[Coco] The Touchstone - Not working on CoCo3

Nick Marentes nickma2 at optusnet.com.au
Sun Oct 19 15:19:56 EDT 2014


On 19/10/2014 4:12 PM, Nick Marentes wrote:
> I've been compiling all the CoCo1/2 specific games that I rank highly 
> into single DSK images for easy access.
>
> One game which I use to play a lot in the 80's and that I highly 
> regard as an excellently produced CoCo 1/2 game utilizing the 4 color 
> PMODE3 screenmode is "The Touchstone".
>
> This was sold through Tom Mix and was a clone of arcade Tutankham.
>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to work correctly on my CoCo3. It 
> runs fine except for a flickering of the screen.
>
> Has anyone else found this problem or is it just my CoCo3?
>
> Nick
>

Correction..

It doesn't use the PMODE3 screenmode, it used the PMODE3 colorset (green 
border) and use a screenmode which is like PMODE3 but of a lower 
vertical resolution.

Anyone wishing to try it on their CoCo3 to see if you get the flickering 
problem, you can find the game here...

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Games/Touchstone,%20The%20(Tom%20Mix%20Software).zip

Nick


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