Tape Recovery Simulator 96K DEMO
CaffeineWithdrawalGames · 2023 · Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Sandbox
PC
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About Tape Recovery Simulator 96K DEMO
Tape Recovery Simulator 96K is a game about recovering data off of reluctant old tapes.
Rediscover the lost art of loading data off tapes. Explore and reclaim hidden digital treasures or ignore worthless data.
Fight a single undefeatable boss and his management nonsense.
Features:
Rediscover the lost art of loading data off tapes. Explore and reclaim hidden digital treasures or ignore worthless data.
Fight a single undefeatable boss and his management nonsense.
Features:
- Enjoy using a real simulated tape player with all the proper buttons (play, stop, ff, rew).
- Turbo tape loading speed speed of up to 1.6 kb/s.
- 8bit applications.
- Tutorials available for players without previous experience on loading data off tapes.
- Skippable tutorials for advanced players.
- Discover and enjoy Goatsketcher's fake art.
- Work and suffer for a pittance as an EES employee with an absurd boss and (semi-)impossible tasks.
- Tweak sound volume to appease the 8bit loading routine that is extremly unforgiving to data errors.
- Rediscover and use old data recoverty tricks.
- Absolutely no cutscenes.
- Dad time supported. Can be played for as little as a few minutes at a time.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This review is for a [b]demo[/b] of "Tape Recovery Simulator 96K". I didn't know developers sent out review keys for demos but here we are. Unfortunately Steam did not allow posting until a game (or demo in this case) had officially released." [h1]Rocky start[/h1] On the 17th when I claimed the key through the curator it did not have an executable file but it was resolved within 24 hours. Turning to the discussions as I often do I took note that there was no developer replies at this time and talk of this problem going back to 2021. I did check before posting and see the developer is now responding to posts so that is a big plus. Hopefully continues through development. [h1]Gameplay[/h1] "Tape Recovery Simulator 96K" made me curious with a tag of Puzzle and Adventure. Maybe my imagination or maybe the old computer system aspect but I got the vibe of an ARG and wondered if more was hiding below the surface. Unfortunately not much of my curiosity was answered in this demo. It was a series of 11 tutorials and a final exam designed to introduce you to the company and the software utilities you will be using. The tutorials are all pretty short and while feeling a tad repetitive e…15 found this helpful
I'm 50 and I've never felt more upset than when I played this. I failed my exam after doing all of the tutorials and even though I did extra revision outside of the game, i guess I'm a failure. I tried again, again, again... but i failed. I love the feeling of hearing a little ding, but I was just brought to tears from the exam. Its the hardest thing you will ever play. Be careful. My son had a go and was in tears within a minute.1 found this helpful
Who would of thought this could be so much fun? Defiantly for old tape users like myself who owned a spectrum computer.....and still does...many of them..:)1 found this helpful
Load "" Comment$ however you can check tutorial 2.
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