[Coco] COCO to PC transfer and Using VCC

[Allan Chaney]

Fred,

Thanks for the compliment.  Yes I wrote it on a COCO II and then sent it off
to Sundog in the fall of 1988.  Glen Dahlgren with Sundog loved the game but
wanted me to get it running on the COCO3 as well and to keep it under 64k so
it would work on all COCO models.  It took me an entire year to not only get
it running on the COCO 3 but to get it polished enough for commercial
release and to convert my then basic disk I/O into assembly.  I finished it
just in time for Christmas 1989.  That experience convinced me NOT to pursue
computer programming as a career but to keep it as a loved hobby.

Anyway....if you decide to play the game again.  I can tell you everything
you could possibly want to know.  I have also scanned the manual in case you
or anyone else wants it.

I just replayed the game for the first time in almost 20 years and I was
shocked how hard it was just getting started with a new character.  So just
a tip....when you role your character max out your strength and Dexterity
and don't worry about intelligence and Wisdom. You can increase those when
you find Black Boxes in the Mines.  Also hit that first Human City and buy a
weapon and armor and Wear and Arm yourself to improve your AC and WC.
Another huge tip is....Just west of the starting location in the game,
through the thick forest is the Elven City of Elm.  In the upper right
corner of that city are a couple of elves hanging out by a fire.  Talk to
one and he tells you of a Wood Nymph that comes out on the darkest of
nights.  That Wood Nymph will heal you to full health for free if you are
pure of heart.  Do any transactions at the City of Thieves and you become
evil.  Also you are asked that question at the beginning of the game. Go to
the Cathedral just west of your starting point and give alms for become pure
of heart.  

I don't know what I was thinking when I charged 100 gold for a healing
potion from the Bishop in the Cathedral.  And it only heals for 100 HP??!.
That's nuts!

Allan Chaney     

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Fred D. Provoncha
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:13 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] COCO to PC transfer and Using VCC

> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:44:27 -0500
> From: "Allan Chaney" <chaneya at acwoodworksinc.com>
> Subject: [Coco] COCO to PC transfer and Using VCC
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> COCO Folks,
>
> At the request of my kids, I recently unpacked my old Color Computer 3
after
> almost 20 years of deep storage.  I had mentioned to them that I
programmed
> a video game that was published and they wanted to play it.  Unbelievably
> after unpacking and cleaning everything the game still worked along with
the
> COCO3, Floppy Drive and Multi-Pack.
>
> The game I wrote is called "Paladin's Legacy" and it was published by
Sundog
> Systems in 1989. It is an RPG adventure/action game for COCO I,I and III
> with 64k and floppy drive.  I would like to preserve and run the game in a
> modern PC system using VCC Emulator.  After reading about VCC at
> vcc6809.bravehost.com, if I understand correctly, I should be able to run
my
> game on my Windows XP PC with VCC.  VCC will create a virtual disk that
> handles the floppy disk access from my game. However my problem is getting
> my game files transferred to a windows PC from the COCO.  The files that
> make up my game are almost all Binary (.bin) with a few basic files.  I
also
> still have the source files (.asc).  I don't have a PC with 5.25 floppy so
I
> am unable to use VCC to read the old Tandy Floppy Drive (assuming that
that
> is even possible).
>
> I visited www.thesvd.com  and found a product called SVD (Semi-Virtual
Disk)
> that will copy images of files/floppies from an old COCO to a modern
Windows
> PC over RS232 (or in my case a usb-RS232 converter).  I don't have a PC
with
> RS232 but apparently I can use a USB-RS232 converter.  
>
> My real question is if I buy SVD and copy the images of my game disks to
my
> PC, do you think VCC will run my game?  The game uses a lot of disk access
> since it's a two sided RPG.  The game requires you to flip the disk when
you
> enter cities and then flip back when you go back to the main world map.
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> Allan

Allan,

So you wrote Paladin's Legacy? Great game! I have a copy, and it still
works. I've never gotten anywhere close to solving it though. Ran into a
couple roadblocks ;-)

I was very impressed that you were able to create such a large, complex RPG
game on a Coco2. Very impressive.

Fred Provoncha
Stansbury Park, UT




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