[Coco] Space Invaders - Translated from Intel 8080 to Motorola 6809 for the CoCo 3

[Glen Hewlett]

Hi Paulo,

I sent you the .zip file directly… :)

Cheers,
Glen

> On Dec 26, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Glen
> 
> First of all, this is really good stuff. The article is very interesting!
> 
> I looked for the file but I think it is too soon to have it available for
> download. I wonder if you would send me the ZIP file so I can write a quick
> post on Vintage is The New Old about your article.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Paulo Garcia
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Glen Hewlett <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca <mailto:glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca>>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Over the last month or so I’ve been translating the original Intel 8080
>> Arcade version of Space Invaders in a line by line translation to the
>> 6809.  I have it to the point where it will play just like the arcade
>> machine except no sound and like the original you have to rotate the
>> monitor to play it properly.  Or use it with MAME with the -rol option.
>> 
>> I wrote up a full description on my blog here:
>> https://nowhereman999.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/ <https://nowhereman999.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/>
>> space-invaders-cpu-transcoded-from-intel-8080-to-motorola-
>> 6809-for-the-trs-80-color-computer-3/ <https://nowhereman999 <https://nowhereman999/>.
>> wordpress.com/2016/12/26/space-invaders-cpu-transcoded- <http://wordpress.com/2016/12/26/space-invaders-cpu-transcoded->
>> from-intel-8080-to-motorola-6809-for-the-trs-80-color-computer-3/>
>> 
>> As the Blog says… I’ve also included the source code to the program in ‘C’
>> that I wrote to help with the Translation from 8080 to 6809 and also the
>> working translated 6809 CoCo 3 Space Invaders source code (and a binary and
>> .dsk version ready to use).  I uploaded the .ZIP file to the TRS-80 Color
>> Computer Archive website.
>> 
>> I hope others find this useful and maybe they can complete this version to
>> be rotated properly for a CoCo 3 and maybe add sound…
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Glen
>> 
>> Ps. - I have only tested this using MAME as my current CoCo 3 floppy drive
>> isn’t working.  :(
>> 
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