Episode 166 - Rally SG premiere

2020-06-28

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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: 00:02:23 Panel Introductions 00:10:02 CoCo and Retro News 00:25:11 ...

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:

00:02:23 Panel Introductions
00:10:02 CoCo and Retro News
00:25:11 CoCo Thoughts
00:25:36 GameON! Results, discussion, and new game reveal
00:45:41 Gaming news
00:54:56 Rally SG premier with Nick Marentes
01:15:17 Project acquisitions, updates
02:04:42 additional updates and discussions
02:22:19 Closing credits
02:24:44 Final words

News stories for Episode #166, June 27, 2020 show:

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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:

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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 game

https://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

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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

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