[Coco] Worst game ever...

[Bill Pierce]

I guess the worst cartridge game I ever played on Coco would be "StarBlaze"...
It was slow, graphics were terrible, and it was (ironically) the 1st game/software I ever purchased for my Coco. I played it for about 10 minutes then put the cart aside and I don't think I ever played it again. Had this been my only experience with the Coco, I probably would've taken the machine back to the Shack and got my money back, but I bought Orchestra90 when I initially bought the Coco and THAT was impressive!
I remember my wife trying StarBlaze... she thought it was horrible (she was a Millipede & Galaga fanatic... still is)
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 22, 2015 10:36 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Worst game ever...


> On Jan 22, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com> wrote:
> 
> I do like your idea of finding some of the worst CoCo games on cartridge. I
> would also love us to do the exercise of best CoCo games on cartridge, and
> then best original CoCo games (not ports or direct clones) on cartridge.
> The latter was something I tried to do in "Vintage Game Consoles" when
> selecting 10 games to highlight for each of the included systems in the
> book. If the primary focus wasn't on originals or platform exclusives,
> there'd be quite a bit of redundant talk of arcade ports found on multiple
> platforms, since that's often what people point to as their favorites.
> There's nothing wrong with that, but it kind of takes away focus from
> platform originals.

And here's a bonus ... we find the WORST cartridge game, then we see who wants 
to remake it as something good.

Google the 4K Pac-Man Atari 2600 for an example... Using the same memory limits 
of the original release, someone was able to do a very good Pac-Man -- one that 
COULD have been done then, given more time (or better developers?).

I still remember the huge full page spread ad in a Houston newspaper for Pac-Man 
when it was coming out for the 2600.

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