[Coco] CoCo in Retro Gamer Magazine

[J Arcane]

Retro coverage has a tendency to be gaming focused, and that unfortunately
means a hard go for systems without a great gaming reputation.

I'd love to see something more like the old Creative Computing (I miss my
reprints!), something that covered more esoteric, DIY, or non-"cool" topics
of more general retro-computing. Like guides on getting classic OSes
running, source code listings, neat hardware and programming tricks, that
kind of thing. I'd maybe allow for some original work on modern platforms
so long as the target was still properly in-keeping with the spirit (stuff
like the FPGA projects, Micromite, or my 8-bit VM).


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Eddie P. <eddiepl75 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I also agree with the definition of retro being used is a little annoying
> but unfortunately it's all about sales.
>
> It's well known advertisers like to target the teen to 30-something market
> as they're the easiest age group to get to spend their disposable income.
> Therefore we have 10 year old 'retro' games.
>
> Even though I don't contribute much (I barely know a fraction of what
> others here know), places like this are far better reading for me than
> anything else.
>
> Having said that, it's always good to expose new people to the Coco.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 27 Aug 2014, at 10:21 am, nickma2 at optusnet.com.au wrote:
> >
> > I agree with you on that Mark.
> >
> > Retro is not a 10 year old PC game!
> >
> > And I guess that being a UK magazine, they have to give their stars
> > first credit.
> >
> > I am disappointing that they didn't cover games created after 1992 for
> > the CoCo.
> >
> > And the magazine never delves in too much technical detail. A bit of
> > detail of the various featured hardware would be cool along with an
> > exploded diagram of the internals.
> >
> > Oh well, some exposure is better than none.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> > To:"CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> > Cc:
> > Sent:Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:11:58 +1000
> > Subject:Re: [Coco] CoCo in Retro Gamer Magazine
> >
> >> On 27/08/2014 4:42 AM, Nick Marentes wrote:
> >>
> >> Retro Gamer Issue 132 has 4 pages devoted to the Tandy TRS-80 in
> > the column
> >> "Minority Report".
> >
> >> This is a British magazine where the CoCo wasn't so prominant as in
> > the US.
> >
> > I'm surprised that they did an article on the Coco in the first
> > place!
> >
> > I've given up on them featuring the TRS-80 Model I/III/4 at all, let
> > alone
> > featuring software written for them or the Coco or the Apple II. To
> > be
> > honest, 80% of the coverage is Spectrum, Commodore and BBC Micro.
> >
> > I have 117 of the first 120 issues and when the newsagent
> > accidentally
> > cancelled my order after #120 I didn't bother to renew since I was
> > some 50
> > issues behind in reading and they were starting to recycle articles
> > and
> > ideas even around issue #75... I'm *so* sick of reading about Dizzy,
> > Manic
> > Miner, Jet Set Willy & the Oliver Twins - they're mentioned in almost
> > every
> > issue. I also feel they're stretching the definition of 'retro' in
> > some
> > areas and more heavily featuring PC and mobile-based remakes and even
> > modern
> > games under the pretext that they are 'in the style of retro' which
> > quite
> > frankly isn't what I paid to read about.
> >
> > Having said that I'd still be interested in completing my collection
> > up to
> > #120 so if anyone (Nick?) is willing to sell issues they've already
> > read, I
> > *think* I'm missing #2, #96 & #97 (I'll check that). Beyond #120 I
> > think
> > I'll wait for the inevitable e-version on DVD.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > | Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it
> > |  | with less resistance!"
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