time bandit and the king in pmode3

[Mark_G]

I got myself a CocoSDC. Really wonderful stuff.

 

I downloaded the disk images from "the king" and "time bandit". I could load them easily with the CocoSDC, and play them on the real hardware, without emulator.

However, those games I downloaded are PMODE 4 only.

 

When Tandy distributed those games in Europe, you got also the option for PMODE3. (actually 3 colours - 1xPMODE4 and the two PMODE3 settings).

This is also applicable for PENGON and BUZZARD BAIT and if I still remember it correctly, for ZAXXON.

 

They where available as cassette tapes made by Tandy, and distributed in their stores.

 

On European televisions, the PMODE 4 trick doesn't work, and those games looks much much better in PMODE3

 

Does someone know if those images also exists?

 

Regards,

 

Mark

[JamesD]

Have you checked the World of Dragon archives?

[Mark_G]

Hello,

 

Didn't know the existence of that forum.

However I have some questions :

1./ Are Dragon games 1:1 compatible with Coco. => checked this with emaulator. They are not binary compatible.

 

2./ How can I load cas files to dsk ?

 

This is actually a 2 step sequence:

 

2a/ I have the original tapes. If I know how to transfer them to a file, I can upload them as cas file.

 

2b/ Can I load those cas file to a dsk image? So I can transfer them from my pc to the coco and azccess them with cocosdc

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark

Edited July 19, 2015 by Mark_G

[Charlie_]

On a coco3 you can use spectral's RGB patch program. That makes most games run in PMODE 3 and changes the palette to match NTSC artifact colors.