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Even when I was able to load the game it still ended up being corrupt. It seems the 1.1 version that's around is also corrupt. But I may have found a good copy (albeit on disk) here:

https://vic20reloaded.com/vic20-16k-gam ... ion-1-a-2/

Ha, if I still had my 64 and hardware I'd be very tempted to pick that up!

There seem to be two versions floating around, the 1.1 version seems to be easier to find (e.g. in GB20). The 1.5 version I've only found this tap image for in Tosec.

Ok it seems like an unreliable copy then, thanks for taking a look!

I really don't know, but if you can take a look it that would be great! Try this link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kz7d0fp2d117i ... D.tap?dl=0

Can anyone offer some starter tips trying to reverse engineer a cassette program? I'm looking at Boss 1.5 (I grabbed it from the Tosec archives) which is on a tap file. I tried using cleantap to pull the prg off the tape image but it fails. Vice is able to autoload the game, though, so I think the t...

Thanks for the replies, that explains things for me and is very helpful!

It's been nearly 30 years since I bought Jim Butterfield's ML book as a boy, and I've decided to give it another try. This time I'm trying on the VIC-20 for a change of scenery, and I'm wondering if someone can clue me in as to why basic memory seems trashed after running any tiny program (in my cas...