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Rick Adams is a CoCo programmer who also wrote articles for CoCo magazines. In The Rainbow, his blurb bio was "a systems programmer for a company that develops 68000-based systems software."
Programs
| Program Name | Catalog # | Genre | Year | Media Type | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple of ROM | Game | 1982 | Program Pak | Radio Shack | |
| Shanghai | Game | Program Pak | Tandy |
Articles
Adams often collaborated with Dale Lear with magazine submissions. As he explained in an interview, Lear would most often write the program (if it were one), and Adams would revise and fix it, then write the article.
| Article | Program | Program Genre | Co-Author | Magazine | Month | Year | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Power of the Palette: Graphics on the Color Computer 3 | Rainbow Tunnel and Wagon Wheel | CoCo 3 Demos | Dale Lear | The Rainbow | October | 1986 | 37 |
| Coming to 'Terms' with the CoCo 3 | Term 3 | Terminal | Dale Lear | The Rainbow | November | 1986 | 93 |
| Color Chart for the CoCo 3 | Color Computer 3 Color Chart | CoCo 3 Demo | Dale Lear | The Rainbow | January | 1987 | 20 |
External Links
- Rick Adams official YouTube channel
- At the 2024 Tandy Assembly, Adams told various stories, including the story of developing Temple of Rom.
- Rick Adams interview on the The Original Gamer Stevie Strow's YouTube channel.