Max Booth is an 11-year-old 'shadie' urchin living in the year 2424, struggling to survive. With the chance to make some money by uncovering the secrets of mysterious gadgets from the 20th century for the Bluggsville City Museum, Max and his faithful, but slightly neurotic, robo-dog Oscar start investigating. They have been asked to identify an object that's baffling everyone - a 1980s cassette tape. But theres more to this tape than meets the eye....