[Coco] "Downland" Mystery on the CoCo3

[Todd Wallace]

Hey All,

Was recently chatting with Aaron about the rompak Downland on Freenode.  Apparently, most people cannot get the game to run on a CoCo3 without using a MPI or some sort of other code patching.  The mystery is that I have been playing Downland on my CoCo3 ever since I was a kid!  Never modified it or did any such code patching.  It just worked.  From some forums, I read that the problem with Downland on a CoCo3 might be that its copy protection would conflict with the GIME and make the game unplayable.  But why does it work fine on my machine?  Aaron suggested when I take apart my CoCo3 soon to do the 512k upgrade, I should take some pictures of the insides and post them here to see if we can figure out why mine plays the cart fine.  Aaron has tried multiple Downland cartridges on multiple CoCo3's all with the same unplayable result.  But before I go photographing everything, can anyone solve this mystery?

- Todd