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[Jinks]

Hey you know what would be the greatest.. If someone made downland for the 7800 ya know the trs-80 game, or made a downland 2?? It was the coolest game ever I remember playong this as a kid and there is no other game like it ever made....
heres a link in case you all did not grow up in the 80's

I liked to no music and just simple sound effects to the game...I played this before I played dk or dk jr. and I liked this way way better..
Believe me its a hard game to play all 10 chambers with the anolog controllers that would not quite be at the middle and whoops you fall off the rope!!

[Jinks]

Aw crap the link i sent has no sound I thought there was sound but it was probably the sound effects I could hear in my head my eyes could hear the video, you get that way after playing it for weeks on end..

[raskar42]

Jinks, on Mon Nov 7, 2011 7:33 PM, said:

Believe me its a hard game to play all 10 chambers with the anolog controllers that would not quite be at the middle and whoops you fall off the rope!!

I own downland and it's a lot of fun. it would be a good fit for 7800.
also, i recommend you get yourself a tandy deluxe joystick. you can set it to self center. it makes a world of difference.

[thegoldenband]

Thirded on the Downland props. Love that game.

[killersquirel]

Downland rocks. I plaited that when I was younger all the time. Never beat it. The odd thing is that I just got back into my coco for the first time in 20 years in the beginning of september. I just played downland not that long ago, and yes it would be awesome on the 7800. Perhaps even an XM title.

-mike

[phattyboombatty]

Reminds me of Goonies, which is in development for the CV, my other system of choice. but this looks original and fun.

Edited by phattyboombatty, Tue Nov 8, 2011 4:11 PM.

[AtariLeaf]

I'd love to see a few coco games ported over to an Atari system. One I love, and I don't see anything quite like it on another system, is Doubleback. You have to circle the items on the screen. It sounds easy but it gets very difficult. I don't think it would work well with a digital joystick though, it would have to be analog.

[Metal Ghost]

Ha....I hadn't thought of Downland in years! I played it quite a bit for my CoCo3. Remembered it being a lot of fun. Get this though...my parents got me the least expensive joysticks they had at Radio Shack though, which were non-centering. Yea, try playing with those

[swlovinist]

Downland is one of my favorites for the system...love to see the sequel and would be a good one for the 7800

[Mark T]

Yea Downland was an excellent game, I played the hell outta it growing up...don't think the game had BGM tho?

I would love to see it ported as well as other great COCO classics such as Mind Roll!