Show notes
This week we'll look at the world premiere of the latest game from Nick Marentes, Rally SG, inspired by Rally-X from the arcade, it uses the 9-color semi-graphics mode, and will run on a CoCo 1,2,3 and Dragon with 64K. http://nickmarentes.com/ This along with CoCo and retro news, GameOn! results, the new game of the week, projects, updates, acquisitions, and all kinds of CoCo goodness! Time Stamps:
News stories for Episode #166, June 27, 2020 show:=================================================1) CanadianRetroThings has a new video out showing him hooking up his giant Panasonic TV/Radio/Cassette deck to his MC-10 this time: https://youtu.be/3j-fA5kBUdo 2) Davy Mitchell posted a link to his blog, "Davy's Retro Corner", in the Dragon Facebook group. This entry talks about a 3D terrain generating program https://davysretrocorner.blogspot.com/2020/06/type-in-dragon-user-fault-line-graphics.html 3) The Trash Talk (TRS-80) podcast has game programming contest, that includes the Coco. http://www.trs-80.org.uk/2020competition.html 4) Tim Halloran has a video demonstrating him powering his Coco 2 - from USB: https://youtu.be/qfa4Db2OwE8 5) Keith (ChibiAkumas on YouTube) has his 2nd 6809 assembly language tutorial up - this episode covers the 6809 addressing modes: https://youtu.be/JpIi85GWDRo 6) Ed Snider has some photos of his 32K RAM MC-10 board in the making https://www.facebook.com/groups/731424100317748/permalink/2969740209819448/ Game On news:=============1) Paul Shoemaker is working on a Coco 3 only Dungeon Crawler, and shows a sample screen using a tileset he purchased: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158370706662641/ 2) Neil Blanchard has ROM cartridge versions of Rick Adam's "Bomb Threat" game available again, for $30.https://www.facebook.com/groups/1606095809633762/permalink/2636663219910344/?sale_post_id=2636663219910344 3) Neil also has the new cartridge game by Evan Wright called 3D Monster Maze, which is a Coco 1/2 version of the gamehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1606095809633762/permalink/2636658969910769/?sale_post_id=2636658969910769 Evan also upload a video of the final version in action: https://youtu.be/4uqWLrzsd2U 4) Cuthbert Dragon has a few new Dragon gameplay videos of note this week: https://www.youtube.com/user/MaryWinstead32/videos- Monsters 5) Ciaran has released an updated Coco version of the Dragon game ROTABB's - it now includes the original loaded an opening story: http://www.6809.org.uk/tmp/da/coco_ports/ 6) Nick Marentes has a video out to promote his Rally-SG game for all Coco's and the Dragon's (with at least 64K), which is getting released in August: https://youtu.be/9lUiwo7Zly4 Email any suggestions you have for the show to [email protected]Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.liveJoin us for daily conversations on Discord: http://discord.cocotalk.liveTo find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.comCustom artwork designed by Instagram artist Joel M. Adams:https://www.instagram.com/artistjoelmadams/Custom CoCoTALK! and retro merchandise is available at:http://8bit256.comConsider becoming a patron of the show:https://patreon.com/ogsteviestrowLive interactive video streams:https://www.youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/livehttps://www.facebook.com/cocotalklivehttps://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive


