[Coco] Asteroids for the MC-10

[Ron Klein]

Hi Darren,

It's great to see a new project from you and thank you for sharing it with
us!


On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:

>     ALL NEW FOR 2018 !!!
>
> ASTEROIDS for the MC-10 !!!
>
>
> Actually, it’s another adaptation of a CoCo game that I’ve transferred over
> to the much-maligned little machine.  This time I chose “Star Blaster” by
> Jim Kearney as the source material.  It’s an early CoCo 1 game (1981) that
> is pretty faithful to the arcade classic, but features Shields instead of
> Hyperspace like in Asteroids Deluxe.
>
> Since the MC-10 cannot make use of the 256x192 graphics mode targeted by
> the original program, I had to convert the code to run with a 128x96 mode
> instead.  This makes the screen somewhat crowded when a lot of asteroids
> are present, but is still playable.
>
> The game requires a RAM expansion pack to run on real MC-10 hardware. The
> .c10 and .wav files can be downloaded here:
>
> Asteroids_MC10.zip <https://goo.gl/BxouGw>
>
>
> - Darren
>
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