Special Guest - Greg Zumwalt - and .... It's finally here! The world premier of Nick Marentes' Gun Star for the Color Computer 3! This exciting new space shooter will require a CoCo 3 with 512K RAM and a 6309 CPU! If you've missed the development blog check it out here: http://nickmarentes.com/Gunstar/index.html We'll see the world premier and have developer Q&A with nick himeslf. But wait, there's more! We'll also announce this week's GameON! participants and winner, and cover retro and CoC...
Mar 15, 2020•4 hr 33 min•Ep. 297
As we celebrate our 150th episode of CoCoTALK! live, we have a very special guest, Chris Hawks from Hawksoft, we'll hear a bit of history about his involvement with CoCo Software, OS9, Glenside Color Computer Club, and CoCoFEST! We have another special guest, Mr. Dave 6809 join us for the first time live, and we also have a special CoCoFEST! announcement from D. Bruce Moore.
Mar 09, 2020•4 hr 1 min•Ep. 295
It's not all the time we get to have CoCoTALK! on a Leap Year, and this week we'll feature an update from Jim Brain of Retro Innovations, we'll update you on the latest CoCoFEST! news, share the results in this week's Draconian GameON! challenge, hear about retro news from around the world and so much more! CoCoTALK! Join the live panel on ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/109422739 Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us fo...
Mar 02, 2020•4 hr 10 min•Ep. 293
Today we'll reveal who participated in the Doodle Bug GameON! challenge, cover news, go over who acquired new Coco stuff this week, and more! Well talk about Countdown to CoCoFEST! discuss the finer points of being on the Discord server, wax nostalgic, and even talk about the CoCo. Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm To find out more about the Color...
Feb 24, 2020•4 hr 9 min•Ep. 291
This week we announce the winner of the GameON! challenge to see who could get the highest score in Donkey King and so much more! Live interactive video streams: https://www.youtube.com/c/Ogsteviestrow/live https://www.facebook.com/cocotalklive https://www.periscope.tv/CoCoTALKlive/ https://twitter.com/CoCoTALKlive Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHX...
Feb 17, 2020•3 hr 34 min•Ep. 289
This week we featured an interview with NitrOS-9 developers L. Curtis Boyle and Bill Nobel. Jason the CoCo Man Reighard, his girlfriend Sarah, and ogStevieStrow called in from HamCation in the Orlando, FL area with live updates. Finally, Nick Marotta launched a new Game On Weekly high score contest originally conceived by @MrDave6809 on Discord. The CoCoTALK! Caboose recap show launched, taking the place of final thoughts and offline post-show chatter. Email any suggestions you have for the show...
Feb 09, 2020•4 hr 3 min•Ep. 287
Special guest host and streamer Marc Bosley takes us through this week's CoCoTALK! as we countdown the days to CoCoFEST! Curtis Boyle gives us the news and some game reviews, host panel discussions take place and so much more!
Feb 02, 2020•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 285
Today we will have a very special guest on CoCoTALK! none other than Christopher Mayeux who is probably one of the first people to ever record a series on how to use and get enjoyment out of the Color Computer "back in the day" before YouTube was even conceived. His video series is now available on YouTube as a playlist on the TJSeagrove channel https://www.youtube.com/user/tjseagrove and we'll hear from Chris himself to see what he's been up to all these years! Tune in, you wont want to miss! E...
Jan 27, 2020•3 hr 50 min•Ep. 283
CoCoTALK! Episode 143 brings us news, panel discussions, reviews of Dragon games from around the web, and a live play of one, too. Edge of your seat broadcasting, fasten your seat belt!
Jan 20, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Ep. 281
CoCoTALK! Episode 142
Jan 13, 2020•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 277
It's our first show of 2020 and we want to celebrate by trying to recognize as many CoCo community members! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com CoCoTALK! airs live, every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! Custom artwork designed by In...
Jan 05, 2020•3 hr 21 min•Ep. 275
2019 is almost at an end, and what a great year it was! This will be the last CocoTALK! show of 2019, and we're putting out a call for all the community members to submit to us their name, a head shot, and short list of their projects, we're going to start of 2020 by celebrating all the contributors with a special presentation. If you've done a project this year, send us your info, if you haven't send us who we need to include in our presentation. Email any suggestions you have for the show to c...
Dec 30, 2019•3 hr 40 min•Ep. 273
When the regular episode was said and done, the fun didn't stop, we get an extra hour of CoCo gaming including some holiday themed treats!
Dec 23, 2019•54 min•Ep. 271
It's super close to Christmas hope your Christmas is a CoCo Christmas! And, with luck, we had a very special guest, Bill Pierce! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com CoCoTALK! airs live, every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! Custom a...
Dec 23, 2019•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 270
Towards the end of the show, when we got to project updates and acquisitions, David Ladd was really excited about his new floppy imaging device the "Grease Weasel" and since it merited a lot of discussion, we've named the episode after it. Thanks David!
Dec 16, 2019•3 hr 44 min•Ep. 268
CoCoTALK! Episode 137 - hosted by Rob Inman
Dec 09, 2019•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 266
Today will be a special edition of CoCoTALK! live where we'll all be turkeys and talk about what we're thankful for, doesn't even have to be retro related, but just sharing positivity with one-another. We'll also look at some of the latest CoCo games optimized for the 6309 CPU and hear news from around the retroverse. Join us today at 2PM EDT Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discor...
Dec 02, 2019•4 hr 8 min•Ep. 264
This week we had a very special guest host, none other than Nick Marotta, Nick Marotta, Nick Marotta! We heard from Brendan Donahe about the newest update to the CoCoVGA firmware and software utilities, as well as MC-10, Dragon, and CoCo news, and project updates from the panel.
Nov 25, 2019•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 262
The theme this week was CoCo holiday memories along with news, and update on the CoCO port of Oregon Trail, and so much more! Some news stories for November 16, 2019 show: 1) Petsasjim1 Dragon game play video updates: Hungry Horace (a twist on PacMan with multi-screen, connected mazes). https://youtu.be/iK7WQHuv5Q4 The Immortal Strain (a text adventure game, but with text on a PMODE 4 screen for lowercase, 32x24 and bolder, easier to read text): https://youtu.be/H1uNk5Tdi-M Horace Goes Skiing (F...
Nov 18, 2019•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 260
Another week brings us another fun and informative episode of CoCoTALK! You're welcome ;) Some news stories for November 9, 2019 show: 1) Sheldon MacDonald put up a video of using QMidi for Windows to create music to play on the Coco with a GMC cartridge https://youtu.be/IPAkBN9C2R4 2) Sheldon also has an update to his GMC cartridge design, which includes space for an audio out jack and a "rebuilt, stronger insert": https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157638964177641/ 3) Bill ...
Nov 10, 2019•3 hr 24 min•Ep. 258
A lot of revelations on this week's show! A new product "The Joey" has been announced by Jason Reighard and will allow you to switch multiple joystick configurations around. Visit http://cocoman.biz to learn more/order. Stevie Strow has a new CoCoVGA game project Visit http://cocovga.com to learn more about that product Ron Delvaux and Terry Steege host a TDP-100 segment Curtis Boyle reveals 6309 optimized games that run faster on the CoCo 1/2/Dragon and would run even faster on the CoCo 3 Nick ...
Nov 03, 2019•4 hr 14 min•Ep. 257
CoCoTALK! audio episode 131 - With Floyd Resler, Chet Simpson and Inside CoCoTALK! Some news stories for October 26, 2019 show: 1) Jim Gerrie release "Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords" for the MC-10. https://youtu.be/Ovdg0AiZwZQ 2) Brian Palmer has been experimenting with custom Coco 3 palettes for the Dragon game (that works on the Coco) called Back Track: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157585763007641/ 3) Paul Shoemaker has gotten a fair bit further on his port of the Ap...
Oct 27, 2019•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 254
Featuring game development updates from Chet Simpson, CoCo news from around the globe, and a little show and tell from the CoCoTALK! panel. Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com Some news stories for October 19, 2019 show: 1) Petsasjim1 has put up more Dragon gameplay videos (Copta ...
Oct 20, 2019•3 hr 26 min•Ep. 252
The top story this week was the results of the Glenside Color Computer Club election results, we also heard project updates from the panel, and reviewed a lot of Coco, MC-10 and Dragon news from around the globe. Some news stories for October 12, 2019 show: 0) Glenside election results President - Eric Canales Secretary - Rich Bair Treasurer - Brian Goers VicePresident - John Mark Mobley 1) Jim Gerrie has been fixing more bugs, and slightly speeding up his Akalabeth port to the MC-10 (he even to...
Oct 13, 2019•2 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 129
The CoCoTALKers did a whole lot of CoCoTALKing this week :) No major topic just a lot of panel discussions. We saw an update on some new 3D printed cased from John Strong for the Ian Mavrick FD-502 reproduction cartridge. We had a host discussion on favorite CoCo Arcade Game/Clone/Derivative that one might enjoy more than the arcade original. And CoCo/Dragon and MC-10 news from around the web. Some news stories for October 5, 2019 show: 1) Ed Snider announced that him and Gary Becker will contin...
Oct 06, 2019•4 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 248
Live coverage from Tandy Assembly along with our usual CoCoTALKing, news, commentary and more! Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord: https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm To find out more about the Color Computer visit http://imacoconut.com CoCoTALK! airs live, every Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT! We are also available for replay and podcast listening! Custom artwork designed by Instagram artis...
Oct 01, 2019•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 246
We’re doing our wrap-up show discussing all the fun we had last weekend at VCFMW, hear from those that were there, and rejoice in the awesomeness of the event. We'll also have live coverage from the Glenside Color Computer Club's (hosts of the Chicago CoCoFEST!) Pick Nick, so more Chicago area retro goodness! Join us live today, if you were at the event, we'd love to have you join us on the panel to share your experiences. Special Guest Matt from Drakware https://drakware.com/ News links: 1) Jim...
Sep 22, 2019•3 hr 44 min•Ep. 244
Streaming from the Vintage Computing Festival Midwest, in Elmhurst, IL. Visit http://vcfmw.org/ to learn more about VCFMW Segment timeline: Main Exhibitor walk-through: 0:13:00 Overflow area walk-through: 01:20:00 CoCo News: 02:22:00 John Strong: 03:15:45 Tandy Assembly Promo: 03:42:30 Brian (The Music Man) Schubring and Bonus news: 04:01:00 Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord...
Sep 17, 2019•58 min•Ep. 243
Streaming from the Vintage Computing Festival Midwest, in Elmhurst, IL. Visit http://vcfmw.org/ to learn more about VCFMW Segment timeline: Main Exhibitor walk-through: 0:13:00 Overflow area walk-through: 01:20:00 CoCo News: 02:22:00 John Strong: 03:15:45 Tandy Assembly Promo: 03:42:30 Brian (The Music Man) Schubring and Bonus news: 04:01:00 Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord...
Sep 17, 2019•28 min•Ep. 242
Streaming from the Vintage Computing Festival Midwest, in Elmhurst, IL. Visit http://vcfmw.org/ to learn more about VCFMW Segment timeline: Main Exhibitor walk-through: 0:13:00 Overflow area walk-through: 01:20:00 CoCo News: 02:22:00 John Strong: 03:15:45 Tandy Assembly Promo: 03:42:30 Brian (The Music Man) Schubring and Bonus news: 04:01:00 Email any suggestions you have for the show to cocotalk@cocotalk.live Visit us on the web at http://cocotalk.live Join us for daily conversations on Discord...
Sep 17, 2019•53 min•Ep. 241
