Tape game freezing with BMC64 v4.1

[diegov-au]

Not an urgent problem -There is a strange issue where Vice freezes 1-2 minutes after loading the tape version of Batman - The Movie. The game loads fine (not using warp), and the main title screen appears, but when it starts to switch between the high scores and title screen it freezes. BMC64 still responds, as I can access the menus, it just appears to be the "vice" emulation that freezes. If I reload the game using autostart without a reboot (ie load the game a second time), the game does work. If I load the disk version, it works first time. I don't seem to have the issue with any other tape games I've tried.

[rhester72]

Does it happen with the latest version of VICE? If so, not much to be done - that means it's either a busted tape image or an upstream emulator issue.

[diegov-au]

Thanks for the reply. No issues, with Vice. Game loads fine first time around. Seems to be particular to BMC64.

[randyrossi]

If you can try with Vice 3.3 specifically, that would help determine if it's an emulator issue. BMC64 uses an older version of VICE so it may have been fixed. Otherwise, I can try later this weekend and see if I can reproduce it myself here.

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Thanks for the reply. No issues, with Vice. Game loads fine first time around. Seems to be particular to BMC64.

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[diegov-au]

hi @randyrossi - thanks for your reply and for creating BMC64. I'll give it a go with 3.3 and report back.

[diegov-au]

I wanted to report back and share that this issue is not present with Vice 3.3