[Coco] Fahrfall, is there any chance it can ever run on a CoCo3?

[John W. Linville]

FWIW, the "waiting list" always carried the proviso that I wasn't sure
_when_ (or even _if_) I would have more cartridges available... ;-)

The story is something like this...  Work on the SuperPak deal
started as early as last May.  With those discussions in progress,
it was difficult to be motivated to get my hands messy and covered in
plastic resin, dust from sanding, lacquer spray, etc.  Plastic casting
is a cool skill to have, but far from my main hobby...

As time wore on, I did decide to make a few more resin-cast cartridges.
Unfortunately, the silicon mold was destroyed while demolding the
very next cartidge cast!  So, back to hoping for SuperPak to arrive...

Now the SuperPak cases are in hand, and I need to find the time
needed to make more cartridges.  In the meantime, I also have some new
(hopefully better) packaging options in the works...

So, long story short -- I plan to have a reasonable quantity of
Fahrfall carts on hand for direct sale at CocoFEST!  I intend to
have a couple of other titles available as well.  After CoCoFEST! the
intent is to have them available by mail and possibly on eBay and/or
on a website in the future.

Hopefully that answers the question? :-)

John

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 04:52:52PM -0500, Gladson, Mark wrote:
> So what do you have to do to get one at this years cocofest?  I put my name on a list at last years event (pretty near the top) and haven't heard anything :(
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of John W. Linville
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 11:18 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fahrfall, is there any chance it can ever run on a CoCo3?
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:06:20PM -0500, Barry Nelson wrote:
> > Is there anyway to patch Fahrfall to run on a CoCo 3?
> 
> There are some GIME settings that Nick Marentes pointed-out elsewhere that might _mostly_ enable the video mode, although the score and other text probably won't display correctly.  I haven't tried it, and don't currently plan to do so.
> 
> > The latest copy I found (beta 3) uses one of the semi-graphics modes 
> > that the CoCo 3 does not support.
> 
> All versions do.  That is, of course, quite intentional and was one of the primary motivations for writing Fahrfall.
> 
> > Also, is beta 3 the latest version of Fahrfall?
> 
> It is the latest version available for download.  The latest version available outside of my house is the "COCOFEST! EDITION" which was burned into the ROM paks I sold at CoCoFEST! (and one on eBay) last year.  That version is close to the Beta 3 version, but there are a couple of minor bugfixes in the later version.
> 
> The latest version is what I am calling the "GOLDEN EDITION", which has a couple more minor bugfixes.  I intend to offer this in ROM paks beginning at this year's CoCoFEST!
> 
> John
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