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Same here, still waiting for mine to arrive in western New York. the wait can be brutal customs is playing our copies of side trak and burning rubber hopefully they will carefully reseal the games and ship when they are done playing Russ

Thanks Agreed, after talking to JF and reading messages on here, monster bash should see a Halloween release. Russ

Love it! great suggestions. I'll go ahead and focus on the 3 level (looping) arcade version for release on 32k! Russ

That was a nice touch! All thanks to NewColeco's amazing music and sound abilities!!!!

Agreed! side trak arcade is near unplayable just like Rip Cord Arcade, it's so darn hard and frustrating, exidy had a great game on their hands and killed it. the coleco version starts easy and works it's way up to extremely challenging. Hopefully we can pull off the same for Rip Cord! I got some really fun ideas for the game already in my head!!! Russ Um, wasn't there a game you were working on...? Something about bashing monsters... I'd like to see another Coleco vaporware title become reality as much as the next CV fan, but I'd much rather see Monster Bash get finished and released. Just my 0.02$US. I hear ya! If everyone is ok with a 3 level monster bash then i can finish the game in the next month! i've run out of room for any more levels, so it would be true to the arcade with 3 levels at least. I too want to see Monster Bash completed!!! maybe i should ask on the monster bash thread if enough people are ok with just 3 levels, maybe i can add the others like i wanted with a SGM version at a future date? or until someone helps with a bankswitching cart and an easy means for me to test with one for development of the game! Alright, first of all, do you really think anyone here is going to object to having "only" three levels? Of course not. It's not even worth asking people here for their opinion about it, especially given that the three levels loop endlessly until the player runs out of lives. Secondly, you have two options for bankswitching: First is the better-known MegaCart, and with a minumum of 128K, you could do several more levels. The other is my Activision PCB (as I like to call it) which supports a 64K bankswitching configuration, and may be better suited to your project. Problem is, my PCB is mostly untested at the moment. It works fine with test software, but it has yet to be used in an actual game. I have a version of blueMSX which supports my Activision PCB, and I do plan on using this PCB for Jewel Panic which is programmed in C language, so it's only a matter of time before I can validate the PCB. Finally, I'd like to point out that pboland has already released a trading card for Monster Bash, which means the box art is as good as done, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for the list of options! I'm going to look seriously into the megacart to see if i can figure out how to use it for monster bash! If your activision PCB is easy enough to code with in c that might be an interesting option! I coded monster bash to easily allow new levels to be plugged int and really wanted to have 1-2 all new levels for the game. If memory was not an issue it would have been done a while ago, as the game was falling into place very quickly. I've give it about a month to try a few of the bankswitching cart options, if no dice, then it's stuck at 3 levels to match the arcade version. Russ Russ

Thanks Great news!!!! I'll need to buy a SD atarimax cart soon. If i complete monster bash with a larger rom side then 32k, no issues getting it on carts for everyone? or are there limits i need to be aware of? Take care, Russ

Agreed! side trak arcade is near unplayable just like Rip Cord Arcade, it's so darn hard and frustrating, exidy had a great game on their hands and killed it. the coleco version starts easy and works it's way up to extremely challenging. Hopefully we can pull off the same for Rip Cord! I got some really fun ideas for the game already in my head!!! Russ Um, wasn't there a game you were working on...? Something about bashing monsters... I'd like to see another Coleco vaporware title become reality as much as the next CV fan, but I'd much rather see Monster Bash get finished and released. Just my 0.02$US. I hear ya! If everyone is ok with a 3 level monster bash then i can finish the game in the next month! i've run out of room for any more levels, so it would be true to the arcade with 3 levels at least. I too want to see Monster Bash completed!!! maybe i should ask on the monster bash thread if enough people are ok with just 3 levels, maybe i can add the others like i wanted with a SGM version at a future date? or until someone helps with a bankswitching cart and an easy means for me to test with one for development of the game! Russ

Agreed! side trak arcade is near unplayable just like Rip Cord Arcade, it's so darn hard and frustrating, exidy had a great game on their hands and killed it. the coleco version starts easy and works it's way up to extremely challenging. Hopefully we can pull off the same for Rip Cord! I got some really fun ideas for the game already in my head!!! Russ

Oh, sweet! Let me know and will send the gfx to you I'm very interested to get this one done Sounds good, send them over and i can begin in the next week or so if it's ok?! Russ

I was initially interested in creating this game, then after playing the mame version was less enthused. This was my second most wanted game as a kid, right next to side trak! If no programmers claim this one, I'll do it if there is enough interest in the game! This would be a easy game to complete in a very reasonable time frame! I think having a canyon bomber bonus stage to the game would fit nicely Take care Russ

I`m in southeast Michigan and I didnt get mine yet......... Yea!! I got my games today! Now just waiting for the Arcade Controller...... Must be you guys in SE Michigan don'thave as efficient a mailman! Same here, I live in western NY. No coleco goodies from my mail lady today either. hopefully monday Russ

What about Russ "aka Side Trak" Kumro! Shame on me! Man, did I'm really that older now? Sorry Russ, right now I feel like an ass for not included your name in i appologize Not a problem at all. In a way it's good, cause there is so much coleco stuff coming out, it's hard to keep trak of it all Russ

Great line up of games! Cant wait to see opCodes Dkjr and dk3! not to mention elevator action!!!!!!!!

AWESOME! Thanks for the great work on getting the games out so quickly after JF announced you would be shipping them! I'm sure everyone on in this thread including myself appreciate your hard work! Russ

Its already on the way AWESOME! You should make a video of your impressions about the final product , I really want to hear from you about that That's really important to know what you think about the final design and stuff like that Enjoy! Thanks, great idea! I was hoping to record a short unboxing video when my copy arrives! I'm personally hoping to see some youtube videos of others reactions to the game as well when it starts arriving, good or bad Take care Russ

Its already on the way AWESOME!

I Cant wait

Coool, thanks for the info on chasing ghosts, i guess i was just hoping it would be about pac-man time to sign back up to net flix streaming! Russ

I enjoyed the movie! it's worth watching, I agree with opcode's comment where they do a good job of painting billy in a very bad light, but makes you wonder if it's all that true? I believe a surgeon named Hank broke the record and is the current king of kong last i read?! I'm sure google will confirm if it's true or not. I also recall hearing about a pacman documentary called chasing ghosts. anyone every see that?

That is great news Dan! I dont any an android device but wish i did now!

Thanks for the nice words about side trak! glad to hear you enjoyed the game! If side trak makes an appearance at ADAMcon this year i would LOVE to see video of people playing/demoing the game! Do to my work schedule i wont be able to attend this year! Take care, Russ

Quick update. I started back up on monster bash tonight for a bit. got more rom space back do to more optimizations! I'm just again done with that task.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PC6IZrVSHA Exciting news for those waiting for Side Trak to be released on cart! I got the 10 limited edition cart shells and signed them, i just back back from the post office so they are already on there way back to JF. I recorded the signing to add some validity to the authenticity of the carts if it helps in any way?! Thanks for the support on side trak everyone! Now off to continue on my other coleco projects! Russ

I'm still here I'm working on monster bash this weekend and should have some kind of update tomorrow on the game! thanks for the interest in the game everyone! it's what keeps me going! Take care, Russ

VERY cool stuff!