Some news stories for November 9, 2019 show

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 Pierce has a new video showing vertical and horizontal scrolling: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157621859412641/

4) Petsasjim1 on YouTube's new Dragon videos: The Fruity Machine (slot machine): https://youtu.be/QC0Ty1nM-Tk He also has something different this week - running the Dragon Professional Alpha under MAME. It shows it's graphic selection boot/screen. (The Alpha was a Dragon 64 with built in modem, AY Sound chip, disk interface with two 3.5" drives, and optional boot straight into OS-9). https://youtu.be/71YFVLMb05k Galleons (Battleship type game): https://youtu.be/LEYu9PZBzBw Ghost Attack - which is a port of Computerware's Pac Attack, but with 1) a different name, and 2) different color scheme. https://youtu.be/BmE1bxSyF7o Golf (did the Coco or Dragon *ever* have a good golf game?) https://youtu.be/4k4DW2Olh1Y Grand Prix (Salamander Software) - BASIC game https://youtu.be/4k4DW2Olh1Y Grid Runner: https://youtu.be/LQpUyjwjGM4

5) Henry Rietveld put up a video showing making a Canyon Climber disk (on a real floppy disk) - the twist being it is an 8" floppy, not 5.25 or 3.5" https://youtu.be/Zn1ldeK6d94

6) I released some more (and last for awhile) 6309 optimized games: Marble Maze & F-16 Assault for the Coco 1/2, as well as Xenion for the Coco 3 - which has both a 3-7% faster 6809 version, and a 33-50% faster 6309 version. I also added a 6309 optimized version, but not running in full native mode, of Xenion since some people complained the native 6309 version was too fast (while others said it was fine). These are available on Facebook, and soon on the Color Computer Archive. David Ladd has been kind enough to put together some videos showing the speed differences: Xenion (original, 6809 optimized, 6309): https://youtu.be/wxdf17B5TfE Marble Maze (original, 6309): https://youtu.be/pXqNKKMRXeY F-16 Assault: https://youtu.be/g7z33ezwyYs

7) In the meantime, Pere Serrat ported my first 6309 ported games (Color Car, Gantelet, & Touchstone) to the Dragon line as well. Gantelet requires a Dragon-64, but I believe the other two should work on a Dragon 32 as well. He has also been hard at work on some upcoming software for the CocoVGA.

8) GigerPunk released a video of the game Pub Crawl on the Dragon 32 - which reminds me of the first level of Poltergeist: https://youtu.be/YFSvbwf90EY

9) [REDACTED] has been working on a VGM to SN chiptune convert, using his prototype CPF player for the Coco.: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157631912167641/

10) On the software side of things, Simon uploaded a 4 voice software demo that plays a 3 minute, 55 second tune, with , in only 5404 bytes. It also only uses about 1/3 of the CPU cycles, leaving 2/3 for a main program, game, etc. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157632391457641/ To download: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157633124047641/

11) Nick Marentes put up a short blog, and video, for the latest updates to Gunstar - including some sneak peaks at all 4 levels. http://www.nickmarentes.com/Gunstar/22.html

12) Jerry Young is porting the "Duke of Dragonfear" game from the book "Giant Book of Computer Games" to the MC-10 (Jim Gerrie has competition!", and has a video showing it's current state: https://youtu.be/p-c2YhkLz1M

13) Lucas Boy on YouTube did a video of Coco 1/2 games under XRoar - his first real experience with a Coco. He covers Arkanoid, Demon Attack, Pinball, and a bunch of others, rather quickly. https://youtu.be/rChgykJX-E4

14) Paul Fiscarelli has the first prototype run for his Coco keyboard to PC adaptor (good for emulators like MAME, I presume): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359462640/permalink/10157639043142641/