Cord Coslor & Deanna Wynn wrote:
>
> Ward:
>
> Love the mention of the TRS-80 Model 1,3 game creators Big Five
> Software!!! The first great home computer games! Bill Hogue and Jeff
> Konyu are still alove and well, talk to them both occassionally. Even
> got the Big Five Software credit on the gameboy release of Miner 2049er,
> which incidentally wasn't a TRS-80 game, but for the Atari series.
> However, I am currently seeking permission to rewrite Miner 2049er for
> the TRS-80 Model 1,3 and 4 computers! Three different versions. Well,
> maybe one version for the Model 1 & 3, but a seperate version for the
> Model 4. How many games do you actually see that were written for TRSDOS
> 6.x for the Model 4? I figure it would be fun to write for the M4 and
> utilize the different graphics, as well as the different sound calls.
> I've started some code on the TRS-80 Model 3 version, and am going to
> see if I can get permission to use the Big Five Software name and the
> "Miner 2049er" name on the title screen. If not, at least we'll have a
> good remake of another classic!
One or the other used to stop by at the RSCC in downtown LA every
once in a while during the years I did tech support there, though
usually they went to the Tarzana store. I'd love to have seen what
they could have done with the Color Computer, but at the time they
stuck with the Z-80. If they'd release the Z-80 source, that's be a
fun translation if I ever had time. Best estimate of course will be
about 2049.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
Received on Sat Feb 28 1998 - 16:00:22 GMT