[Coco] What are the best games to show off a coco?

Diego Barizo diegoba at adinet.com.uy
Sun Jul 17 16:57:48 EDT 2011


Andrew wrote:
> All,
>
> I had posted previously about this (ahem):
>
> "There was also a game, I don't recall the name of, for the CoCo 3 that
> had 3-D dungeons (kinda like DofD) that were made with some kind of "3D
> Engine" that allowed the rooms to be defined (according to the
> programmer) in a vector format of some sort; it was a hack-and-slash
> dungeon RPG - I can't think of the name - ugh!"
>
> ---
>
> At the time, I wasn't certain about it, and couldn't find an ad for 
> the game in my Rainbow magazines; but I just looked it up again - and 
> wouldn't you know it - it was "The 7th Link"!
>
> The dungeons of this game are rendered in a "pseudo-3D" manner 
> (somewhat akin to Dungeons of Daggorath - but with more detail and 
> color). I remember the programmer of this game detailing how they 
> created/displayed the dungeon (some kind of 3D vector format of 
> sorts); I haven't had a chance yet to try out the game, but if the 
> advertisement is anything to go by, those 3D dungeons are probably 
> pretty nice looking!
>
> -- Andrew L. Ayers, Glendale, Arizona
>
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Actually, the 7Th Link looks nothing like DoD.
Maybe you are thinking of the infamous half sequel Castle of Thaggorad?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/daggorath.html
http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/node/2004
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/castleoftharoggad.html

Diego



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