[Coco] "Downland" Mystery on the CoCo3

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Hmm I had that game and never experienced that problem either...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:47 PM
Subject: [Coco] "Downland" Mystery on the CoCo3


> 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
>
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