[Coco] 32k external ROM mode on the CoCo 3

tim lindner tlindner at macmess.org
Tue Oct 2 11:14:55 EDT 2018


On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:26 PM Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
>
> tim lindner wrote:
> > Are there any cartridges that use this mode?
> There definitely are and there was a Rainbow article on the subject, "Breaking the 32K Barrier" by
> Greg L. Zumwalt, Rainbow, June 1990, pg 58.
>
> Not sure how many games did this but Predator and RoboCop were such.

I was asking about cartridges that specifically _didn't_ break the 32k barrier.

The CoCo 3 has a 32k ROM mode and a bunch of games used it. It wasn't
until they needed more that the banking method became necessary.

But back to my original question. One answer is Arkanoid. It is a 32k
cart that uses the mode in question.


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