Tag: CoCo News

CoCo Crew Podcast #20 – 3 Months to CoCoFEST

January 31, 2017 0 Comments on CoCo Crew Podcast #20 – 3 Months to CoCoFEST
Posted in Podcast, TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

Once again, John, Neil, and Mike Rowan are back to invade your podcatcher and green your screen with news, discussion, and Q&A about the Tandy Color Computer. This month, the Crew feature an interview with CoCo programmer Rick Adams and a tech segment on the SN76489AN audio card. Link: cococrew.org Subscribe: iTunes

Porting Arcade Pac Man to TRS-CoCo – Developer’s Journal shows you how

January 3, 2017 0 Comments on Porting Arcade Pac Man to TRS-CoCo – Developer’s Journal shows you how
Posted in Arcade News, Hardware, Homebrew Games News, Programming, Retro Gaming, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)

Glen Hewlett has made a conversion from the Arcade version of Space Invaders, using Z80 CPU to the TRS-CoCo 6809 and we reported that a few days ago. Now he started a new project trying to port the Arcade version Pac-Man. Again the first runs on Z80, so Glen decided to write a blog about the steps he is following…

Use a SEGA Genesis Joypad with your TRS-80 CoCo3

June 11, 2016 0 Comments on Use a SEGA Genesis Joypad with your TRS-80 CoCo3
Posted in Hardware, News, Podcast, Programming, Retro Computing History, Retro Gaming, TRS-80

John W. Linville, from the CoCo Crew podcast, has published an article showing his design of an adapter that allows you to use SEGA Genesis (or Megadrive) with the CoCo3. Also, he mention that a dual-joypad version of this adapter was produced and built by his podcasting partner Neil Blanchard. You can watch a quick demo in the video below…