[Coco] Worst game ever...

[Bill Loguidice]

Pooyan is one of my favorite arcade games, and a favorite home port on a
variety of systems. My only major disappointment with the CoCo version (the
platform's relative graphic and sound capabilities aside) is that it runs a
bit slow.

The Atari 8-bit version of "Clowns & Balloons" benefited from paddle
support. It's a shame that the CoCo never had paddle controllers as far as
I know (I'm not about small runs of them). I would imagine with the
joysticks being analog that it wouldn't have been that difficult to create
relatively speaking.

-Bill

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On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:26 AM, John Riddle <jcriddle74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> My vote would be a split between Clowns & Balloons and Pooyan.
>
> I specifically remember Pooyan being disappointing.  I remember the
> salesperson at Radio Shack telling me that it was an adventure, something
> along the lines of Sands of Egypt.  I remember the salesperson's quote
> exactly: "Pooyan is an adventure".  Hah.  I was maybe 11 or 12 years old at
> the time.
>
> Clowns & Balloons stands out because I remember my brother buying it and
> being disappointed.  I remember he dumped it to tape and returned it and
> bought something else.  I think at the time that RS's return policy didn't
> encompass rompaks.  This was probably 1985.
>
> For the Coco 3, Castle of Tharrogad - I remember that being a huge letdown
> after DoD.
> John
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