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

[Blake Patterson]

I have found his twitter address and tweeted at him today. I also purchased
his Time Lord's Guide book today. :-)



bp


On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:16 PM, J.P. Samson
<coco+list at jeanpaulsamson.com>wrote:

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