a TAP dump of the tape? That's two questions, sorry
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Good! Thanx Iain.
It is so dissapointing to see a whole bunch of new messages (yess, finally who post something!) only to find out that some stupid spambot messed up the board once again. It's sad.
Ta!
It is so dissapointing to see a whole bunch of new messages (yess, finally who post something!) only to find out that some stupid spambot messed up the board once again. It's sad.
Ta!
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Sorry dude! Bet you thought what a rude person!
As Iain said - was some stupid spambot posting messages - thank God they have gone!
As Iain said - was some stupid spambot posting messages - thank God they have gone!
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BTW, monkey10101, do you still happen to have the tape? If so, would you mind recording it to WAV and uploading to a site such as Megaupload or some other large file exchange site?
Well, admittedly the WAV method is not the best one to create TAPs, but with good-quality recordings and some Tapclean-ing the TAPs turn out to be good anyway.
Well, admittedly the WAV method is not the best one to create TAPs, but with good-quality recordings and some Tapclean-ing the TAPs turn out to be good anyway.
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Get the .tap file from this page -
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Not sure if it's the original tape image though it seems pretty boring. Just a standard Novaload with no loading graphics or music.
Off the top of my head Frankie goes to Hollywood had one of the best loading screens/music combo I saw on the C64
Edit. I removed the link above as I realised I may be breaking the rules of this board by posting a link like that.
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Not sure if it's the original tape image though it seems pretty boring. Just a standard Novaload with no loading graphics or music.
Off the top of my head Frankie goes to Hollywood had one of the best loading screens/music combo I saw on the C64
Edit. I removed the link above as I realised I may be breaking the rules of this board by posting a link like that.
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