Some news stories for November 30, 2019 show

Some news stories for November 30, 2019 show: 1) AGD game pack #38, with 6 more games, and games pack #39, also with 6 more, have been released, thanks to Kees van Oss & Pere Serrat: http://archive.worldofdragon.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7531 http://archive.worldofdragon.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7543

2) Jim Gerrie has an update to his port of the "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" game to the MC-10 (originally for the VZ-200): https://youtu.be/jA3OpMNynPY

3) Pitfall Jerry (Jerry Young) on YouTube streamed a half hour of playing BASIC games on the MC-10: https://youtu.be/M0tjW-cbmNs

4) TJBChris has a video showing the Coco 3 getting 27 Extended BASIC error messages (no disk), and sample code that generates them, as well as an explanation of each error: https://youtu.be/qKW3CXcYZDo He also added an addendum of 2 additional error messages, including one not mentioned in the Coco 3 manuals. He also points out that NE (File Doesn't Exist) error, normally associated with Disk BASIC, does exist in Extended BASIC, as it was a possible error with the DLOAD command (for downloading files over the Network Controller II, etc.). And he has a bonus of some hardcoded copyright notices on the Coco 3, that is even there if the hardware it supports isn't hooked up. https://youtu.be/xxWEWS2pi5o

5) Ed Snider gave an update on the GIME-X: It will support a turbo mode that will let your Coco 3 run at 2.86 MHz! He has a video showing filling the 32x16 screen with 1000 random characters (from BASIC) at the original .895 MHz, Coco 3 1.78 Mhz, and the new Turbo 2.86 MHz: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157699845417641/

6) Henry Reitveld posted a video of his Coleco Adam logging into his Coco 3 BBS at 300 baud: https://youtu.be/ZUHUbfwHKew

7) GigerPunk has a video up playing "Screaming Abdabs" on the Dragon 32: (Skip to 11:34 to see going to the 2nd screen) https://youtu.be/dPd7Ok4Fhyk

8) I released a 6309 version of the Tandy Skiing cartridge on Facebook and the Color Computer archive soon. Since it is frame locked, it doesn't play faster, but since the rendering speed is faster, I think it looks smoother. David Ladd recorded a side by side video (6809 on left, 6309 on right) - do you think it looks smoother? https://youtu.be/jJ8A7MEq18M

9) Todd Wallace put up a video demo of his upcoming game, Clickomania, for the Coco 3, showing the difference in joystick/mouse resolution using the stock 6 bit joystick, and using the high res routines in software that John Kowalski & Nick Marentes came up with: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157703272737641/

10) Al Hartman sent a link for a network card/software solution for the TRS-80 Z80 based computers that supports encrypted DropBox transfers, done by Peter Cetinski, which might a good base for doing something similar on a Coco: http://www.pski.net/trs-box/

11) The Coco Show released their latest episode this week on YouTube, which covers Phantom Slayer and Donkey King: https://youtu.be/6ETzGfo-8so

11) petsasjim1 new Dragon gameplay videos this week: Mandragore: https://youtu.be/CQWznu83O8A Maurice Minor L Driver (fast forward to 5:25 for course completion): https://youtu.be/-jf7gH1fB-E?t=121 Megamaze: Scrolling Pacman style game- no dots, but treasures and a timer: https://youtu.be/PGu1WEpFeFI Monsters (loosely based on Space Panic, although you have to gather treasures and bring them back to the top): https://youtu.be/j56266yAiHA Mission Attack (Looks a little like F-16 Assault, although it came out 2 years earlier): https://youtu.be/3IxY9OBVFV4?t=130 Music Maestro- music composing program: https://youtu.be/LTC3voYEios Movie Producer: https://youtu.be/sJ7xRg0ijYE Nad the Necromancer - BASIC game: https://youtu.be/yjRQy6z_Y5s