The CoCo Nation Show

CoCoTALK #15 07-01-2017   Episode 15 - Pac-Man Transcoded to the CoCo 3 - CoCo Crew Podcast and more!   This week's CoCo TALK will include the world premiere of Glen Hewlett's adaptation of the original Pac-Man arcade system to the Tandy Color Computer 3.  We'll get the first look at the completed game in action, the user manual, and the links to download the game.   We'll also listen to the lates...

CoCoTALK #14 06-24-2017   Episode 14 - Media Players - Dunjunz - Xroar and more!   This week we'll talk about Ed Snider's Media Player for the CoCo.  We'll also talk with Ciaran Anscomb, the author of Xroar, a fine CoCo and Dragon emulator, and look at his current project, a port of DunJunz!   Check out the Dunjunz blog here: http://www.6809.org.uk/dev/dunjunz/   Check out Xroar here: http://www.6...

CoCoTALK #13 06-17-2016 Episode 13 - Jim Gerrie Goodies - Surprise guests Steve Bjork and Neil Brookings! This week on CoCo TALK let's talk about:   Jim Gerrie's Goodies:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBnbsv3fA8&list=UUUtXDjPX3EbKaByo5MeFlYg Jim Gerrie makes tons of games for the MC-10 and for the CoCo, let's look at some of the latest ones.   We had an unexpected visit from Steve Bjork, and...

CoCoTALK #12 06-11-217   Episode 12 - Setting up MAME to be a CoCo - Hotel Elevator Man, project updates, random talk, and more!   We are back for CoCo TALK #12 the nation's leading (and only) live weekly talk show about the Tandy Color Computer! We'll talk about and demonstrate how to configure MAME to run as a Color Computer Emulator http://mamedev.org/release.html Which will require ROMS from t...

Episode 11: 06-03-2017   CoCoTALK #11 - Speech/Sound pack emulation, Creating CoCo Cartridges, Podcast Review, Assembly vs. Machine Code and more!   We are back for CoCo Talk #11 the nation's leading live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer!   This week's hot topics? - How about the Speech and Sound Pack being emulated to MAME! - To cart or not to cart, the pros and cons of putting a CoCo gam...

Episode 010:  05-27-2017   CoCoTALK #10 - What is your favorite CoCo game? - Hardware discussions, and more!   We are back for CoCo TALK #10 and this week, the primary topic is What is your favorite Color Computer Game?  We'll talk CoCo games, what's our favorite, what we liked about that game, tips/tricks, etc.  We may even play a few games live, on-demand.   We will also talk about CoCo hardware...

Episode 008: 05-13-2017 CoCo Sprites, Embarrassing moments, has hardware gone too far?   We are back for the 8th CoCo TALK featuring a bunch of old guys talking about an old computer, what's more exciting than that?  This week we'll talk about some topics that have been around the web, between the CoCo mailing list and the CoCo Facebook group, there's never a shortage of discussions to weigh in on...

Episode 007: 05-06-2017 Beginners and Newbies edition   We are back for CoCo TALK #7 this one is dedicated to the beginners, and new members of the CoCo community, and we are going to try and keep the "depth" of the technical jargon as shallow as possible, and hopefully have a safe and friendly place where we can ask any type of questions, regardless of how "simple" or "basic" it may seem about th...

Episode 006: 04-30-2017  CoCoFEST! 2017 Wrap-up show   We are back for episode 6 of CoCo TALK! The weekly live talk show about the Tandy Color Computer.  This week we are going to talk about The 26th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST! Which took place last weekend in Lombard, IL.  We'll speak with some of the people who were there, some who watched it live, and some who couldn't make it.  We'll also...

Episode 005:  04-15-2017   Easter Edition - 1 week to CoCoFEST! - merch, emulators, games and more - 04-15-2017   On the show: Nick Marentes Curtis Boyle Bill Nobel Mark Overholser Rick Adams Richard E. Crislip John W. Linville Barry Nelson Links: Original Live stream: https://youtu.be/OT-BsMkwDyk You can visit CoCoTALK! on the web  http://cocotalk.live/ Check out the CoCo Crew Podcast  http://coc...

Episode 004: 04-08-2017   CoCo Community Discussions   On the show: Nick Marentes Bill Nobel John Strong Brett Gordon Sock Master John Kowalski Curtis Boyle John Linville Barry Nelson David Ladd Mike Rowen aka MiRo Simen Jonassen   The topic was focussed on the Color Computer Community and what it’s like to be a member of it.  Our community consists of people from every end of the technical spectr...

Episode 003: 04-02-217   John Strong from Strongware shows off projects and development tools   On the show: Mark Overholser John W. Linville John Strong David Ladd Kipp Coon Hugo Durort Curtis Boyle Rick Adams Jim Brain Barry Nelson   We had a bunch of people on the show and we talked about a lot of things, but the highlight was having John Strong talk about his hardware and software projects as...

Episode 002: 03-25-2017   Nick Marentes talks about developing and selling games for the CoCo   On the Call: Nick Marentes Curtis Boyle David Ladd Mark Overholser Rick Adams Bill Nobel Links: The original live stream:   https://youtu.be/JBq45Z-ceEY You can visit CoCoTALK! on the web  http://cocotalk.live/ Check out the CoCo Crew Podcast  http://cococrew.org/ Check out Sub-Etha software  http://sub...

Episode 001:  03-19-2017   Let’s talk CoCoFEST!   Welcome to the pilot episode of CoCoTALK! The nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer!  CoCoTALK! started as a spontaneous live stream with members of the Color Computer community talking about our excitement and anticipation for the 27th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST!  This is an audio replay of that live stream that or...