I literally shivered at the memory of the horrific load times of this game. I didn't fear the enemies in the game. I feared dying because of the load times. But for the $2 it cost for the 2 days of Redbox, it was worth $2. If I had to pay for the 2 days, it wouldn't have been worth it.
But yeah, I remembered loading games off cassette. We had a 1200XL with a 410 recorder. And we'd load Mickey and the Great Outdoors which took 20 minutes to boot. Then we'd go eat dinner. and after dinner, the game would be ready to play. that's if it didn't error out and we'd have to rewind the tape and restart the whole thing all over again.
But at least with that game, it was a one time load, not after each death.