[Coco] Time Bandit - CoCo 3 version?? Or...what version is this?

[J.P. Samson]

On Apr. 2, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Blake Patterson wrote:

> I am a big fan of Time Bandit from MichTron / MicroDeal. I enjoy it
> primarily on the Atari ST. I do have the CoCo I / II version, though.
>
> I made this post some years ago:
>
> http://www.bytecellar.com/2004/10/26/time_bandit/
>
> Look down at the pics. The CoCo I / II version is right there,  
> labelled as
> such. But the version I labelled the Sanyo MBC-550 version is NOT  
> the Sanyo
> version, I've just discovered. I just came across screens of that  
> version
> and it is definitely not the one shown in my post.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/8613890082/in/set-72157633146005641/
>
> So...I'm trying to determine what version is pictured in my post,
> mislabelled as the Sanyo version. The shape of the graphics looks  
> nearly
> identical to the CoCo I / II version, but with much better color.
>
> Was there a CoCo 3 version in the works? I don't think it was ever
> released, if so. Any ideas here?

See if you can find contact information for Harry Lafnear, the co- 
author (artist) on Time Bandit.  Perhaps he is amenable to answering  
these questions.  Google indicates he is now a poet living in San  
Jose.  I couldn't find an e-mail address in my quick search, but he  
did recently publish a Time Bandit strategy guide (for the Atari ST  
version):

<http://www.prosodyetc.com/staff/hlafnear.shtml>
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451547277/>

-- JP