The CoCo Nation Show

Another week brings us another fun and informative episode of CoCoTALK! You're welcome ;)

Some news stories for November 9, 2019 show:

1) Sheldon MacDonald put up a video of using QMidi for Windows to create music to play on the Coco with a GMC cartridge

https://youtu.be/IPAkBN9C2R4

2) Sheldon also has an update to his GMC cartridge design, which includes space for an audio out jack and a "rebuilt, stronger insert":

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157638964177641/

3) Bill Pierce has a new video showing vertical and horizontal scrolling:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157621859412641/

4) Petsasjim1 on YouTube's new Dragon videos:

The Fruity Machine (slot machine):

https://youtu.be/QC0Ty1nM-Tk

He also has something different this week - running the Dragon Professional Alpha under MAME. It shows its graphic selection boot/screen.

(The Alpha was a Dragon 64 with built in modem, AY Sound chip, disk interface with two 3.5" drives, and optional boot straight into OS-9).

https://youtu.be/71YFVLMb05k

Galleons (Battleship type game):

https://youtu.be/LEYu9PZBzBw

Ghost Attack - which is a port of Computerware's Pac Attack, but with 1) a different name, and 2) different color scheme.

https://youtu.be/BmE1bxSyF7o

Golf (did the Coco or Dragon *ever* have a good golf game?)

https://youtu.be/4k4DW2Olh1Y

Grand Prix (Salamander Software) - BASIC game

https://youtu.be/4k4DW2Olh1Y

Grid Runner:

https://youtu.be/LQpUyjwjGM4

5) Henry Rietveld put up a video showing making a Canyon Climber disk (on a real floppy disk) - the twist being it is an 8" floppy, not 5.25 or 3.5"

https://youtu.be/Zn1ldeK6d94

6) 6309 optimized games:

Xenion (original, 6809 optimized, 6309):

https://youtu.be/wxdf17B5TfE

Marble Maze (original, 6309):

https://youtu.be/pXqNKKMRXeY

F-16 Assault:

https://youtu.be/g7z33ezwyYs

8) GigerPunk released a video of the game Pub Crawl on the Dragon 32 - which reminds me of the first level of Poltergeist:

https://youtu.be/YFSvbwf90EY

9) Chet Simpson has been working on a VGM to SN chiptune convert, using his prototype CPF player for the Coco.:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157631912167641/

10) On the software side of things, Simon uploaded a 4 voice software demo that plays a 3 minute, 55 second tune, with, in only 5404 bytes. It also only uses about 1/3 of the CPU cycles, leaving 2/3 for a main program, game, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157632391457641/

To download:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157633124047641/

11) Nick Marentes put up a short blog, and video, for the latest updates to Gunstar - including some sneak peaks at all 4 levels.

http://www.nickmarentes.com/Gunstar/22.html

12) Jerry Young is porting the "Duke of Dragonfear" game from the book "Giant Book of Computer Games" to the MC-10 (Jim Gerrie has competition!", and has a video showing it's current state:

https://youtu.be/p-c2YhkLz1M

13) Lucas Boy on YouTube did a video of Coco 1/2 games under XRoar - his first real experience with a Coco. He covers Arkanoid, Demon Attack, Pinball, and a bunch of others, rather quickly.

https://youtu.be/rChgykJX-E4

14) Paul Fiscarelli has the first prototype run for his Coco keyboard to PC adaptor (good for emulators like MAME, I presume):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157639043142641/

CoCoTALK!

Join the live panel on ZOOM:  https://zoom.us/j/109422739

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Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]

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A lot of revelations on this week's show!

A new product "The Joey" has been announced by Jason Reighard and will allow you to switch multiple joystick configurations around.  Visit http://cocoman.biz  to learn more/order.

Stevie Strow has a new CoCoVGA game project

Visit http://cocovga.com  to learn more about that product

Ron Delvaux and Terry Steege host a TDP-100 segment

Curtis Boyle reveals 6309 optimized games that run faster on the CoCo 1/2/Dragon and would run even faster on the CoCo 3

Nick Marentes shows a new way to palette patch PMODE 3 colored games to look better on a CoCo 3!

Some news stories for November 2, 2019 show:

1) Jim Gerrie has ported his MC-10 Akalabeth to the Coco, using the same PMODE 2.

https://youtu.be/4s9f8edNpXY

https://youtu.be/WtSF4Al4hGA

He also ported "Paint Duel" to the MC-10

https://youtu.be/3AZSy_YQk0Y

2) Paul Shoemaker has released a new video update to Oregon Trail:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157600108852641/

3) Chet Simpson has a demo testing his VGM player that will support the original Speech Systems Symphony 12 card, or Jim Brains Philharmonic 12. He still has a way to go, but the Moon Patrol theme at the beginning sounds very much like the arcade:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157602710247641/

4) Todd Wallace has a demo of simple OPL music player based on Ed Sniders CCT (Coco Chip Tunes) format that he plans on using as the base of an OS9 player.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157603182972641/

5) Amigos Retro Gaming has a few new Coco videos:

https://youtu.be/Kacg-R-b3cs

https://youtu.be/_RDkZKJtkDk

https://youtu.be/IYj2BlYvLYg

6) Petsasjim1 has some more Dragon videos:

Dragrunner (Kind of Frogger with guns?):

https://youtu.be/T0_dXReupXc

Fireball (written in BASIC):

https://youtu.be/71zRvBlNv3k

Fireforce

https://youtu.be/mscZ1gtgyUQ

Fearless Freddy:

https://youtu.be/jZqXHb_sV-g?t=46

Folly's Farm Chicken Run:

https://youtu.be/jRFTUqM5ITs?t=11

Football Manager: Manage your Football (Soccer to us North Americans) team, and low res game play views as well.

https://youtu.be/JZWVv4nreIg?t=18

7) Gigerpunk has a game video for the Dragon that was a game promo for Weetabix cereal

https://youtu.be/tY1S4LF2dc0

8) CanadianRetroThings has part two of his MC-10 video up on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/WJleDGNi5dY

9) David OConner put a video up showing some custom fonts/palettes using the CocoVGA running on his Coco 1. https://youtu.be/TvXa2UMvU3w

10) Simon Jonassen has an animated 10 color palette demo, based on his RGB/10 color demo he did previously, which will be the base background for a much fancier looking demo he is working on.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157617349797641/

11) James Jones mentioned on Facebook that the Paul Schreiber interview (from Tandy Assembly) is up on YouTube:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157613982202641/

12) Davy Mitchell has updates to SGEDIT online semigraphics screen editing tool, and Rob Inman also found out that it works fine from iOS (in addition to desktop browers):

https://hardcore-jackson-6272e8.netlify.com/

13) New cartoon from D. Bruce Moore:

http://joey.gracenote.ca/004-syntax-errors/

VOLUME 1 OF COCO 1/2 6309 ENHANCED GAMES (will work on Coco 3 as well - and if you do POKE 65497,0, some of them *really* run fast) - Includes 6309 sped up versions of 3 old Coco 1/2 games.

https://youtu.be/DdDHVTEjoS8

To download:

http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/Coco12-6309games-volume1.zip

Live interactive video streams:

https://www.youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/live

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]

Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live

Join us for daily conversations on Discord:  https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm

To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com

Lots revealed on this weeks show!

A new product "The Joey" has been announced by Jason Reighard and will allow you to switch multiple joystick configurations around.  Visit http://cocoman.biz  to learn more/order.

Stevie Strow has a new CoCoVGA game project

Visit http://cocovga.com  to learn more about that product

Ron Delvaux and Terry Steege host a  TDP-100 segment

Curtis Boyle reveals 6309 optimized games that run faster on the CoCo 1/2/Dragon and would run even faster on the CoCo 3

Nick Marentes shows a new way to palette patch PMODE 3 colored games to look better on a CoCo 3!

Some news stories for November 2, 2019 show:

1) Jim Gerrie has ported his MC-10 Akalabeth to the Coco, using the same PMODE 2.

https://youtu.be/4s9f8edNpXY

https://youtu.be/WtSF4Al4hGA

He also ported "Paint Duel" to the MC-10

https://youtu.be/3AZSy_YQk0Y

2) Paul Shoemaker has released a new video update to Oregon Trail:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157600108852641/

3) Chet Simpson has a demo testing his VGM player that will support the original Speech Systems Symphony 12 card, or Jim Brains Philharmonic 12. He still has a way to go, but the Moon Patrol theme at the beginning sounds very much like the arcade:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157602710247641/

4) Todd Wallace has a demo of simple OPL music player based on Ed Sniders CCT (Coco Chip Tunes) format that he plans on using as the base of an OS9 player.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157603182972641/

5) Amigos Retro Gaming has a few new Coco videos:

https://youtu.be/Kacg-R-b3cs

https://youtu.be/_RDkZKJtkDk

https://youtu.be/IYj2BlYvLYg

6) Petsasjim1 has some more Dragon videos:

Dragrunner (Kind of Frogger with guns?):

https://youtu.be/T0_dXReupXc

Fireball (written in BASIC):

https://youtu.be/71zRvBlNv3k

Fireforce

https://youtu.be/mscZ1gtgyUQ

Fearless Freddy:

https://youtu.be/jZqXHb_sV-g?t=46

Folly's Farm Chicken Run:

https://youtu.be/jRFTUqM5ITs?t=11

Football Manager: Manage your Football (Soccer to us North Americans) team, and low res game play views as well.

https://youtu.be/JZWVv4nreIg?t=18

7) Gigerpunk has a game video for the Dragon that was a game promo for Weetabix cereal

https://youtu.be/tY1S4LF2dc0

8) CanadianRetroThings has part two of his MC-10 video up on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/WJleDGNi5dY

9) David OConner put a video up showing some custom fonts/palettes using the CocoVGA running on his Coco 1. https://youtu.be/TvXa2UMvU3w

10) Simon Jonassen has an animated 10 color palette demo, based on his RGB/10 color demo he did previously, which will be the base background for a much fancier looking demo he is working on.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157617349797641/

11) James Jones mentioned on Facebook that the Paul Schreiber interview (from Tandy Assembly) is up on YouTube:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157613982202641/

12) Davy Mitchell has updates to SGEDIT online semigraphics screen editing tool, and Rob Inman also found out that it works fine from iOS (in addition to desktop browers):

https://hardcore-jackson-6272e8.netlify.com/

13) New cartoon from D. Bruce Moore:

http://joey.gracenote.ca/004-syntax-errors/

VOLUME 1 OF COCO 1/2 6309 ENHANCED GAMES (will work on Coco 3 as well - and if you do POKE 65497,0, some of them *really* run fast) - Includes 6309 sped up versions of 3 old Coco 1/2 games.

https://youtu.be/DdDHVTEjoS8

To download:

http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/Coco12-6309games-volume1.zip

Live interactive video streams:

https://www.youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/live

https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive

https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/

https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive

Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]

Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live

Join us for daily conversations on Discord:  https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm

To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com

CoCoTALK! video episode 131 - With Floyd Resler, Chet Simpson and Inside CoCoTALK!

Some news stories for October 26, 2019 show:

1) Jim Gerrie release "Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords" for the MC-10.

https://youtu.be/Ovdg0AiZwZQ

2) Brian Palmer has been experimenting with custom Coco 3 palettes for the Dragon game (that works on the Coco) called Back Track:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157585763007641/

3) Paul Shoemaker has gotten a fair bit further on his port of the Apple II version of Oregon Trail to the Coco:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157585460487641/

4) Related to this: Vintage is the New World has an article on (and mini interview with) Paul Shoemaker about his port of Oregon Trail:

https://vintageisthenewold.com/after-35-years-the-trs-80-color-computer-will-get-a-faithful-port-of-the-classic-game-the-oregon-trail/

5) Diego Barizo has released version 4.0 of his X-Filer virtual disk utility for the Coco 3:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157583688102641/

6) petsasjim1 on YouTube has been adding more Dragon 32/64 game videos, of course - a neat one is a text adventure game that not only has an interesting user interface, but allows up to 4 players.

Death Cruise 4 player:

https://youtu.be/dq_gaKY6yjc

The Dark Pit (which actually works with the Tandy Electronic Book, too!):

https://youtu.be/NLxygDDNnIY?t=96

Cyclops (Semigraphics Pacman type game):

https://youtu.be/-z_Wq6BoZ78

Cuthbert in the Cooler:

https://youtu.be/wUgIKWGpmYM

Dragon Golf:

https://youtu.be/lSXGsk4ldSE

Dragon Trek (a graphical Star Trek game):

https://youtu.be/wsffitkCXP8?t=10

And another Dragon Trek (completely different), also graphical game

https://youtu.be/5pg7qgEmWZ8

7) Amigos Retro Gaming did a play of Poltergeist on real hardware:

https://youtu.be/CGh9jMui6dc

8) Dave Philipsen has a video showing some of the progress he has made on his CocoDEV board - which features an FPGA 6809 core running at 25 MHz and with BASIC.

https://youtu.be/kztLj53tNfA

9) Stevie himself did a couple of special Coco YouTube videos this past Tuesday. One was a demo of some BASIC games using the extended features of the CocoVGA, which included Brendan Donahe & his daughter Morgan (Brendan is the man behind the CocoVGA, and his daughter wrote the games and designed the custom characters):

https://youtu.be/s96dGe14Jw0

His second video had Sheldon MacDonald as his guest, and he was showing prototypes of Sheldon's new Coco controllers, demonstrating multiple games with it:

https://youtu.be/iQ7e8udWi44

10) Bill Pierce uploaded a video (from VCC) of his horizontal scrolling demo again, this time written in assembly. One thing that happened during people testing it on real hardware, is that it was causing screen glitches on real 2 MB RAM systems (both Triad+ and Boomerang E2). It appears to be a timing problem if running the computer at .895 MHz. On both boards, it runs fine if running at 1.78 Mhz) (a huge discussion trying to track down what what happening is in the comments).

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157584143357641/

And, more discussion on the 2MB / video above 512k issue:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157594300962641/

11) Steve Bamford has a new video displaying a Halloween themed level in his upcoming GMC cartridge game, 'kiruke-no-shima-circe'

12) CanadianRetroThings has put up a video about his MC-10 (including his 16K RAM pack & cassette), with general info, etc. A bonus - he has a modified MC-10 which has 8K on the main board, but still only goes to 20K with the 16K pack added in. This is also labelled as "Part 1", so he is planning on more MC-10 content in the future. (He also plays Minefield, written by our own Ken Reighard). Unfortunately, I think the 8K RAM upgrade is causing problems with the 16K upgrade pack (as seen on PacMan)

https://youtu.be/cwCvuT2oRs8

13) Simon Jonassen has graphic/game demo that he has been working on for the Coco 3:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157598804057641/

14) Ben Drakes has made a video playing Ken Kalish's Escape game (which was the first use of the engine he used for Phantom Slayer) using his VR rig:

https://youtu.be/lKFdnLs0lGo

CoCoTALK! audio episode 131 - With Floyd Resler, Chet Simpson and Inside CoCoTALK!

Some news stories for October 26, 2019 show:

1) Jim Gerrie release "Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords" for the MC-10.

https://youtu.be/Ovdg0AiZwZQ

2) Brian Palmer has been experimenting with custom Coco 3 palettes for the Dragon game (that works on the Coco) called Back Track:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157585763007641/

3) Paul Shoemaker has gotten a fair bit further on his port of the Apple II version of Oregon Trail to the Coco:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157585460487641/

4) Related to this: Vintage is the New World has an article on (and mini interview with) Paul Shoemaker about his port of Oregon Trail:

https://vintageisthenewold.com/after-35-years-the-trs-80-color-computer-will-get-a-faithful-port-of-the-classic-game-the-oregon-trail/

5) Diego Barizo has released version 4.0 of his X-Filer virtual disk utility for the Coco 3:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157583688102641/

6) petsasjim1 on YouTube has been adding more Dragon 32/64 game videos, of course - a neat one is a text adventure game that not only has an interesting user interface, but allows up to 4 players.

Death Cruise 4 player:

https://youtu.be/dq_gaKY6yjc

The Dark Pit (which actually works with the Tandy Electronic Book, too!):

https://youtu.be/NLxygDDNnIY?t=96

Cyclops (Semigraphics Pacman type game):

https://youtu.be/-z_Wq6BoZ78

Cuthbert in the Cooler:

https://youtu.be/wUgIKWGpmYM

Dragon Golf:

https://youtu.be/lSXGsk4ldSE

Dragon Trek (a graphical Star Trek game):

https://youtu.be/wsffitkCXP8?t=10

And another Dragon Trek (completely different), also graphical game

https://youtu.be/5pg7qgEmWZ8

7) Amigos Retro Gaming did a play of Poltergeist on real hardware:

https://youtu.be/CGh9jMui6dc

8) Dave Philipsen has a video showing some of the progress he has made on his CocoDEV board - which features an FPGA 6809 core running at 25 MHz and with BASIC.

https://youtu.be/kztLj53tNfA

9) Stevie himself did a couple of special Coco YouTube videos this past Tuesday. One was a demo of some BASIC games using the extended features of the CocoVGA, which included Brendan Donahe & his daughter Morgan (Brendan is the man behind the CocoVGA, and his daughter wrote the games and designed the custom characters):

https://youtu.be/s96dGe14Jw0

His second video had Sheldon MacDonald as his guest, and he was showing prototypes of Sheldon's new Coco controllers, demonstrating multiple games with it:

https://youtu.be/iQ7e8udWi44

10) Bill Pierce uploaded a video (from VCC) of his horizontal scrolling demo again, this time written in assembly. One thing that happened during people testing it on real hardware, is that it was causing screen glitches on real 2 MB RAM systems (both Triad+ and Boomerang E2). It appears to be a timing problem if running the computer at .895 MHz. On both boards, it runs fine if running at 1.78 Mhz) (a huge discussion trying to track down what what happening is in the comments).

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157584143357641/

And, more discussion on the 2MB / video above 512k issue:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157594300962641/

11) Steve Bamford has a new video displaying a Halloween themed level in his upcoming GMC cartridge game, 'kiruke-no-shima-circe'

12) CanadianRetroThings has put up a video about his MC-10 (including his 16K RAM pack & cassette), with general info, etc. A bonus - he has a modified MC-10 which has 8K on the main board, but still only goes to 20K with the 16K pack added in. This is also labelled as "Part 1", so he is planning on more MC-10 content in the future. (He also plays Minefield, written by our own Ken Reighard). Unfortunately, I think the 8K RAM upgrade is causing problems with the 16K upgrade pack (as seen on PacMan)

https://youtu.be/cwCvuT2oRs8

13) Simon Jonassen has graphic/game demo that he has been working on for the Coco 3:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157598804057641/

14) Ben Drakes has made a video playing Ken Kalish's Escape game (which was the first use of the engine he used for Phantom Slayer) using his VR rig:

https://youtu.be/lKFdnLs0lGo

Featuring game development updates from Chet Simpson, CoCo news from around the globe, and a little show and tell from the CoCoTALK! panel.

Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]

Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live

Join us for daily conversations on Discord:  https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm

To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com

Some news stories for October 19, 2019 show:

1) Petsasjim1 has put up more Dragon gameplay videos (Copta Snatch & Cosmic Crusader are quite good):

Chuckie Egg+

https://youtu.be/M5tUCIujuM0

Chateau of Gold (interesting interface for a text adventure game):

https://youtu.be/1ZPXujEkKuA

Championship Darts:

https://youtu.be/avMxWV-ctAA

Clowns:

https://youtu.be/y8LkGXLuByM

And Clowns part 2?

https://youtu.be/n5GBfL24EUU

Tom Mix Colour Golf:

https://youtu.be/lv77A9n1Lx4

Convoy:

https://youtu.be/-OmZ--aWfZs

Cuthbert in Space:

https://youtu.be/2LWsEs8VrH0

Cuthbert Goes Digging:

https://youtu.be/IZO9ccNYHhE

Cuthbert and the Golden Chalice (jump to 2 minutes in to show multiple screens):

https://youtu.be/8wJLMhkuAlU

The Cricklewood Incident (another cool "GUI" for an adventure game):

https://youtu.be/-uuHvdS2uDQ?t=45

Cruising (actual gameplay starts around 2:20)

https://youtu.be/MPNM77DepAs

Crusader:

https://youtu.be/t0EfMpM9FGw

Copta Snatch (A hi-res semi-graphics game similar to Chopper Strike/Scramble):

https://youtu.be/EysJf_Xap74

Cosmic Crusader:

https://youtu.be/CBCTVlo-PH8

2) Ed Snider (Zippsterzone.com) has his shrunken footprint Orchestra-90 cards for sale (called CocoDAC-16).

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157559098787641/

3) Paul Shoemaker has an update on his porting Oregeon Trail from the Apple II to the Coco:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157560611492641/

4) John Linville has made a video demonstrating his first version of replacing the standard Extended BASIC PLAY for the GMC

https://youtu.be/uj-WKwgIGy8

5) ShareSquid put up another "Tips and Tricks" video, this time for Dungeons of Daggorath:

https://youtu.be/WGofc41TV6k

6) Frédériic Griignon Posted a video on Facebook about a video game tournament from Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1983. The price as a 16K Coco 1, and the competition was playing Mega Bug. All in French.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157566416852641/

7) Matchy released a video showing a Coco generating a QR code (and using the Axel F MOD file playing using Sock Master's MOD player as background music), and showing that is scannable.

https://youtu.be/DyAYuW-hG9o

8) GigerPunk on YouTube started to do long play Dragon game reviews about a year ago - on the real hardware, but I just found out about his page with his latest video, released this week.. He also reads out the original instructions, too.

When he got his Dragon:

https://youtu.be/gUJ3u--7V-I

Transylvanian Tower:

https://youtu.be/BLi4B7_6r7I

Phantom Slayer:

https://youtu.be/KUenov72GQ0

Backtrack:

https://youtu.be/Dqjb717REmw

9) Secretly helped by our own host Steve Strowbridge, Manny Wolfe II got an awesome anniversary present from his wife & Cloud 9 - a 2 MB RAM, 6309 Coco 3 (including 2048K replacement sticker):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157570045997641/

10) Rick Adams put up some details and background story behind his first game cartridge, Temple of Rom, that he has discovered while going through the sourcecode, with an eye on making an updated version of the game:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157578172622641/

11) Neil Blanchard put up a photo of some Game Master Cartridge boards being manufactered, as the unstoppable onslaught of winter starts approaching us that live in the Great White North:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157577927592641/

12) Simon Jonassen put up some graphic images showing a technique that he is working on of (I think) just using the primary RGB (& black & white) colors with dithering, and alternating lines vertically with red, blue and green based palettes to make it appear as if more colors are being display (kind of like a zoomed up version of the RGB phospher dots that appear in a triangle on a TV):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157577945362641/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157578152282641/

13) Glenside has released the latest Coco~123 newsletter, with some tweaks by brand new newsletter editor, Stevie Strowbridge:

https://glensideccc.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ede30d58ff87ad93d480d6401&id=10507e4a80&e=d6af30851b

13) Stevie has gotten Steve Bjork's assembly series in a separate playlist on his Youtube account:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDfh7JjQaSYAs92js43dJ05ytKqswUV4

He also has a download page for the slides and sample files from the tutorial:

http://cocotalk.live/6809asm/

Featuring game development updates from Chet Simpson, CoCo news from around the globe, and a little show and tell from the CoCoTALK! panel.

Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]

Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live

Join us for daily conversations on Discord:  https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm

To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com

Some news stories for October 19, 2019 show:

1) Petsasjim1 has put up more Dragon gameplay videos (Copta Snatch & Cosmic Crusader are quite good):

Chuckie Egg+

https://youtu.be/M5tUCIujuM0

Chateau of Gold (interesting interface for a text adventure game):

https://youtu.be/1ZPXujEkKuA

Championship Darts:

https://youtu.be/avMxWV-ctAA

Clowns:

https://youtu.be/y8LkGXLuByM

And Clowns part 2?

https://youtu.be/n5GBfL24EUU

Tom Mix Colour Golf:

https://youtu.be/lv77A9n1Lx4

Convoy:

https://youtu.be/-OmZ--aWfZs

Cuthbert in Space:

https://youtu.be/2LWsEs8VrH0

Cuthbert Goes Digging:

https://youtu.be/IZO9ccNYHhE

Cuthbert and the Golden Chalice (jump to 2 minutes in to show multiple screens):

https://youtu.be/8wJLMhkuAlU

The Cricklewood Incident (another cool "GUI" for an adventure game):

https://youtu.be/-uuHvdS2uDQ?t=45

Cruising (actual gameplay starts around 2:20)

https://youtu.be/MPNM77DepAs

Crusader:

https://youtu.be/t0EfMpM9FGw

Copta Snatch (A hi-res semi-graphics game similar to Chopper Strike/Scramble):

https://youtu.be/EysJf_Xap74

Cosmic Crusader:

https://youtu.be/CBCTVlo-PH8

2) Ed Snider (Zippsterzone.com) has his shrunken footprint Orchestra-90 cards for sale (called CocoDAC-16).

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157559098787641/

3) Paul Shoemaker has an update on his porting Oregeon Trail from the Apple II to the Coco:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157560611492641/

4) John Linville has made a video demonstrating his first version of replacing the standard Extended BASIC PLAY for the GMC

https://youtu.be/uj-WKwgIGy8

5) ShareSquid put up another "Tips and Tricks" video, this time for Dungeons of Daggorath:

https://youtu.be/WGofc41TV6k

6) Frédériic Griignon Posted a video on Facebook about a video game tournament from Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1983. The price as a 16K Coco 1, and the competition was playing Mega Bug. All in French.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157566416852641/

7) Matchy released a video showing a Coco generating a QR code (and using the Axel F MOD file playing using Sock Master's MOD player as background music), and showing that is scannable.

https://youtu.be/DyAYuW-hG9o

8) GigerPunk on YouTube started to do long play Dragon game reviews about a year ago - on the real hardware, but I just found out about his page with his latest video, released this week.. He also reads out the original instructions, too.

When he got his Dragon:

https://youtu.be/gUJ3u--7V-I

Transylvanian Tower:

https://youtu.be/BLi4B7_6r7I

Phantom Slayer:

https://youtu.be/KUenov72GQ0

Backtrack:

https://youtu.be/Dqjb717REmw

9) Secretly helped by our own host Steve Strowbridge, Manny Wolfe II got an awesome anniversary present from his wife & Cloud 9 - a 2 MB RAM, 6309 Coco 3 (including 2048K replacement sticker):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157570045997641/

10) Rick Adams put up some details and background story behind his first game cartridge, Temple of Rom, that he has discovered while going through the sourcecode, with an eye on making an updated version of the game:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157578172622641/

11) Neil Blanchard put up a photo of some Game Master Cartridge boards being manufactered, as the unstoppable onslaught of winter starts approaching us that live in the Great White North:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157577927592641/

12) Simon Jonassen put up some graphic images showing a technique that he is working on of (I think) just using the primary RGB (& black & white) colors with dithering, and alternating lines vertically with red, blue and green based palettes to make it appear as if more colors are being display (kind of like a zoomed up version of the RGB phospher dots that appear in a triangle on a TV):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157577945362641/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157578152282641/

13) Glenside has released the latest Coco~123 newsletter, with some tweaks by brand new newsletter editor, Stevie Strowbridge:

https://glensideccc.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ede30d58ff87ad93d480d6401&id=10507e4a80&e=d6af30851b

13) Stevie has gotten Steve Bjork's assembly series in a separate playlist on his Youtube account:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDfh7JjQaSYAs92js43dJ05ytKqswUV4

He also has a download page for the slides and sample files from the tutorial:

http://cocotalk.live/6809asm/

The top story this week was the results of the Glenside Color Computer Club election results, we also heard project updates from the panel, and reviewed a lot of Coco, MC-10 and Dragon news from around the globe.

Some news stories for October 12, 2019 show:

0) Glenside election results

• President - Eric Canales

1) Jim Gerrie has been fixing more bugs, and slightly speeding up his Akalabeth port to the MC-10 (he even took a suggestion from Curtis Boyle!):

http://jimgerrie.blogspot.com/2019/10/retrochallenge-201910-akalabeth-another.html

https://youtu.be/n9lCJjo-MJc

Unfortunately, his blog has a later update from Thursday, October 10th, that he is running out of BASIC memory, even on the MCX-128, to be able to fit the whole game on the MC-10 - and the Coco will have a lot of the same issues. So it may have to wait until we get time to work on the a (Nitr)OS9 Level 2 BASIC09 version, where we can get >32K for a BASIC program.

http://jimgerrie.blogspot.com/2019/10/retrochallenge-201910-coco-version.html

2) Roger Taylor is sending out feelers on Facebook about a "computer on a channel" for Roku, where you will be able to use a Coco 3 emulator through the Roku:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157540291702641/

3) Amigos Retro Gaming did a live stream of some classic computer game playing, including a sizable chunk on the Coco 1/2/3 (starting about 59 minutes in for the Coco). Paul Fiscarelli and myself helped supply tips & some game suggestions, and even Rick Adams popped by for a little bit.

https://youtu.be/ofiWbjGcKPQ?t=3540

4) Amigos Retro Gaming have also released the video of episode 1 of their Coco game podcast (the Coco Show) which features Poltergeist and Sailor Man

https://youtu.be/uxxvmehrA_o

And the audio version is up as well:

https://anchor.fm/thecocoshow

5) Aaron from Amigos Retro gaming also did a video of him playing Sailor Man live, showing a lot of the features, all 3 levels, the inviso screen, etc.

https://youtu.be/mOBgt-GE9Z0

6) Ed Snider has some preliminary designs for his new Coco 3+ - but this time for the case. It will have an external keyboard, but a built in MPI, and be in a compact, cube shape.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157542665227641/

And an actual prototype, showing the 2 slots built in:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157552612097641/

7) ShareSquid on YouTube did video play of Downland showing some tips and tricks - running on real hardware with a deluxe joystick.

https://youtu.be/PyoVOjIP1ig

He also did a companion piece - "Dumb Ways to Die" in Downland:

https://youtu.be/DoY_FSrqPgw

8) Our own Brian Wieseler has pictures of (and demo video from) the Dazzle video capture device, capturing composite from a Coco 3. It seems to be an excellent job:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157550440267641/

9) Petsasjim1 on YouTube did more Dragon game play videos, including (This is not all of them by far):

Cave Fighter (a Scramble type game - but with some cool wall barriers added):

https://youtu.be/cMT1pstBFcc?t=14

Caverns of Doom (BASIC adventure game with RPG elements):

https://youtu.be/eGJX-xRlK1I

Capture the Flag:

https://youtu.be/9QfoDR87zbk

Buzzin Bertie (never seen this one before, not sure what the goal is):

https://youtu.be/LPf-KCdYKqQ?t=18

Bust-Out! (A higher semi-graphics version of Bustout with a fair number of game options - including some multi-voice music in the background at times & win you complete a screen):

https://youtu.be/231Qys-6AUg?t=157

Bug Diver (reminds me of Shark Treasure):

https://youtu.be/iahDeU1SODc?t=9

Bubble Buster (Popcorn style game):

https://youtu.be/6XQcH1kVDIE?t=15

Brock's Kingdom:

https://youtu.be/RpFeT4GtWoQ?t=25

Boulder Crash2 - which is a revised version of Boulder Dash that actually contains a level editor:

https://youtu.be/85CLAWyYtns?t=5

Bonka (Space Panic type game):

https://youtu.be/ZgV63G5CYNs

The top story this week was the results of the Glenside Color Computer Club election results, we also heard project updates from the panel, and reviewed a lot of Coco, MC-10 and Dragon news from around the globe.

Some news stories for October 12, 2019 show:

0) Glenside election results

• President - Eric Canales

1) Jim Gerrie has been fixing more bugs, and slightly speeding up his Akalabeth port to the MC-10 (he even took a suggestion from Curtis Boyle!):

http://jimgerrie.blogspot.com/2019/10/retrochallenge-201910-akalabeth-another.html

https://youtu.be/n9lCJjo-MJc

Unfortunately, his blog has a later update from Thursday, October 10th, that he is running out of BASIC memory, even on the MCX-128, to be able to fit the whole game on the MC-10 - and the Coco will have a lot of the same issues. So it may have to wait until we get time to work on the a (Nitr)OS9 Level 2 BASIC09 version, where we can get >32K for a BASIC program.

http://jimgerrie.blogspot.com/2019/10/retrochallenge-201910-coco-version.html

2) Roger Taylor is sending out feelers on Facebook about a "computer on a channel" for Roku, where you will be able to use a Coco 3 emulator through the Roku:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157540291702641/

3) Amigos Retro Gaming did a live stream of some classic computer game playing, including a sizable chunk on the Coco 1/2/3 (starting about 59 minutes in for the Coco). Paul Fiscarelli and myself helped supply tips & some game suggestions, and even Rick Adams popped by for a little bit.

https://youtu.be/ofiWbjGcKPQ?t=3540

4) Amigos Retro Gaming have also released the video of episode 1 of their Coco game podcast (the Coco Show) which features Poltergeist and Sailor Man

https://youtu.be/uxxvmehrA_o

And the audio version is up as well:

https://anchor.fm/thecocoshow

5) Aaron from Amigos Retro gaming also did a video of him playing Sailor Man live, showing a lot of the features, all 3 levels, the inviso screen, etc.

https://youtu.be/mOBgt-GE9Z0

6) Ed Snider has some preliminary designs for his new Coco 3+ - but this time for the case. It will have an external keyboard, but a built in MPI, and be in a compact, cube shape.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157542665227641/

And an actual prototype, showing the 2 slots built in:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157552612097641/

7) ShareSquid on YouTube did video play of Downland showing some tips and tricks - running on real hardware with a deluxe joystick.

https://youtu.be/PyoVOjIP1ig

He also did a companion piece - "Dumb Ways to Die" in Downland:

https://youtu.be/DoY_FSrqPgw

8) Our own Brian Wieseler has pictures of (and demo video from) the Dazzle video capture device, capturing composite from a Coco 3. It seems to be an excellent job:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157550440267641/

9) Petsasjim1 on YouTube did more Dragon game play videos, including (This is not all of them by far):

Cave Fighter (a Scramble type game - but with some cool wall barriers added):

https://youtu.be/cMT1pstBFcc?t=14

Caverns of Doom (BASIC adventure game with RPG elements):

https://youtu.be/eGJX-xRlK1I

Capture the Flag:

https://youtu.be/9QfoDR87zbk

Buzzin Bertie (never seen this one before, not sure what the goal is):

https://youtu.be/LPf-KCdYKqQ?t=18

Bust-Out! (A higher semi-graphics version of Bustout with a fair number of game options - including some multi-voice music in the background at times & win you complete a screen):

https://youtu.be/231Qys-6AUg?t=157

Bug Diver (reminds me of Shark Treasure):

https://youtu.be/iahDeU1SODc?t=9

Bubble Buster (Popcorn style game):

https://youtu.be/6XQcH1kVDIE?t=15

Brock's Kingdom:

https://youtu.be/RpFeT4GtWoQ?t=25

Boulder Crash2 - which is a revised version of Boulder Dash that actually contains a level editor:

https://youtu.be/85CLAWyYtns?t=5

Bonka (Space Panic type game):

https://youtu.be/ZgV63G5CYNs

The CoCoTALKers did a whole lot of CoCoTALKing this week :)  No major topic just a lot of panel discussions.

We saw an update on some new 3D printed cased from John Strong for the Ian Mavrick FD-502 reproduction cartridge.

We had a host discussion on favorite CoCo Arcade Game/Clone/Derivative that one might enjoy more than the arcade original.

And CoCo/Dragon and MC-10 news from around the web.

Some news stories for October 5, 2019 show:

1) Ed Snider announced that him and Gary Becker will continue to collaborate after the GIME-X project is done (which seems to be soon now), and will make a full blown Coco 4!

2) Todd Wallace has started implementing copying files between DECB and OS9 in his disk utility:

3) Sheldon MacDonald showed off his prototype mini game controller for the Coco (smaller than a black beauty joystick):

4) Jim Gerrie has an update video to his MC-10/MCX-128 Akalabeth port (The predecessor to Ultima).

He also has a blog entry for it now:

5) Matchy has a new video (shown *greatly* sped up, not in real time) of 3D mapping (both outline and filled) using tessellation terrain maps. The first part is on the Coco 1/2 in semigraphics graphics; the later parts on the Coco 3 with 16 colors.

6) Interesting discussion on Facebook started by our very own Nick Marotta - what game ports (official or clone) did one prefer to play on the Coco vs. the actual arcade (not including the influence who not having to pay quarters).

7) "Petsasjlm1" on YouTube has been using XRoar to play a bunch of old Dragon games, which he seems to be playing in alphabetic order. I don't think he is too familar with the platform, as some of them he doesn't get very far at all. But there are some good videos of Dragon unique titles:

Balldozer (Arkanoid style game): https://youtu.be/LevwtgRePfE

Beanstalker (Lode Runner clone): https://youtu.be/OKBEYaDm9tI

The Bells:  https://youtu.be/MDiOrdniHc8?t=47

8) Richard Kelly put up a program to check for true lowercase T1 VDG by checking it one has Color Basic 1.3 installed. Now, the two are not tied together, hardware wise, but does anyone know if Tandy sold Color Basic 1.3 on anything but T1 equipped Coco 2's (and Coco 3's)?

9) Daniel Campos & Luciano Scharf have some pictures from the RetroSC gathering in Brazil, showing various Coco's and some of the Brazilian clones:

10) Paul Shoemaker has some pics from a possible upcoming Coco project (one of several people to delve into porting Oregon Trail to the Coco).

11) Amigos Retro Gaming (on YouTube) did a live stream of several of their shows in a row on Friday night. One of them is their new Coco gaming show (which featured Poltergeist and Sailor Man), but it hasn't been posted yet (Their Sinclair show, recorded just before the Coco show, just got posted this morning, so I assume that it is coming soon).

12) Retro Arcade gaming has done a Space Invaders clone, which includes several Coco/Dragon ports (including the transcode) (I would have picked Mark Data Products clone for the Coco 1/2 over the Spectral one, myself):