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Sunday Oct 13, 2019
Sunday Oct 13, 2019
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
- Secretary - Rich Bair
- Treasurer - Brian Goers
- VicePresident - John Mark Mobley
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
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
And the audio version is up as well:
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.
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.
He also did a companion piece - "Dumb Ways to Die" in Downland:
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):
Capture the Flag:
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):
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