Episode 163 - CoCo-Pi project update

This week we're going to focus on the latest and greatest update to the CoCo-Pi project which now has an official web site http://coco-pi.com We'll show you a 30 minute tutorial on how to download and set up your Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 to run the CoCo-Pi image. We show you how to add all the CoCo ROMS to MAME, how to download and run software, and how to add your own software to your system. This will be followed by a live Q&A session with Ron Klein who's managing this project.

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General segments with time stamps you can quick link to: 00:02:51 Panel Introductions 00:05:51 Ron Klein - CoCoPi update 00:17:18 CoCo Thoughts 01:17:37 GameON! challenge results 01:20:50 GameON! Lunar Rover Patrol discussion 01:30:39 Next week's game announcment 01:39:09 GameON! news 02:07:13 News from around the retro world 02:41:56 CoCo Thoughts 02:44:29 Project updates and acquisitions 03:11:17 Nightmare Highway - The song 03:14:05 CoCo Caboose - after show & wrap-up discussions

New Links: 1) Tim Halloran put up a video on how to take a Coco 2 keyboard apart, and clean it: https://youtu.be/u1S9KExR9jU

2) Erico Monteiro https://youtu.be/OBXG1O_5fEY

https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=70215.0

3) David K on YouTube https://youtu.be/nJgzYuMWNfg?t=471

4) Coco Crew episode 60 was released, and includes a review of Rampage. http://cococrew.org/cococrew-podcast-60.html

5) Ed Snider has announced 8 MB RAM upgrade https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158318768477641/

6) Eric Canales shared a cool video clip https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158317268257641/

7) Rubber feet for the Coco 1: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158315306512641/

8) Terry Trapp CoCo capture issues https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158310032052641/

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9) Guillaume Major has done some updates to the Color Computer Archive https://colorcomputerarchive.com/search

10) James Jones runs some BASIC09 performance tests with surprising results https://www.facebook.com/groups/1929079184021683/permalink/2597277030535225/

11) James Hosts inquires about INKEY$ and alternatives to allow for key repeat detection https://www.facebook.com/groups/731424100317748/permalink/2914666795326790/

12) Wayne Aaron obtains a CoCo 2 he plans to use as a CoCo-Pi case https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158321285392641/

13) Alsion Denu posts some *interesting* photos with CoCos https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158316789277641/

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14) Tony Jewell from the Dragon group joins the CoCo owner's club https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158295267832641/

Game On news: 1) YouTuber "retro techtive" has started releasing Coco game videos Androne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrkXrJqkN-Q

Air Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroCF2adwNA

2) The Amigos released their final regular episode of The Coco Show https://youtu.be/aLFLQuCInQs

3) GigerPunk did a video of Cuthbert in the Mines on his Dragon 32: https://youtu.be/YnbHDTNtY1U

4) Pere Serrat released a new video of his updated AGD engine, using the Wordpak II+ https://youtu.be/dnuiz5J4bCs

5) Erik Gavriluk started an interesting discussion on what is the greatest ORIGINAL Coco 3 game https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158318127852641/

6) Mark McDougall is starting to work on finishing some of his arcade transcodes again https://retroports.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR02Xk-ZcVMqFKq4uEy77tk2yWxItAJJN1A8UVJAXZmNEreApX3wzH9xKn8

7) Cuthbert Dragon released a lot of new Dragon gameplay videos this week Red Meanies (3D Pacman): https://youtu.be/UqbcAz-kieA

Keys of Roth (kind of a graphics Choose Your Own Adventure style game(: https://youtu.be/MOb3c0RPaDs

Starfighter: https://youtu.be/f-wGM5dtnn8

Mutant Wars (kind of a Shamus/Berzerk crossover?): https://youtu.be/wZkPoIZ0ZA4

Screaming Ab-Dabs (and he seems to know how to actually play it properly): https://youtu.be/nsrm1BMZcVA

8) Michael Pittsley inquires about a Soduko game for the CoCo, John Linville replies https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158322420287641/

9) Carlos Camacho inquires about the Canyon Climber Cartridges for the NEC PC-600, created by James Garon, author of the CoCo version https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10158308661562641/

Steve Bjork chimes in Allen Huffman posts a YouTube video of the game by HighRetroGameLord https://youtu.be/1Lt4Tts0CfI