Seems like a bad shape for it but this is my guess too.

Could be yeah.

There were alternative portable tape players. Maybe not right away but there definitely were.

2 points. Lived in a small city. No point in recording radio to tape… You’ll hear the same songs again tomorrow anyway. Also why specifically call out a brand name Sony Walkman? Listened to plenty of tapes on portable tape players. Just never had a Walkman specifically.

I don’t think they are far enough into the game to unlock all that. Feels like this is the first snow pea level

So they get hit twice as many times? Idk