[Coco] What are the best games to show off a coco?

[Andrew]

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> Ok, I've got a Coco 3 and a microsd drive pak clone.
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> What are your favorite games? These can be for the 3 only or for the 1/2 if they work on the 3.
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> And I prefer ones that are not straight ports of other systems, like the sierra games.
> (These are much better on my 1000sx.)
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> Also, which ones support RGB color, and which are artifact colors only?

In no particular order (all my opinion, of course):

1. Gates of Delirium by Diecom - probably the best Ultima clone for the 
Coco 2; works OK on the 3, and used artifacting fairly well.

2. Dungeons of Daggorath - enough said (for the CoCo 1 & 2)

3. The 7th Link - for the CoCo 3 - essentially Ultima for the CoCo 3

4. Caladuril Flame of Light for CoCo 2 (there was also a second "part 2" 
version)

5. I never played it but the ads looked cool: Gantelet II for the CoCo 3 
by Diecom (is this one available somewhere?) - if it was as good as the 
CoCo 2 version of Gantelet, then it was probably pretty nice

6. The Learning Company's Robot Odyssey - CoCo 2, artifacting used 
heavily, fun game

7. The Epyx games Koronis Rift and Rescue on Fractalus were pretty nice 
for the CoCo 3

There was also a game, I don't recall the name of, for the CoCo 3 that 
had 3-D dungeons (kinda like DofD) that were made with some kind of "3D 
Engine" that allowed the rooms to be defined (according to the 
programmer) in a vector format of some sort; it was a hack-and-slash 
dungeon RPG - I can't think of the name - ugh!

Also - Quest for Thelda (Zelda clone for the CoCo 3) - never played it; 
does anyone know if any of these (aside from the obvious ones like DofD 
and Gates) are available anywhere?

-- Andrew L. Ayers, Glendale, Arizona