The CoCo Nation Show

CoCoTALK #14 06-24-2017

Episode 14 - Media Players - Dunjunz - Xroar and more!

This week we'll talk about Ed Snider's Media Player for the CoCo.  We'll also talk with Ciaran Anscomb, the author of Xroar, a fine CoCo and Dragon emulator, and look at his current project, a port of DunJunz!

Check out the Dunjunz blog here:

http://www.6809.org.uk/dev/dunjunz/

Check out Xroar here:

http://www.6809.org.uk/xroar/

Check out Ed Snider's Zipster Zone:

https://sites.google.com/site/thezippsterzone/home

On the call:

• Fedor Steeman

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/oqLx8LoFEOs

CoCoTALK #13 06-17-2016

Episode 13 - Jim Gerrie Goodies - Surprise guests Steve Bjork and Neil Brookings!

This week on CoCo TALK let's talk about:

Jim Gerrie's Goodies:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBnbsv3fA8&list=UUUtXDjPX3EbKaByo5MeFlYg

Jim Gerrie makes tons of games for the MC-10 and for the CoCo, let's look at some of the latest ones.

We had an unexpected visit from Steve Bjork, and heard some great stories and insight into a ton of things, too many to mention, you'll just have to listen.

Neil Brookings, aka Neil Blanchard from the CoCo Crew Podcast stopped by, too, and we talked about Tandy Assembly updates, and more!

On the show:

• Mark Overholser

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/dBGA_0scmjk

CoCoTALK #12 06-11-217

Episode 12 - Setting up MAME to be a CoCo - Hotel Elevator Man, project updates, random talk, and more!

We are back for CoCo TALK #12 the nation's leading (and only) live weekly talk show about the Tandy Color Computer!

We'll talk about and demonstrate how to configure MAME to run as a Color Computer Emulator

http://mamedev.org/release.html

Which will require ROMS from the Color Computer Archive:

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/ROMs/MESS/

We'll talk about Nick Marentes' latest blog post for his game in development Gun Star

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nickma/Gunstar/03.html

Take a look at Glen Hewlett's latest YouTube video showing his Pac-Man port to the coco compared to the real game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrjF21Vou4M&feature=youtu.be

Perhaps discuss our "favorite" or the "best" and "worst" CoCo emulators (all subject to individual opinion), and whatever else comes up!

On the Show:

• Barry Nelson

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/x15fcSBAn5o

Live interview with Tim Lindner on the emulation of the Tandy Speech Sound Cartridge in MAME

Original air date:  June 4th 2017

Link to livestream replay:  https://youtu.be/X1CMs1tqyhg

Today we will talk with Tim Lindner about his announcement this week on the Tandy Speech and Sound Cartridge being emulated in the latest release of MAME 0.187.

We will see and hear first hand this amazing accomplishment, and hear first hand, from Tim

1. Q&A about the speech pak and it's emulation

Please join us to celebrate a crowning achievement in CoCo History!

Check out Tim's Blog: http://tlindner.macmess.org/

On the show:

• Tim Linder

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/Of_t4IGHRMk

Episode 11: 06-03-2017

CoCoTALK #11 - Speech/Sound pack emulation, Creating CoCo Cartridges, Podcast Review, Assembly vs. Machine Code and more!

We are back for CoCo Talk #11 the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer!

This week's hot topics?

- How about the Speech and Sound Pack being emulated to MAME!

- To cart or not to cart, the pros and cons of putting a CoCo game on a cartridge, and the market for it

- CoCo Crew Podcast #24 review discussion

- Latest line up for Tandy Assembly

- Machine code vs Assembly

And, whatever else our panel and viewers wish to discuss.

On the show:

• Nick Marentes

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/Of_t4IGHRMk

Episode 010:  05-27-2017

CoCoTALK #10 - What is your favorite CoCo game? - Hardware discussions, and more!

We are back for CoCo TALK #10 and this week, the primary topic is What is your favorite Color Computer Game?  We'll talk CoCo games, what's our favorite, what we liked about that game, tips/tricks, etc.  We may even play a few games live, on-demand.

We will also talk about CoCo hardware, CoCo motherboard versions, serial numbers, you name it!

On the show:

• Nick Marentes

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/oaw191h0Vtk

Episode 09:  05-20-2017

DriveWire on VCC, project updates, Pac-Man port video and more!

This week on CoCo TALK we have a nice array of topics to discuss and demonstrate, along with whatever else the panel and viewers wish to discuss.

On the agenda:

• Setting up DriveWire to work with VCC:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/drivewireserver/?source=typ_redirect

On the show:

• Nick Marentes

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/u8PAR1ggLew

Prolific game developer Dale Lear will be chatting with us live as we celebrate his iconic and memorable games for the Tandy Color Computer;  Fire Copter, Pick Which, Color Baseball and Doubleback, which as also ported to the iPhone and iPad 32 years later!

Special guest-host Rick Adams, author of Temple of ROM and Shanghai for the CoCo, along with Curtis Boyle of the CoCo Games List web site, Nick Marentes and the original gamer, Stevie Strow.

The special announcement take-away from this video, is that Dale and all respective parties have given us permission to download all his games for free, they are available at Curtis Boyle's web site:  http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/coco_game_list.html

• Check out Dale's music video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFjL3-XaVKc

Episode 008: 05-13-2017 CoCo Sprites, Embarrassing moments, has hardware gone too far?

We are back for the 8th CoCo TALK featuring a bunch of old guys talking about an old computer, what's more exciting than that?  This week we'll talk about some topics that have been around the web, between the CoCo mailing list and the CoCo Facebook group, there's never a shortage of discussions to weigh in on.

Compiled sprites, what's your most embarrassing moment? Have we gone "too far" with hardware upgrades? All these topics and more!

On the show:

• Nick Marentes

Links:

• Original live stream:   https://youtu.be/sHXdXDsf3a8

Episode 007: 05-06-2017 Beginners and Newbies edition

We are back for CoCo TALK #7 this one is dedicated to the beginners, and new members of the CoCo community, and we are going to try and keep the "depth" of the technical jargon as shallow as possible, and hopefully have a safe and friendly place where we can ask any type of questions, regardless of how "simple" or "basic" it may seem about the Tandy Color Computer, the retro computer hobby, programming in BASIC, how to set up or use a CoCo, what emulators to use, what's the "Best" CoCo to get, what about CoCo alternatives, etc.

On the show:

• Nick Marentes

Links:

• Original live stream:  https://youtu.be/5HVx2VzBVQs

• You can visit CoCoTALK! on the web  http://cocotalk.live/