[Coco] Worst game ever...

Michael Rowen mike at borncoco.com
Thu Jan 22 11:31:18 EST 2015


Starblaze is my favorite cart game! :) I like this defender like game. The repair stations and multi-quadrant features appeal to me. I still plug this cart in once in awhile and blast away for an hour or so. :) 







Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:

>While a neat idea and fun to show off the computer with, Color Cubes was
>pretty boring to play compared to just playing with a real Rubik's Cube.
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>On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> > 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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