hahah I have forgotten how bad these games really were for the most part! Thanks for sharing, I had the COCO 2. Still nice to see it back...all those reds and blues bring back memories...I still have nightmares where I hear that screaming dataset loading sound LOL
hahah I have forgotten how bad this game really were for the most part! Thanks for sharing, I had the COCO 2. Still nice to see it back...all those reds and blues bring back memories...I still have nightmares where I hear that screaming dataset loading sound LOL
lol one of my friends had a CoCo and I had a C64. I loved playing Phantom Slayer, Planet Invasion, Skramble etc on his machine but the 64's hardware was head and shoulders above the early CoCo's.
As others have already acknowledged, the Tandy's BASIC interpreter was leagues ahead of that which cheapskate Jack Tramiel provided for the 64.
I found it easier and more fun programming my friends CoCo than my Commodore!
Thanks for sharing the nostalgia from yesteryear. :)
Awesome. So many memories. I've got a 512K Coco 3 coming in the mail soon. I'm hoping to find a disk drive so I can play all these games I used to in the 80's
Nice video, however i have to say, C64 can't play Monkey kong but CAN play the 1986 Ocean's version of Donkey Kong, wich has great gfx and audio and it's quite near to the arcade version.
C64 was way ahead on hardware than the CoCo, which was merely a Dragon computer. However it's true C64 Basic sucked... A lot!
But anyways, nice video and nice computer the Coco... I hope i could have one. ;)
The thing I love about the coco over the C64 is the fact that it had graphics and sound routines in the ROM basic. instead of forcing you to directly poke and peek hardware registers to get anything done like on the C64 I firmly believe that the C64 would have been at least 100 times better with an improved ROM basic with added graphics/sound routines.
I remember seeing the original Outhouse on a TRS-80 Model III, then later the Color Outhouse version. Years later, when I was on the GEnie online service (General Electric), one of the guys there who was writing frontends for their online card games was the guy who wrote it.
I wonder how often he runs in to someone who asks him about "Outhouse"... :-)
Personally, I'd love to see a modern version done...!
Excellent compilation!. I am an avid fan of most things 8-bits, but after all the glitz and bells and sheer awesomeness of the C=64, TI-94, Atari 800 and Timex Sinclair go to rest, the one ringing in my head is the Tandy CoCo :-)
I screamed at the top of my lungs when the Phantom Slayer bit came on. I haven't thought about that game since I was 10 years old. Thank You for this!
"Can a commodore 64 do Downland, or Monkey Kong!?? Hell no it can't."
Whatchu talkin about willis? I think I still have Monkey Kong on one of my C-64 floppies. God knows if it still works...
I do just love the Tandy Coco... I have so many fond memories of playing California Games and doing art with the CoCo. CoCo's Leisure Suit Larry introduced me to so many new things. Oh CoCo if only I could play you again right now...
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hahah I have forgotten how bad these games really were for the most part! Thanks for sharing, I had the COCO 2. Still nice to see it back...all those reds and blues bring back memories...I still have nightmares where I hear that screaming dataset loading sound LOL
shaolin95 9 months ago
hahah I have forgotten how bad this game really were for the most part! Thanks for sharing, I had the COCO 2. Still nice to see it back...all those reds and blues bring back memories...I still have nightmares where I hear that screaming dataset loading sound LOL
shaolin95 9 months ago
lol one of my friends had a CoCo and I had a C64. I loved playing Phantom Slayer, Planet Invasion, Skramble etc on his machine but the 64's hardware was head and shoulders above the early CoCo's.
As others have already acknowledged, the Tandy's BASIC interpreter was leagues ahead of that which cheapskate Jack Tramiel provided for the 64.
I found it easier and more fun programming my friends CoCo than my Commodore!
Thanks for sharing the nostalgia from yesteryear. :)
JayArgonaut 1 year ago
...I'm actually very glad I grew up playing nes. It seems like I would have lost my eye sight playing something like this.
XxFourTwentyxX 1 year ago
was time bandit on the tandy or the commodore 64
thatoldgeezer 2 years ago
Awesome. So many memories. I've got a 512K Coco 3 coming in the mail soon. I'm hoping to find a disk drive so I can play all these games I used to in the 80's
atarileaf 2 years ago
Just perfect!
made remember my 80's playing in the afternoom...
krooner 2 years ago
Nice video, however i have to say, C64 can't play Monkey kong but CAN play the 1986 Ocean's version of Donkey Kong, wich has great gfx and audio and it's quite near to the arcade version.
C64 was way ahead on hardware than the CoCo, which was merely a Dragon computer. However it's true C64 Basic sucked... A lot!
But anyways, nice video and nice computer the Coco... I hope i could have one. ;)
DyLucke 2 years ago
nice job!! very good video...!
lemaro1977 2 years ago
The thing I love about the coco over the C64 is the fact that it had graphics and sound routines in the ROM basic. instead of forcing you to directly poke and peek hardware registers to get anything done like on the C64 I firmly believe that the C64 would have been at least 100 times better with an improved ROM basic with added graphics/sound routines.
ess1898 2 years ago
lolol ... Outhouse ... lololol soooo many thx for this ... lolol Outhouse MUST be the most absurd game EVER lolol ... But it was o fun to play ...
Retubetard 2 years ago
I remember seeing the original Outhouse on a TRS-80 Model III, then later the Color Outhouse version. Years later, when I was on the GEnie online service (General Electric), one of the guys there who was writing frontends for their online card games was the guy who wrote it.
I wonder how often he runs in to someone who asks him about "Outhouse"... :-)
Personally, I'd love to see a modern version done...!
allenhuffman 2 years ago
Excellent compilation!. I am an avid fan of most things 8-bits, but after all the glitz and bells and sheer awesomeness of the C=64, TI-94, Atari 800 and Timex Sinclair go to rest, the one ringing in my head is the Tandy CoCo :-)
cc6809 2 years ago
Wow, total flashback. I was just at the CoCoFest in Chicago this past weekend. The author of several of those games was there, too.
2010 marks the 30th anniversary for the CoCo, and we're seeing what we can do to have a huge event in Fall 2010 in Chicago.
allenhuffman 2 years ago
based on that clip alone, i would stick with the c64. small color palette for one.
daveheel 3 years ago
I screamed at the top of my lungs when the Phantom Slayer bit came on. I haven't thought about that game since I was 10 years old. Thank You for this!
erin09 3 years ago
Glad I could make you scream!! lol!
Thank you for the comments!!! :)
shubibinman 3 years ago
"Can a commodore 64 do Downland, or Monkey Kong!?? Hell no it can't."
Whatchu talkin about willis? I think I still have Monkey Kong on one of my C-64 floppies. God knows if it still works...
I do just love the Tandy Coco... I have so many fond memories of playing California Games and doing art with the CoCo. CoCo's Leisure Suit Larry introduced me to so many new things. Oh CoCo if only I could play you again right now...
gizmo4223 3 years ago
Cool. :3
KitsuneDarkStalker 3 years ago
what music is that? it's awesome!
guyvf 3 years ago
crap, sorry the tune is by Anamanaguchi.
Check em out by googling or myspace. They are totally awesome!!
:updated more info section:
shubibinman 3 years ago