+eebuckeye Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I have a SDC with many dsk images. Is it worth getting a Coco2? Are there many games that will not run on a Coco3 for some reason? Is it ok to get a 16k Coco2 and upgrade the memory? Is it easy and inexpensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I would get the CoCo3, there are some really impressive looking games only playable on the CoCo3. It is backward compatible with almost all of the CoCo1/2 games. However, there are some games only playable on the CoCo1/2, so a true CoCo fanatic would have both systems . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 I do have a Coco3 with SDC but quite a few games do not appear to work from what I can tell. What are the best games for the Coco3 that you believe show off the system? I am aware of Donkey Kong which is terrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 If memory serves, it's only (mostly?) software that uses the semigraphics modes that is unsupported on the Coco 3. When I was in High School, we had a lab full of Cocos; in my senior year (1987), we got some a few Coco 3 computers. We did not have a huge slection of commercial software, but the only thing that would not work properly was some educational software. The disk would boot, but the screen was garbled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 There are a few games that don't work with the coco3. I wouldn't say you NEED to get a coco1/2 if you have a 3 already. If you can get a good deal on a 64K model, go for it. One of my favorites, Spectral's Froggie, doesn't work on the coco3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linville Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Fahrfall does _not_ run on a CoCo3...http://fahrfall.blogspot.com Most CoCo2s can be upgraded to 64k with minimal effort...http://users.digitalindigo.net/~techno/coco2.html CoCo Forever!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_rodder Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 To add a bit to linville's link: http://tandycoco.com/coco2.shtml - some pics of CoCo 2 motherboards are included in the descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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